ive had em since feb, and beat em pretty hard, had em flexed pass flat on a few occasions, hav'nt bent yet, but i heard that they changed the place that they get the springs from in the spring, but dunno for sure, jus my ![My Two Cents :twocents:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/twocents.gif)
I've flexed mine out as far as I can and they havnt bent either,but, could be a defect or somthin'.