Likewise, if you have a steel magazine with a steel baseplate, you may have internal corrosion locking parts together. If this is the first time the magazine has been apart, the baseplate will likely fight you to stay on the body. This will allow the magazine baseplate to be pushed forward (sometimes backwards) off the magazine body. Take your punch and push this magazine insert down, dropping its tab down and out of its corresponding slot on the baseplate. The baseplate will usually have a small hole or slot where a protrusion from the magazine insert interfaces to keep the baseplate locked in place mechanically – see the oblong gray surface on the baseplate of this PMAG. 308 Magpul PMAG, since these are the same internally as the PMAGs used by pretty much anyone with an AR…and conveniently, the disassembly principles are largely the same as many magazines that commonly used SHTF guns would utilize.įor most modern magazines, disassembly starts with removing the baseplate. The Breakdownįor the visual purposes of this article, I’m going to use an AR-10. If this is the case, I will mark these magazines with a note that they must be cleaned before use. The ONLY time I put heavy oil or grease on the inside of magazines is if they are going into seriously long-term storage. If you’re in a high humidity or salt area, you can put an extremely light coat of oil on the magazine spring – but remember, it can attract and hold debris. Oil will attract dirt and dust…and it’s also possible penetrating oil can do what it was designed to do and work its way into cartridge primers, neutralizing the priming compound. Unless your magazine has lots of carbon buildup, you shouldn’t need any solvents or cleaners – it’s best to wipe the magazine internals clean and leave the inside dry and oil-free. I like Q-tips and toothbrushes to get in the hard-to-reach tight areas, and a small, clean, dry rag and a short cleaning rod works pretty well to rid the magazine innards of detritus and debris. You won’t need many cleaning supplies, either. A rubber/plastic mallet or block of wood is useful for using gentle impact coercion to re-seat baseplates. A small flat-headed screwdriver is useful for gentle prying, and a punch, or even a bullet nose or pen/pencil can be used to depress the magazine insert to unlock the baseplate. Can be made of a multitude of materials usually steel, aluminum, or plastic/polymer. Provides a bearing surface for the spring and keeps dirt and debris from entering the bottom of the magazine. Usually steel or polymer.īaseplate: The bottom flat plate of the magazine. Magazine Insert: A small, flat component that sits inside the magazine body and uses the spring’s tension, combined with a small tab or detent, to keep the baseplate locked in place. Provides the upward force to feed the ammunition from the bottom of the magazine, out into the gun. Magazine Spring: A steel coil spring (with very few exceptions). Usually steel or polymer, can be seen through the open end of the magazine when the magazine is empty. Magazine Follower: This component provides a bearing surface for the magazine spring to exert pressure on the cartridges, as well as helping to provide proper alignment to the cartridges. Magazine Body: The outside sheathing of the magazine, that encapsulates all the parts to the magazine as well as the cartridges. As stated previously, your standard magazine has just a few parts: the magazine body, the magazine follower, the magazine spring, the magazine insert, and the baseplate. This will be a general guide on magazine disassembly – I heartily recommend you perform a little internet/YouTube research or consult your local gunsmith for a magazine disassembly consultation for your specific firearm if it doesn’t seem to work with what I’m outlining here. Luckily, MOST modern box magazines can be easily disassembled for cleaning, so you don’t have to make do with turning the mag upside down and shaking to get the sand out via cartridge count holes. Related: Rifle Magazine Management Strategies What kind of maintenance do we need to do to keep these crucial systems from becoming your gun’s Achilles heel?
So you train and shoot… and as a happy consequence, you now have some cruddy magazines. Let this crap build up, and eventually, your mag ain’t gonna run no’ mo’.
GLOCK PARTS BREAKDOWN SERIES
Also, carbon and powder fouling (especially from suppressed guns), lead, copper, and brass debris from the cartridges will become denizens of the magazine just through normal use.īy Drew, a contributing writer This post is Part II of a series ( Read Part I) Next To Godliness But we also need to be aware that during normal use and training, magazines get dropped onto the ground, which is the natural habitat of mud, dirt, dust, snow, small bugs, standing and/or running water, and sand. So we know to try to keep any severe damage from happening to our precious magazines – that one’s a no-brainer.
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