[frez]

How do you do it? Keep oil away from the springs?

[madmike]

Assuming the mag is designed with a removable baseplate, wipe all parts down, clean with soap/chemicals if needed, dry thoroughly, lightly oil steel surfaces against corrosion (wet then dry) and reassemble.

[Nortonics]

No, you do not need to keep oil away from the mag spring. Lightly oil everything - just use your bench rag that's already oily and wipe everything down, including the spring.

Clean and lightly lubed mags are essential for flawless operation. Removable base plates are nice for convenience sake. If you don't have the removable base plate mags, spend some time truly learning how to properly dismantle, but more importantly reassembling your mags. I can't tell you how many people I've seen put a mag back together improperly. Most common problem in this area - not placing the spring back into the mag in the EXACT proper way, as in placing it 180 degrees out of whack, or just simply upside down - pay attention to exactly which end and orientation of the spring contacts the bottom of the movable follower.

https://www.metalformmagazines.com/side_magspread.jpg

See the spring above? Install it 180 degrees out of whack, upside down, or not contacting the follower properly and it will bind and will not function as intended.

Commonly there is really only one proper way - don't second guess it, otherwise we'll be hearing from ya later about feeding problems...

[frez]

Okay, but oil will destroy the primers, won't it?

Anyone use this?

http://www.arredondoaccessories.com/category.cfm?cid=1006,2024&PID=fc25l4901jitls&gid=

[Primersinmyshoe]

I use Wilson mags. After taking them completely apart I use a mag brush to clean the inside of the mag body until shiny. I wipe the spring and follower with a lightly oiled cloth and put it back together.

[Firehand]

Magazines are one of the places I like Eezox. Good lube, and since it dries it doesn't attract dust.

[frez]

Yeah I'm just scared about oiling them, because I heard it will ruin the primers. Is that true?

[Nortonics]

Oil is a concern to primers, but this amount is negligible. Soaking them in oil might be a problem, and I say might because there are many threads out here where people ask for a proper way to deactivate primers because they need to throw some out, and some say "soak 'em in oil - that will do it" - unfortunately that rarely does it as many will leave 'em soaking in there for a week or longer, pull a few out and whack 'em with a hammer - "bang".

One thing I do is with defense ammo that I've carried for about a year is I'll just shoot it off at the next practice session then reload with fresh. That in itself helps to know that residual oil hasn't and won't become a problem.

I will give madmike kudos for his suggestion though. Eezox is one of the best lubricants, cleaner and rust preventers out there - dries but leaves a coating. Not cheap, but excellent stuff. Weird/pungent smell about it too though.

[frez]

Thanks a lot for the info. I plan to have a magazine dedicated to home defense, and it will be always loaded though, and I can't afford to take the chance. I don't want the rounds there to spoil in the long term (they are expensive rounds, and I can't afford a lot of them). Do you know anything about Blue Wonder Disotec XFR? It's a lubricant, but does it have the same primer-degrading characteristics as oil?