Do you disassemble and clean all new magazines?

Do you disassemble and clean all new magazines?

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Not a cleaning issue but an assembling one from the factory.A Ruger M77 Mark II was wiping the tip of my spitzers.I loosened 2 screws and moved the clip holder to the rear of the slot in the stock.Problem solved.
 
I never disassemble or clean mags unless A LOT of debris gets in them. Meaning I can hear it in there. The only exception was when I was issued a M9 pistol in the mil. Those guns and mags didn't do well at all with any moon dust in them and it got into everything.
 
In answer to the OP, I never used to, until I started ordering new SIG magazines ... the P-229-1 mags come wrapped in plastic coated with the horrible yellowish paste.
 
Of course not, why???

With that said, I do eventually disassemble and clean them just because I am curious. They don't need cleaning, as far as I can see, but I do like taking them apart... just because
 
Yes I do but I don't vote on public polls.

Over the years I have found more than a handful of mags covered in goop when new. This is usually on the spring. I also like to inspect every part to check for burrs and excess plastic on the followers. I've found the springs reversed and upside down. Used mags have come with a variety of minor issues but it seems many people never clean their mags. I do it for my own peace of mind and because I like to. I like knowing the condition of all of my mags.
 
badkarmamib said:
I voted yes. I do disassemble every new magazine, when I disassemble the gun that they came with; this is before I take it out to shoot it. With my mechanical background, I feel better having inspected them for imperfections, and learning how they work, what this particular company did to prevent follower tipping, and such. I feel like I am preparing myself to diagnose later problems, if I know what it looked and functioned like as new, and can see wear marks as they start to occur. As I said, it makes ME feel better, and I enjoy it, and it gives me a sense of pride. I completely understand people that do not feel the same. If spraying them off with brakleen or WD40, or shooting to failure works, go for it. If you can look at a part for the first time when it is broken or twisted, and know what is wrong, I sincerely tip my hat to you. If you shoot a gun until it hiccups, and trade it off to try something new, you can have a lot of fun with different platforms. The only correct way to do anything is to do it the way that works best for YOU.
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Let's say you get that new gun with new magazines, and you disassemble and inspect everything, now how it works, and know what it should look like, etc.

Then you buy 5 more magazines for that firearm.

Then you buy 10 more. All new in plastic/whatever.

Do you disassemble and clean every one?
 
Let's say you get that new gun with new magazines, and you disassemble and inspect everything, now how it works, and know what it should look like, etc.

Then you buy 5 more magazines for that firearm.

Then you buy 10 more. All new in plastic/whatever.

Do you disassemble and clean every one?
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For me?
Yes.
I have found enough irregularities over the years to justify (to me) checking every new or new-to-me magazine. Enjoying it also helps, I guess.
 
larryh1108 said:
For me?
Yes.
I have found enough irregularities over the years to justify (to me) checking every new or new-to-me magazine. Enjoying it also helps, I guess.
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Tangential question just out of curiosity: What magazines have been the most difficult or time consuming (per each) to do this with?
 
I used to sell at gunshows and about 8 years ago I bought about 500 carious mags from a shop closing up. I cherry picked the ones I liked and wanted to sell retail and then took apart and cleaned every mag I had, put them in a plastic retail packaging bag, labeled them (if I knew what model it was) and sent about 350 to Numrich, all ready for retail sale. I then sold the remaining 150 at gun show retail. My point is, I cleaned over 500 mags learned a lot. Most used mags were never cleaned. About 10% had the magazine spring put back wrong. Many still had the original packing grease in them but were obviously used. I was amazed at how many mags (the backbone of the semi-auto) were never cleaned, cleaned poorly or not put back together correctly. I'd bet that the owners of these mags blamed their gun for malfunctions and either sold it or trashed it when the problem was their mags.

Most mags come apart along the same lines. For some reason, I had the most issues with the pre-Gen 3 Glock mags. That base just would not move. I had a heck of a time getting them apart for this reason.

The mags with fixed floorplates are actually easy to take apart. I use a dowel or something similar to push down the follower until it is about half way down the tube. You then insert a punch or small screwdriver thru the witness holes to catch the spring (only). Push the punch thru the spring below the follower because the follower needs to come out to clean it. The punch holds the mag spring in place, turn the mag over and the follower should drop right out. Turn the mag over with the open end facing the bench and pull out the punch and the spring will release and be expanded at the top where the follower used to be. It then can easily be pulled out and cleaned.

In new mags the biggest issue I've seen is the grease on the mag coils in some (not all) mags. It seems that imported mags may be coated to protect them from the sea air when shipped on that slow boat from China.
 
If I had a good reason, I'd share it. It just doesn't sit right with me. I can't explain why.
 
Nope. Only bought 2 magazines in my life that didn't work out of the package. Two el cheapo gunshow 1911 mags. back in the 80's. I took them apart to try and figure out why they wouldn't perform, cleaned and lubed them and they still didn't work with my gun. Never did find out what the problem was, but it wasn't because they weren't clean. Stopped buying no name magazines after that experience. Every other magazine I've ever bought has worked fine, even the often disparaged ProMags I've purchased. Maybe I've just been lucky. Only time I clean a magazine is when it really starts looking cruddy or if it's been dropped in the dirt or mud.
 
Let's say you get that new gun with new magazines, and you disassemble and inspect everything, now how it works, and know what it should look like, etc.

Then you buy 5 more magazines for that firearm.

Then you buy 10 more. All new in plastic/whatever.

Do you disassemble and clean every one?
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Yes...eventually.

I always keep some rainy bad weather, winter and blazing hot summer heat wave days projects in the man cave. So unless I have a immediate need for magazines I buy this week for example they may not get cleaned until after all of the spring honey-do projects are done.
 
I voted "No". I only religiously disassemble and clean mags for duty firearms. For all my recreational firearms, I let mavs go for a while and get a little more sooty/dusty then the duty guns.

Despite my OCD, I've found that good designs usually aren't overly sensitive to a little contamination. If a mag needs to be surgically clean to be reliable, then it's NOT reliable.
 
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