Just pulled apart a Glock mag for the first time. I figured it was like every other pistol mag disassembly. Kinda a hassle. I had to watch a YouTube video as I didn’t have a “Glock “ tool. It got me thinking, is there any other pistol mags that are more involved than a simple punch?
Glock magazine disassembly
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. Yep I didn’t know either. The squeeze of the magazine to remove this baseplate threw me off. First plastic magazine for me.
Riomouse911
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It’s a 5/32 punch with a screwdriver grip. Makes pushing out the pins a little bit easier than just using a punch because it gives you a bit more to hold on to.
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Use C-clamp or Channel Lock to squeeze the side tabs and use a punch to press the base plate hole ... Easy peasy.
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The Glock takedown tool, or a punch, works fast and easy. Push it in the hole and pull to the front of the mag. Pops right off.
Someone makes a tool that slips over the mag and you squeeze the sides, and it pushes the tabs out of the indents in the floorplate. It comes with a brush that also has punch in its handle. It works, but Id save your money.
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Someone makes a tool that slips over the mag and you squeeze the sides, and it pushes the tabs out of the indents in the floorplate. It comes with a brush that also has punch in its handle. It works, but Id save your money.
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JTQ
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Sure. Most folks new to the 1911 assume you can't disassemble a welded base mag.
JTQ
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Lenny Magill will sell you this tool https://www.glockstore.com/Magazine-Disassembly-Tool-for-Glock
and this https://www.glockstore.com/Double-Diamond-MDT
and this https://www.glockstore.com/Double-Diamond-MDT
rskent
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Good grief. I guess if you got it, you might as well spend it.
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They actually work well and if you are changing mag springs in 20 or so mags they save 10 dollars worth of time pretty quick and without scratching your mag. Just the one tool and under half a second of time and the mag is apart. I can get the plates off of my 20 competition mags in 15 seconds total. But no they arent necessary at all. I could have plasma cut my own in just a second And I only have one because it came in a Glock tool pouch kit. Its definately an "armorers tool" though and not "needed" for the casual shooter.
I can re-build a car with a couple sets of wrenches and screwdrivers but the right tools save me months of work every year. Do we need brake piston compressors when a C-clamp works? Ratchets and impact tools when a wrench would work? Exhaust hanger removal tools when cursing and wd-40 work? No but they make jobs easier and faster. More time to shoot. And I have seen some Glock mags that looked pretty bad from people (LEO btw) taking them apart as well.
I can re-build a car with a couple sets of wrenches and screwdrivers but the right tools save me months of work every year. Do we need brake piston compressors when a C-clamp works? Ratchets and impact tools when a wrench would work? Exhaust hanger removal tools when cursing and wd-40 work? No but they make jobs easier and faster. More time to shoot. And I have seen some Glock mags that looked pretty bad from people (LEO btw) taking them apart as well.
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I’m not a Glock guy, but I can see the value of a tool that makes disassembly fast. It’s common in USPSA matches for production-division shooters (a division where Glocks are common) to drop 3 or 4 magazines on a stage. Local matches are usually 5-8 stages. You can easily have 30 instances of a magazine hitting the mud or silt per match. Many people disassemble and brush out their mags every time they hit the ground on silty/sandy bays.
And while you’re brushing mags, you’re not helping paste targets or reset steel or running the pad or doing anything else the squad wants/needs you to do. And you’re not reloading for the next stage.
having a tool that makes you fast at cleaning your mags would lower your stress and make your squad mates happier.
And while you’re brushing mags, you’re not helping paste targets or reset steel or running the pad or doing anything else the squad wants/needs you to do. And you’re not reloading for the next stage.
having a tool that makes you fast at cleaning your mags would lower your stress and make your squad mates happier.
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I have disassembled Glock mags without “the tool” and with “the tool”. In all cases I got the job done. But, using a tool makes things easier and the tool doesn’t need to cost a lot to be helpful. If you search Amazon for Glock tools you will find lots of reasonably priced tools.
I have this one. It helps.
https://www.amazon.com/Fixxxer-Magazine-Disassembly-Tool-Glock/dp/B074N511H1
I have this one. It helps.
https://www.amazon.com/Fixxxer-Magazine-Disassembly-Tool-Glock/dp/B074N511H1
1KPerDay
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Sturdy punch, jam it in, put the mag nose down on a table with the baseplate overhanging, press firmly down on the punch. No biggie
shoobe01
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I find glock mags no different to disassemble than many other mags. The deliberate slide latching is basically the same as banged up steel/aluminum floorplates, esp on many rifles, that need to also be forced off. Just punch to push the retainer plate in, push (with the punch) the floorplate off a bit, then pry the floorplate forward with the punch or a screwdriver or something.
I mostly use plastic disassembly punches for this sort of work, as they have extra shapes to them that make them easy to use for various functions like a tapered prying end.
I mostly use plastic disassembly punches for this sort of work, as they have extra shapes to them that make them easy to use for various functions like a tapered prying end.
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