How can I disassemble remington 597's magazine?

[efeng9622]

Hi!
If anyone here can teach me how I can disassemble remington 597' magazine.
Because today when I shot it, the ammo couldn't come out, I think maybe I need to disassemble it and clean it ( I bought this gun one year ago and never disassemble the magazine).the instruction book said:
Depress the sides of the magazine box and pull the magazine bottom downward and off the magazine , As the spring becomes exposed, hold it with your thumb to prevent it from flying out.
but I don't know which is " magazine bottom", the only one part which I can push ( not pull ) is a rim which connect to spring.

Thanks!

 

[Bridger]

my ex girlfriend had a 597, and the way we disassembled magazines for cleaning was to use a flathead screwdriver to help pop the plastic baseplate off. There should be a little gap at one end of the magazine allowing you to get the screwdriver in there. I was a little worried of breaking something, but well, you can get a replacement mag for 10 bucks if you mess something up.

 

[rangerruck]

dont do it1 send them back to remmy they will give you the latest generation of the mags, with smaller width bay, and harder spring.

 

[Ifishsum]

The instructions posted by the OP are for an all plastic mag. If it's a newer metal one, the screwdriver trick works nicely. And yes, it does help to clean them, just don't oil them, and make sure you get the spring back in properly - if it's put in backwards you'll have trouble getting more than 8 into it.