[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Mag cleaning?

Posted: 1/6/2005 10:39:23 AM EDT

What is the proper way to clean your Mags.I never did it so I was just wondering how to.

Posted: 1/6/2005 6:53:27 PM EDT

[#1]

Remove the base plate, then separate the spring from the follower. Clean out the mag body with an old baby-bottle brush using hot, soapy water, rinse and dry thoroughly. Wipe the spring with a light coating of CLP, then re-assemble.

Be sure that you do not over-lube the mag spring, or lube the walls of the mag body: oils can penetrate a cartridge's primer and cause it to fail, giving you a mag full of FTFs.

Posted: 1/7/2005 11:41:46 AM EDT

[#2]

Thanks for the info!!

Posted: 1/7/2005 11:55:55 AM EDT

[#3]

Good advice from El Roto.

I have to do that often after coming back from a day at the range. My mags get caked with fine dust.

Posted: 1/7/2005 4:34:33 PM EDT

[#4]

I cant ever get those base plates off.
Any tips?

Posted: 1/8/2005 7:00:37 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
I cant ever get those base plates off.
Any tips?

Slip a small flat tip screwdriver under the back of the plate. GENTLY pry up and back and the plate will slide off.

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