What do you do to keep your magazines in tip top shape ? Besides taking them apart to give a thorough cleaning - do you treat the inside or springs with anything such as silicone or a dry lube or just clean and keep completely dry ?
Glock Magazine Preventative Maintenance ?
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Maybe, I've never read the manual.
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hey, leave my people out of this
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I use those cheap Walmart alcohol swabs to wipe the follower and inside upper magazine. I think with magazine maintenance "less is more."
When I do have it apart (several year intervals,) I leave a fine coat of CLP on the spring wire. It supposedly dries out and leaves a "protective" coating on the surface. None have ever rusted much- if at all. And never are they that dirty inside, unless it's a blowback carbine or something, those get nastier.
When I do have it apart (several year intervals,) I leave a fine coat of CLP on the spring wire. It supposedly dries out and leaves a "protective" coating on the surface. None have ever rusted much- if at all. And never are they that dirty inside, unless it's a blowback carbine or something, those get nastier.
The only time I give any attention to Glock mags at all is if they have been pressed into sand or mud by stepping on them in training. I'm sure there are a few low numbered training mags with 10s of thousands of rounds cycled on them individually too. So I say just run them as is and don't worry about it.
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Another odd response.
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That's not a flex. Quite the opposite.
If one of my guys told me that, he would be dressed down thoroughly... and then retrained. Retraining would consist of going into the arms room, disassembling hundreds of mags, and cleaning them.
A professional maintains his equipment. A professional knows that the mag is the first thing to fail. A professional knows the importance of preventive maintenance. A professional that gets paid money to carry guns and protect others knows this.
Sorry, you may disagree with me. A professional takes a few minutes to clean AND inspect a mag for any problems (broken or rusted springs or springs that are too short), etc.
Are you a professional? Yes or no? Then act like one.
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Its not a flex its a simple FACT and the recommendation by Glock armorers and the MANUAL(if you read it) Nothing is needed unless it gets dirty/sandy/muddy/dropped into or on something that cakes it in mud/sand/water and it gets inside... if you're just wearing it for duty or CC and it doesn't get any of the above.. all it needs is a wipe down now and then and possible higher millage maintenance like springs or followers after a round count thats higher..Its all that was ever recommended and even stipulated for by Glock(and any other Mags or agencies or even Military when I was in..) normal use even just range use..wipe down(and possible lube/light coat on some...though not glocks not necessary for the lube) a check of followers and should maintain a round count for possible spring replacement.. but unless you mucked them up ZERO REASON to take them apart...unless you got them filthy and that somehow got inside...
Yes agree to disagree.. its simply not a part that needs much if any maintenance and only if its dropped or super dirtied some way.. If it starts acting up or after it hits a certain round count sure.. but if you just do normal shooting, dont reach thousands of rounds through it.. it really needs very little if any maintenance.. not a single gun I own other than my hunting rifle which got wet last year hunting in a blizzard essentially has been disassembled and cleaned... and none have needed it.. rifle mag got taken apart and dried off and put back together thats it.
Read your MANUAL it even states that fact.
agree to disagree.
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....they will then take that mag out and load that last round in for a fully loaded mag +1 in chamber. I suspect (just a guess on my part) it's a small minority who leave that mag -1.
On the opposite side is to load the chamber with a partial mag, then load the mag to -1. Again a small minority. The point I'm making is to not overload the spring.
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I've sprayed mine with "dry lube with teflon". They fall out nicely.
I've also sprayed my Glock slides so that I can approximate the frying pan finish. (Just kidding, I have not sprayed my slides
Mags, yes, slides, no)My Sig mags and Walther mags and Ruger mags are blued steel that can develop rust on them. Those mags I’m religious about cleaning and every now and then will clean with clp the inside of mag and spring and wipe dry. I figure with the Glock mags being polymer over steel they are more protected from rust. Also glock mags for me are harder to take apart vs the above brands. I’ve never cleaned a Glock mag other than wiping the follower from time to time
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Change the mag spring once a year and one is good to go,
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Your advice works great with my G19 and G43 but I can't seem to do that with my G44...I must be doing something wrong. Seriously, since I shoot a ton in my G44 (and .22lr is not the cleanest round) I have taken the mags apart to brush off the spring and dry wipe the inside of the mag body.
Some really good info here:
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The only maintenance I do on my Glock mags is quick topical cleaning of the follower and around it. My attitude is if a Glock mag goes bad on me, I just go out and purchase another one. They are relatively inexpensive compared to other handgun manufacturers.
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Good, its all thats required and all the manual states you should do..
unless you really muck it up and get everything messy/dirty by for any reason be it training,weather related, accident related get it in water/mud/sand that gets inside your mags.. then sure take them apart and clean them.. but other than that no need. As someone posted..even Glock doesnt recommend that...Even our armorors didnt mess with them unless you told them you were having a specific issue with the gun/mag. or they found them filthy as if they had been dropped into the mud/dirt/sand or got told they were wet or something unusual happened..
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No need unless your shooting 5K-10K+ a year. if you dont shoot that much though you will be fine for YEARS probably 5-10 at least..possibly a lifetime(how longs it take you to shoot 10K rounds).
Ive seen a few Armorers say they swap out at 5K rounds(judged by their training requirements and rounds shot for qualification) and they say thats purposely EARLY and a just in case..
With mine since I leave my Glock loaded at all times id swap the springs every decade or so just to be sure... but even then probably not needed... my XD is well over 10 years on the original mags(2 original and 2 newer ones that are less than 5 years old) the originals are always loaded and have never been apart as no issues...
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I am actually shocked I had two mags with FTF issues. The first time it happened a third time on the line at my first Glock match and the RO sent me to the armorer who proceeded to replace the magazine and asked me how much I had shot my 10 year old Gen 4 17 and I truthfully said "I don't know" and he proceeded to changed out all the springs and trigger group (not sure technical term) free right there. He taught me to label my mags. Then earlier this year my magazine #4 had some consistent issues. I litterally just asked at the sign in counter, hey is the armorer here yet I think I got a bum mag. He came around and just handed me the replacement and I was off to my first stage
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There really isnt any need to even Glock says that other than a inspection and wipe down. Says that right in the manual.
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