This $ 8.79 tool on Amazon works great.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4R5PUK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

As a bonus, works on beer bottles as well!

 

A pair of pliers and a punch. Use the pliers to squeeze the mad and the punch to push up the floor plate and it comes right off.

 

Neither of the above are ideal, even if they work. The lever will eventually wear out the side catches/teeth at the base of the mag, that serve to assist holding the floor plate to the mag. The pliers will scratch up the sides of the mag unless you tape the pliers first. Important to push the inner plate deep so that it goes sideways, otherwise, squezing the pliers to deform the mag will be very hard.

 

Neither of the above are ideal, even if they work. The lever will eventually wear out the side catches/teeth at the base of the mag, that serve to assist holding the floor plate to the mag.

You mean the little plastic nubs on the sides of the magazine that no other manufacturers magazine has or needs? I wouldn’t be too concerned with a little wear on those. I actually took them off of my competition magazines, to make the magazines easier to clean between stages. These have been repeatedly dropped on gravel, concrete, etc, and I’ve yet to have one come apart.

I’m not advocating doing that on a serious use magazine, but a little wear shouldn’t be an issue.

 

A pair of pliers and a punch. Use the pliers to squeeze the mad and the punch to push up the floor plate and it comes right off.

Right? On every Glock I’ve ever owned except the 43!

The screwdriver method bar none has been the lest effort ever.

 

I just use the Glock tool. Never a problem.

 

And you get that brush to thoroughly clean out the mag tubes. I really rely on mine.

 

Last Glock mag I took apart, a 26 mag, to change to a Glock +2 base, about everything got marked up. I no longer take apart Glock mags as there seems to be no reason to unless adding a base or spring changes. The way early Glock mags were easy to take apart but the pin through the baseplate ones are a pain in the ass.

 

I use the Glock tool and a small C clamp with thin leather where the clamp touches the mag body.
I did just get the tool but that only works with stock flat bases.

 

I have a set of plastic clamps that can be ratcheted as tight as necessary to get the baseplate off with the Glock tool.
The mag in the video looked a lot the worse for wear.
Mag takedown is one of my least favorite things about Glocks.
Moon

 

Channellocks with a rag around the mag works for me.

Just a minimal amount of common sense will prevent gouging the mag.

There are lots of mag base tools out there, just Google.

 

Lol,I have been using the sharp edge of my reloading bench for twenty years although any square edge table will work.
Push the floorplate retainer in with a punch while pushing the back corner of the floorplate firmly against the edge of the table,pops right off.
Yeah once in a while I may smack my knuckle on the edge of the table but I am pretty tough.

 

A pair of pliers and a punch. Use the pliers to squeeze the mad and the punch to push up the floor plate and it comes right off.

I put a cloth around the mag base and I use channel locks.

 

Yeah - well I cheat.. The first time I lay the mag on the edge of a workbench and use a punch. It does make it easier to "squeeze" the sides of the mag inwards. Either way, after the first disassembly, I use an X-acto knife to nick off the corners of the lip on the magazine base plate to make it easier to remove the base plate in the future.

I fail to see how knocking off a corner would allow the magazine to just "come apart" of its own, since they still aren't as easy as other mags to dissemble. But hey - so far so good...

 

I've used the GTUL tool(s) on Glock magazine bases including G42/G43. Mostly as part of magazine cleaning, or fo swapping to flat or pinky-extension plates.

https://www.mygtul.com/sites/default/files/styles/product_large/public/642-43.png?itok=H6sGiSUX

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GTUL-Magaz...?hash=item2145eb3b62:g:4DUAAOSwmuVafLAH:sc:USPSFirstClass!60051!US!-1:rk:4:pf:0

 

Place the magazine, front edge down, on a flat counter / table surface with the base plate over the surface edge. Insert a screwdriver / punch / Glock tool into the bottom of the base plate and disengage the insert. With the tool still inserted, press down. The base plate will slide forward and disengage from the magazine. Remove the tool and slowly slide the base plate off of the magazine, taking care to maintain control of the insert and spring.

 

I hope you all watch the video and give it a try - SO simple!

 

The guy in the video really buggered up the magazine and floor plate.

 

That’s how he figured out how to do it without buggering the mag and floorplare anymore lol!

 

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This $ 8.79 tool on Amazon works great.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4R5PUK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

As a bonus, works on beer bottles as well!

I just use my teeth to open beer bottles -- no need for a sissy tool.

 

I’m sure there are many “good” and “easy” ways to do it.
I use a Glock tool to push down the insert and pull the base plate while squeezing the mag tube with a GTUL magazine disassembly tool. (I like the GTUL tool.) After a couple of times, it will become much easier, and you won’t have to use any tool to squeeze the tube hard.

 

And you get that brush to thoroughly clean out the mag tubes. I really rely on mine.

Brush?

 

Then, take a razor blade and cut tabs off. Never have to fool with again. Stupid design. :cheers:

 

Well then, the damned thing serves two purposes. I use mine to clean my beer tap...

Do I understand correctly that the mag body is easier to compress if the internal flooplate is pushed further up in the mag?
Moon

I don't compress the mag body, at least not deliberately. Glock tool all the way in, and lever off. Easy peasy.

 

Do I understand correctly that the mag body is easier to compress if the internal flooplate is pushed further up in the mag?
Moon

You use the Glock tool to FLIP the internal plate out of the way. If it is not flipped sideways, it is as wide as the mag, and keeps the body from compressing enough to allow the tabs to slide past the body. Clear?
That's why they say to insert the tool into the hole ALL THE WAY. That ensures the internal plate is flipped.

 

...That's why they say to insert the tool into the hole ALL THE WAY. That ensures the internal plate is flipped.

Okay, that makes sense. I'd read it in the manual, but hadn't connected the dots.
Moon

 

Vice Grip C Clamp pliers, shop towel, takedown tool make it happen about as slick as the method on the video.
I think you should push in on the sides of the magazine when sliding the plate off. Just keeps things looking new, and fitting tightly.

 

Bucky, you clean mags between stages? Are you using black gunpowder?
Seriously, concur; no other mfg seems to need such things, but then most other mags are steel.
Moon

 

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Yes. The G-TUL comes with a "collar" of sorts to compress the magazine and a sturdy pin on the end of the brush acts like a Glock tool. I've bent Glock tools on really stubborn plates but the GTUL always works and doesn't bend. Then you have the stiff brush to clean the mags. Some scoff at it but it works!

https://www.mygtul.com/

 

If you've bent a Glock tool you're not using it right.