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Removing Glock magazine baseplates
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ReluctantDecoy
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This thing is genius in its simplicity. Releases spring pin and applies the correct leverage pressure on the appropriate section of the plate to remove in one motion, all with no moving parts. I could see this being handy for that many floor plates in your picture. Less a change of mangling them (like all of mine done with a hex key).
For those of you with 3D printers, this is exactly the type of thing the 3D printer was made for:
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For those of you with 3D printers, this is exactly the type of thing the 3D printer was made for:
Glock Magazine Baseplate Tool by simplicitymods
Allows for easier removal of magazine baseplates on Glock magazines I have printed it in both PETG and PLA "silk" with good results. It has cavities inside to allow 3mm stainless steel (or carbon fiber, or anything you want really) rod for structural integrity. the 2 long ones that run along the...
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allen-1
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There are multiple versions currently in amazon, here are a couple:
Amazon product ASIN B07QN9R2L9View: https://www.amazon.com/LIRISY-Glock-Front-Magazine-Disassembly/dp/B07QN9R2L9/ref=sr_1_6?crid=791TCB9G1VGW&dchild=1&keywords=glock+magazine+tool&qid=1602854144&sprefix=glock+ma%2Caps%2C290&sr=8-6
Amazon product ASIN B07CVYKMC1View: https://www.amazon.com/Raiseek-Magazine-Disassembly-Glock-Universal/dp/B07CVYKMC1/ref=sr_1_7?crid=791TCB9G1VGW&dchild=1&keywords=glock+magazine+tool&qid=1602854144&sprefix=glock+ma%2Caps%2C290&sr=8-7
Amazon product ASIN B0833XXTBLView: https://www.amazon.com/XAegis-Magazine-Disassembly-Installation-Accessories/dp/B0833XXTBL/ref=sr_1_11?crid=791TCB9G1VGW&dchild=1&keywords=glock+magazine+tool&qid=1602854144&sprefix=glock+ma%2Caps%2C290&sr=8-11
Amazon product ASIN B01N4R5PUKView: https://www.amazon.com/American-National-Firearms-Disassembly-Magazines/dp/B01N4R5PUK/ref=sr_1_12?crid=791TCB9G1VGW&dchild=1&keywords=glock+magazine+tool&qid=1602854144&sprefix=glock+ma%2Caps%2C290&sr=8-12
Dennis in MA
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How often are you guys removing baseplates????
allen-1
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I like 10-8 baseplates. I had 15 mags with stock baseplates on them, the replacements came in yesterday, and I swapped them.
The tool's cheap and keeps me from mangling the plates.
I know guys who take theirs apart periodically to clean them. I don't do that. I wipe them down and call it good.
greencobra
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file under "gadget." nothing wrong with a gadget, i have boxes of them. this is a cool tool...if i were a gunsmith or more specifically an armorer for a police dept issued glocks and i was disassembling hundreds of mags a year. i have the coolest gadget ever, a little tool made to run around the perimeter of a sealed cd case to cut the cellophane material that seals it. a dollar at tower records in burington circa 1996. the tool outlived the store.
anyway, thanks for posting the tool and the links.
anyway, thanks for posting the tool and the links.
Once a year, maybe. Sometimes less. Depending on use rate. It's pretty hard to gunk up a glock mag to the point where it doesn't work. The mags I carry with me
are typically cycled less, and are far less dirty (but still get tested)....
greencobra
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last time i got excited was over a corkscrew that worked reasonably well and was under 5 bucks.
I have had some that were tough, but frankly I just jam the armorers tool in the small hole on the bottom, pinch the tube and pull back on the tool and the plates usually come off every time... I think worst case, once I had to use a pair of slipjoint pliers with tape on the teeth to help... ![[rofl]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/013.gif "ROFL [rofl]")
When i fire my carry gun usually a cloud of lint comes off it. When @ColdDayInHell fires his XDs, it's like a cotton factory explosion.
xtry51
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The only time I remove baseplates are after malfunctions while training or when swapping a stock plate for a Dawson extension.
If you haven't tried adding metal base plates or extensions, buy one and try it out. The added weight of even just a brass baseplate that adds no weight really helps increase mag ejection consistency.
If you haven't tried adding metal base plates or extensions, buy one and try it out. The added weight of even just a brass baseplate that adds no weight really helps increase mag ejection consistency.
hedgehound
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Any time i drop them into the sand.
Bruh.... that was your 43. But yeah, my XDS gets f***ing filthy.When i fire my carry gun usually a cloud of lint comes off it. When @ColdDayInHell fires his XDs, it's like a cotton factory explosion.
View: https://youtu.be/0cZih4X-6aE
Once a year or more often depending. More when I was shooting USPA often. But i've probably got 20+ glock mags and this tool is pretty handy.
That tool is useless against old U notch mags with no slot.
U need this:
Amazon product ASIN B00VATAL4AView: https://www.amazon.com/GTUL-Magazine-Disassembly-Tool/dp/B00VATAL4A
It will help keep you older valuable pre ban mags in perfect shape.
U need this:
Amazon product ASIN B00VATAL4AView: https://www.amazon.com/GTUL-Magazine-Disassembly-Tool/dp/B00VATAL4A
It will help keep you older valuable pre ban mags in perfect shape.
