Taking apart Glock OEM 10 rounders?

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Is it even possible?

I have been refurbishing my mags with Glock OEM parts. Took my KCI 10/17 mags pressed firmly with both fingers to depress the tabs, floor plate slides off, in goes new Glock OEM springs, floor plate and follower.


Glock OEM 10 round mags? I have the damn things in a C-Clamp tightened so hard to the point where the mag should break (somehow it didn't) and I can't pop off the floor plate.

Are these mags nerfed or something? Made so you can't disassemble them and possibly install normal magazine parts?

Is there a source for true 10/17 Glock OEM mags instead of these nerfed magazines? I'm tired of having to buy KCI and rebuilding them to normal spec.

Has anyone successfully disassembled OEM 10 rounders?
 
there is a tool call a GTUL....invaluable for taking apart glock mags. Only takes a couple seconds

I don't know how many times I skinned knuckles and torn open hands trying to open mags.

A more permanent option is to cut the 'ears' off the mag body....but you'd still have to get it apart first
 
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Depends on which generation of Glock mag you have and how they're pinned.

When the law first changed pinning the followers and gluing the base pads was a popular mod. After that Glock made plastic overmolded mag springs for blocks. Not sure what they're doing now for California and the like.

Pics would help.

Check EE for mags. There's lots lately.
 
I think that I posted this before. Get a punch that is the same size as the hole, insert it all the way to the bottom(follower & spring), and it's more of a "prying" motion and force off the base plate. Don't use the Glock tool as it's not robust enough. I think a 3/32 pin punch IIRC.
 
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Once you get the mag disassembled, is there a way to trim the spring and make it so it's not so bloody hard to get the last 2 rounds in (40cal 10rd mag)?
 
I took mine apart yesterday and mutilated it, took a lot of pressure to get it all the way down and pry it forward.... What a piss off. Watched some YouTube vids, guys made it look easy :mad:
 
Schmitty19 said:
I took mine apart yesterday and mutilated it, took a lot of pressure to get it all the way down and pry it forward.... What a piss off. Watched some YouTube vids, guys made it look easy :mad:
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When I first did it, I realized one of the problems was getting accustomed to how much force to use. If you use a pin punch and keep it flush to the floor plate and use the full length of the punch to "lever" against the side of the mag, it "pops off" fairly easily. Now getting a grip on much force to do that, takes some practice.

I changed out a bunch of mags with the LAV base plates and it went pretty fast, with no damage to the mags.
 
mildot said:
I think that I posted this before. Get a punch that is the same size as the hole, insert it all the way to the bottom(follower & spring), and it's more of a "prying" motion and force off the base plate. Don't use the Glock tool as it's not robust enough. I think a 3/32 pin punch IIRC.
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Glock tool is perfectly fine.
 
All the guys in those videos are using TRUE Glock 17 round magazines.


The KCI 10/17 mags I have are the same in design (just not quality) as the OEM 17 rounders, except they have a rivet at the 10 round mark. Those mags come part easy without any tools just like in the video.


After some research is turns out the OEM 10 rounders that ship here are indeed nerfed. In fact they are nerfed hard. The shell is actually narrower, the follower has arms that extend so it can't go past the 10 round mark, follower is different too, springs are shorter, etc... Apparently this all makes it harder to disassemble because you can't push in the follower that the bottom of the mag spring sits on far enough out from the base plate.


So it looks like instead of sticking a rivet in a 17 rounder they re-invented the wheel and made magazines that are as hard as possible to disassemble.
 
I have taken apart the 17 rounders that were modified and used a torx screwdriver as it was longer allowing more leverage than the glock tool. I never bothered trying to squeeze in the sides of the mag tube, popped off by using brute force.

I will try this on my 10 rounders and see what happens, they went together so thy have to come apart.
 
I had the same problem, just yesterday

Watched Lenny McGill on Utube, and you have to be brutal with it

I chewed up one floor plate, on a brand new 9mm OEM 10 round mag, being gentle

Used a straight punch and got heavy with it, and it came apart no worries

Did the same on another and a couple of .40 cal, all good

You just have to monster them off
 
Heli### said:
I had the same problem, just yesterday

Watched Lenny McGill on Utube, and you have to be brutal with it

I chewed up one floor plate, on a brand new 9mm OEM 10 round mag, being gentle

Used a straight punch and got heavy with it, and it came apart no worries

Did the same on another and a couple of .40 cal, all good

You just have to monster them off
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Just how far are you taking this? I had the darn things in a C-Clamp to the point that you could see the magazine shell bending considerably inwards to override the little tabs that hold on to the floor plate. Using a 3/32" punch I was trying with all my strength to have it slide off the "rails".


Are you having it slide off the rails that the floor plate rides on or are you just straight prying it off with brute force hoping that it doesn't break?
 
I made this video for those of you who seem to believe the 10 round mags can't be disassembled easily

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"Video is Private" can't watch...


Either way, why does Glock feel it necessary to sell us nerfed magazines when they could just as easily sell us true 10/17's?
 
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