This method doesn't work. It only works when reassembling the magazine (in reverse order). However, if you try to disassemble the magazine this way, the W-shaped spring won't release from its grooves and can be damaged. The spring will then bend at a critical angle and may crack or permanently lose its original shape.Google says this:
Take a Q tip like you use to clean your ears and push down midway on the left side of the follower as close to the inside wall of the mag as possible until the right side clears the flange then follower and spring should pop out. Reassemble in same manner.




















































