tapco mag... no way to clean it?

[RickR1100]

Got a tapco mag the other day, and when looking at it I saw it seems to have a big rounded plastic piece attached to the bottom of the mag baseplate. There seems no way to disassemble it for cleaning. Or am I missing something?

Is it glued onto the metal baseplate? Is this mag not able to be disassembled for cleaning? It just seems like an odd design...

 

[Dyspnea]

You drill a small in the middle bottom and then use a tool to release the floor plate. There's also YouTube video that someone made.

 

[Ontario597]

It's also an old design as the new mags don't have this cover so no drilling is required. You drill a small hole on or right next to the U of the USA. Then you can insert a little Allen key or screw driver and depress the button and slide the whole bottom off. I did this to 3 of my mags after I saw the YouTube vid on how to do it.

 

[Spotagwan]

i tried that but the metal rivet in my mags prevented me from pushing the button. I just wipe them out with damp rag when im done with them, if they break, i buy more or go back to regular, don't worry about it so much.