Prepping a new mag for my Llama

H

Herluf

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Ordered one of the new production llama 22LR mags from ebay for my '66 Especial. When it arrived it felt a bit grimey. This was the opposite of my MecGar Beretta 84 Mags which arrived clean and lightly lubed.

What's the best way to clean this baby out? I was thinking about tossing it in a jar of gasoline overnight and then scrubbing and lubing it but I've never cleaned the inside of a mag before and I don't want to do anything harmful.
 
Unless it's made of plastic, mags can be cleaned with just about anything.
I prefer mineral spirits and good scrubbing with a brush.
Gasoline can go Boom.
Molotov cocktail, anyone?
 
I take each new mag apart and clean everything with 90% isopropanol. I then lube all surfaces with liquid car wax, buffed to a shine.
 
Do not use WD 40 in time it will look like shellac. Take the mag apart, use any cleaner safe for firearms and lightly oil. Cleaning the mag may be a futile jesture if it does not work, many after market just do not work so fire a few mags full to find out.
 
While I really respect your gun opinions Mikey, I have to diagree with your WD 40 statement. Any oil will gunk up or varnish if left too thick for too long. WD 40, properly used, is no worse than anything else. I have used it daily for 40 years.
 
Thanks folks.
I'll clean it before hand just because I don't want to put anything unknown and dirty into my firearm. If I have to return it they'll at least get it back nice and clean.

I've got a nice big can of mineral sprits so I'll probably go with that. The mag floor looks pretty tight on I may end up using some WD40 on that, but we'll see.

Much appreciated!
 
Oil will attract dirt, which is why use of WD-40 (without interim degreasing) forms a film; wax won't. Be prepared to clean your mags more often if you oil them.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
While I really respect your gun opinions Mikey, I have to diagree with your WD 40 statement. Any oil will gunk up or varnish if left too thick for too long. WD 40, properly used, is no worse than anything else. I have used it daily for 40 years.
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Bill and I sometime disagree on other topics, but not on this one...

Like many here, I used to believe that using WD-40 on firearms could lead to problems, but all of the horror stories I heard or read were things that "happened to someone" the teller KNEW or tales folks had HEARD ABOUT; I don't think I've heard of a single first-hand account of a problem.

The Corporation that sells WD-40 affirms that it's good for firearms, field weapons, and especially automatic weapons -- they say you will not have problems. This is from the website:

http://wd40.com/news/in-the-news/wd-40-can-be-an-effective-maintenance-tool-for-gun-owners

This particular piece of information has been on their site since 2001, so I think there would have been a lot of stink raised with them had a lot of guns lacquered up and refused to operate in the past 14-15 years.
 
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