Just my opinion here, but I think I have a legitimate beef...
Why On Earth did Gaston make the magazine floorplate so @*&!% difficult to remove?
After returning with a NIB G27, I LITERALLY spent 30 minutes reading and rereading the instruction manual on how to remove the floorplate. Instructions state to set floorplate down on a table, at an angle and squeeze the magazine walls inward (yes, the steel lined ones) to unseat the floorplate from the little retaining protrusions on the magazine body. Push down, squeeze in and voila! It's off according to the manual.
Riiight...
After feeling like a weakling (and I'm a big guy) I went to the toolbox and got a wrench to slightly squeeze inward on the magazine walls... no luck. Defeated, I posted a query about the SOP for this and found that I was not alone. Apparently, one is supposed to use a disassembly tool to remove it. And Glock expected us to know this by how??
I truly have no idea whatsoever why it was designed this way. All other magazines I have had contact with (including assault rifles) I can break down no problemo. For some reason, I feel Glock really blew it when not only they designed the floorplate the way they did, but when they posted disassembly instructions to "squeeze inward with your thumb and forefinger" on a steel lined mag.
Just had to get that off my chest. For you Glockers that can disassemble the mags without tools - kudos, BIG TIME.
I know, I know. It isn't necessary to clean the magazines but once a thousand rounds or so, but I still like to make sure EVERYTHING is well maintained on all of my equipment.
Rant off...
Why On Earth did Gaston make the magazine floorplate so @*&!% difficult to remove?
After returning with a NIB G27, I LITERALLY spent 30 minutes reading and rereading the instruction manual on how to remove the floorplate. Instructions state to set floorplate down on a table, at an angle and squeeze the magazine walls inward (yes, the steel lined ones) to unseat the floorplate from the little retaining protrusions on the magazine body. Push down, squeeze in and voila! It's off according to the manual.
Riiight...
After feeling like a weakling (and I'm a big guy) I went to the toolbox and got a wrench to slightly squeeze inward on the magazine walls... no luck. Defeated, I posted a query about the SOP for this and found that I was not alone. Apparently, one is supposed to use a disassembly tool to remove it. And Glock expected us to know this by how??
I truly have no idea whatsoever why it was designed this way. All other magazines I have had contact with (including assault rifles) I can break down no problemo. For some reason, I feel Glock really blew it when not only they designed the floorplate the way they did, but when they posted disassembly instructions to "squeeze inward with your thumb and forefinger" on a steel lined mag.
Just had to get that off my chest. For you Glockers that can disassemble the mags without tools - kudos, BIG TIME.
I know, I know. It isn't necessary to clean the magazines but once a thousand rounds or so, but I still like to make sure EVERYTHING is well maintained on all of my equipment.
Rant off...