Bigpops Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Wow. I ordered a GTUL and my mag cleaning days are much better! Finally someone has used their noggin! No, I am not involved with this product ....just passing some good info. The best 20 bucks I have spent in awhile. (Lord knows I have purchased enough crap) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vetts1911 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) Wow a Glock 9mm/40 S&W Magazine tool that works!!! After years of slowing destroying my magazines by cleaning them during the break down. I found this tool that works and it works very well. I went and got the combo with the brush. The brush has a pin that is made of steel that works great to break the frame down too. Then even better the whole kit is made in the USA to boot. I used the brush on a couple of other magazines and it works well on those too. The other thing that sold me was the video on the web site and another friend that just bought one down in VA. Here is the link for the tool with an instructional video. I hope that he starts making them for 10mm and 45acp magazines. http://www.mygtul.com/index.php Edited April 17, 2009 by vetts1911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper046 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 why not just use a pair of pliers or vise-grips with some cloth or rubber wrapped around the jaws? Seems to me this would squeeze the sides in the same at the GTUL and not cost you a dime (if, of course, you have pliers or a vise-grip around). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron beda Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Thanks for the GTUL info. I just ordered one. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Use the money to buy more ammo and cut off the little tabs located on the mag body that lock the base into the floor cover. I have done this with every glock mag I have used in competition for three years now and never had a single floor cover come off inadvertantly. After cutting the tabs off, all you have to do is push up the floor plate and slip the cover off like any other mag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hefta Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Use the money to buy more ammo and cut off the little tabs located on the mag body that lock the base into the floor cover. I have done this with every glock mag I have used in competition for three years now and never had a single floor cover come off inadvertantly. After cutting the tabs off, all you have to do is push up the floor plate and slip the cover off like any other mag. +1 I did the same thing cut them dirty little tabs off with a utility razor and you are golden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhusak Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Use the money to buy more ammo and cut off the little tabs located on the mag body that lock the base into the floor cover. I have done this with every glock mag I have used in competition for three years now and never had a single floor cover come off inadvertantly. After cutting the tabs off, all you have to do is push up the floor plate and slip the cover off like any other mag. +1 I did the same thing cut them dirty little tabs off with a utility razor and you are golden. You guy's may be rioght about cutting the tabs.. But I elect to keep mine stock.. That is why Glock made them that way! I also just ordered on of these kits.. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Z Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) Wow a Glock 9mm/40 S&W Magazine tool that works!!! After years of slowing destroying my magazines by cleaning them during the break down. I found this tool that works and it works very well. I went and got the combo with the brush. The brush has a pin that is made of steel that works great to break the frame down too. Then even better the whole kit is made in the USA to boot. I used the brush on a couple of other magazines and it works well on those too. The other thing that sold me was the video on the web site and another friend that just bought one down in VA. Here is the link for the tool with an instructional video. I hope that he starts making them for 10mm and 45acp magazines. http://www.mygtul.com/index.php That looks a lot like the tool that I've been using for a long time. I bought it at the flea market. It's called a lint brush. Best $1 I've spent in a while. Edited April 17, 2009 by Ray_Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rising Sight Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I wonder if crushing your magazines is a wise decision. It looks to me that you could get the same results by placing your mags in a vise. A vise would also have the added benefit of freeing up both of your hands to remove the basepad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouSlide Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Once I got the hang of removing the baseplates with the standard armorer's tool, it's never been an issue for me. YMMV. Curtis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cy Soto Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I wonder if crushing your magazines is a wise decision. It looks to me that you could get the same results by placing your mags in a vise.A vise would also have the added benefit of freeing up both of your hands to remove the basepad. I think the idea with this gadget is that you can remove the basepads while at the range so you can clean your mags between stages. BTW what are they charging for shipping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clown Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 watched the video. i like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpops Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 To each their own. Just passing the info. I for one am pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I'm tempted. I use a punch into the base plate retaining hole to lever off the pad, but that scars up the pad and the plate both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vetts1911 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 BTW what are they charging for shipping? I was charged 4.90 for shipping and it came USPS Priority Mail. I never thought of taking the tabs off with a razor blade. I may have done that before but now the mags are going up in cost and tough to get. I like this tool for the ease of the job and my magazines not having an oval hole and the tabs rounding off. I was thinking and the older style magazines were not so hard to pinch and disasemble. I think it is because they are making them more rigid now cause the new magazines don't swell and stick like the older ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Clean Glock magazines? Knock the dirt out of them and rinse them under the tap, sure, but take them apart and clean them? What's this world coming to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinMike Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I use a punch from my Lyman punch set that "fills" the hole in the base pad (i.e. thicker than the Glock armorer's tool.) With that and just the slightest pressure on the mag walls, my base pads slide right off with the tabs still intact. The bigger punch seems to make a lot of difference for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal1955 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 WTF ? I've got 50k-60k rounds thru my five G17 practice mags. Never had a jam and never cleaned one. Just shake off the sand and dirt and bark mulch and keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 WTF ? I've got 50k-60k rounds thru my five G17 practice mags. Never had a jam and never cleaned one. Just shake off the sand and dirt and bark mulch and keep going. Apparently, you've never shot a match with inches of mud in the berm or 20+mph winds tossing coarse sand around enough to jam the follower. I've had both at a match, and yes both stopped my mag from functioning. I've had as many as four so covered in mud so bad I couldn't even see the witness holes on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepickles Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Cleaning magazines regularly is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vetts1911 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 (edited) Okay here is a good one on magazine life. Yes I belive in cleaning them for function and reliability reasons. 1. I don't trust my magazine springs after a year. 2. The magazine release notch in the magazine tends to mushroom and wear out after I would guess 400 to 600 uses. 3. I have had from what I guess the notches being worn out bullets flying out from the top and bottom of the gun when the floor plate gave out. Any other inputs would be great cause I think I have forgot more about shooting Glocks in competition since I started back in the Single Stack 9mm the last year. Edited April 18, 2009 by vetts1911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEC-Memphis Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Once I got the hang of removing the baseplates with the standard armorer's tool, it's never been an issue for me. YMMV.Curtis Same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Clean Glock mags between stages????? I have not cleaned my Glock mags in years. You mean they come apart?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobob Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Yep, just shake them off. If they get dropped in the dirt, you may have to knock some of the grit out. Then load em up and keep shooting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00bullitt Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 (edited) I got one of the tools from Greg before he released them to the market. Greg Morando is a USPSA shooter from Huntsville Alabama. I've used the pliers and the punch method to force the basepad off. I hated the pliers. And prying off the pads with the punch elongates the hole in the pad requiring replacement in short order. The GTUL is small and compact and extremly easy and fast to use. I can lay all of my mags out and open them up in seconds without any additional wear on the basepads or mag bodies. And $20 is not a bad price. Its a nice product and it works well. The punch on the end of the handle also works as a great disassembly tool. When it comes to competition.....I leave nothing to chance. I clean my mags often.....even though they are Glock mags. I want my equipment to work all the time and treat it as such. This tool just makes it a little easier. A tool as simple and easy to use like this is long overdue. Let me also add....its made right here in the USA Edited April 21, 2009 by 00bullitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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