MGC/RMI zinc Luger mag disassembly?

Need some help and tips before I break something... how does one go about when removing the magazine bottom on one of these? There seems to be a pin of some kind there... do I just press it through?

I believe so.
I have not dissasembled magazine myself, but used one that I have seems to have pin removed and hammered back.

Hi!

Kiwigunner answered in an older post :

kiwigunner wrote:

D'accord! Dronne
In May last year, I experienced the same problem when trying to remove what looks like a pin.
My magazine was not working properly.

My conclusion is that it is part of the base zinc casting and is not removable. It appears to be a false pin.
On a real P08 magazine of course, the base IS held in place by a pin that CAN be tapped out.

At the time I decided not to damage my magazine and managed to fix the problem another way.
However, if I had to remove the base my method would be to carefully use a drill the same diameter as the false pin, and gently drill half way through the base; then turn it over and drill through from the opposite side.

I say "gently" because if the drill bit is not exactly centered then it way wander and damage the steel of the magazine. So I would use a steel punch to mark the centre of the hole.
And by drilling half-way from each side, any misalignment can be compensated.

Then of course a replacement real pin may be used.
I hope this may be helpful.
Bonne chance!

Cheers,
Kiwigunner.

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Ah, good catch!

I hope Suomi did not try my bad recommendation...

Probably "pin" on my magazines were also tried to be removed in vain ;-)

Oh, cool, had missed kiwigunner's post. Thanks - now I know better than tryinng to tamper with tha mag bottom. (No worries, smootik ) Too bad - was planning to accurize the mag.

Oh well - a good thing is that real Luger mags fit the MGC like a glove. Only drawback with real Luger mags... hmm. Could it have something to do with the cost?