Thanks to a previous topic, I just purchased some 15 round magazines for my 75B. I usually disassemble the mags and give them a cleaning and lube before using them.

Problem is I can't get the thing apart. Even after pressing in the release on the base the base plate only slides a little and does not come off. I don't want to screw something up by forcing it.

 

Any suggestions

Just press the tab in and use a little muscle to push the base plate forward. I just picked up a CZ 85B Combat today and I just timed it right, had 5 15 round mags show up at my place when I was out picking up the gun. Just grab each of them, and while it is a little tougher than a mags I have taken apart and put back together a bunch of time, it will come off. Try pushing the tab and internal plate in further in case it's rotating a little and catching on the base plate.

Just press the tab in and use a little muscle to push the base plate forward. I just picked up a CZ 85B Combat today and I just timed it right, had 5 15 round mags show up at my place when I was out picking up the gun. Just grab each of them, and while it is a little tougher than a mags I have taken apart and put back together a bunch of time, it will come off. Try pushing the tab and internal plate in further in case it's rotating a little and catching on the base plate.

As you know I just bought a bunch of CZ 75b 15 round mags also,Should I be pulling them apart and lubing them ?. Is it necessary for all mags?.

As you know I just bought a bunch of CZ 75b 15 round mags also,Should I be pulling them apart and lubing them ?. Is it necessary for all mags?.

 

I like to take new CZ mags apart and at least get all the packing oil they ship with off of them, so yes I do take them apart and clean them and put them back together with NO LUBE. I find that lubed mags don't help anything but dirt and powder residue from collecting in them.

I like to take new CZ mags apart and at least get all the packing oil they ship with off of them, so yes I do take them apart and clean them and put them back together with NO LUBE. I find that lubed mags don't help anything but dirt and powder residue from collecting in them.

I did notice some packing oil on a couple otherwise they seemed pretty dry to me,I also ran 250 rounds through them and the gun last Tuesday without so much as a hiccup. I guess my question is, is it necessary? or can I just run them as is?

I did notice some packing oil on a couple otherwise they seemed pretty dry to me,I also ran 250 rounds through them and the gun last Tuesday without so much as a hiccup. I guess my question is, is it necessary? or can I just run them as is?

 

Sure you can run them as they came, no need to take them apart, I just do that, well just because it makes me feel better.

 

That and it give me a chance to see if there are any problems with them, not that you find many, but I did find 1 follower on a CZ 75-TS mag that wasn't hooked to the spring the right way, and a few burs on KCI mags for my Glock that needed a little TLC.

Sure you can run them as they came, no need to take them apart, I just do that, well just because it makes me feel better.

 

That and it give me a chance to see if there are any problems with them, not that you find many, but I did find 1 follower on a CZ 75-TS mag that wasn't hooked to the spring the right way, and a few burs on KCI mags for my Glock that needed a little TLC.

Thanks. I didn't relish the thought of pulling apart a dozen mags and putting them back together especially since the CZ mags looks like they can hurt me.

Update.

 

Of the five I bought only one stuck. A padded pliers fixed that one and all seems good now.

As to cleaning, I use CLP wipes to remove the stuff that they are shipped in and to leave a lib film in the magazine.

I wouldn't suggest leaving *any* film of lube inside of the mag body. This is a magnet for dust/dirt/lint, all of which won't enhance the operation of the magazine I usually swab out the mag bodies until I can run a white patch through without pulling off gunk and then reassemble. There's nothing in a magazine that needs to be lubricated for it to function properly!