Loading / take down tool

[lugerholsterrepair]

The most important feature is the very thin edge left in the hole. If it is not there..the tool cannot grasp the follower button and when the tool slips off it is not only irritating but worthless for the task of loading.

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

The most important feature is the very thin edge left in the hole. If it is not there..the tool cannot grasp the follower button and when the tool slips off it is not only irritating but worthless for the task of loading.

Moreover, if the little lip is too thick, or if it is beveled, it can bind between the follower button and the mag body when it's being pushed down.

My motley selection of mags includes some Imperial era originals, Haenels, MecGars, Swiss commercial post-war, Mausers, Ermas, SS flat-sided ones for the Texas guns, plus a handful of mutts.

It seems to me that each format requires a slightly different profile on back side to work with perfect smoothness. I'm presuming that it is because of small variations achieved by the different styles and manufacturers.

For example, the stainless flat-sided ones have no room behind their follower buttons to admit the lip of the tool. So for those, I ground out the lip entirely of a tool that worked crappy on the other mags.

I prefer the replica ones that are the WWI shape.