Browning Hi-Power Mag - How to Disassemble?

HiPowering Along · January 29, 2006, 12:40 AM

Any way to disassemble the 10-round 9mm mags for a Hi-Power? Looks similar to how the AR-15 mags are put together, but without the release catch being visible.

jclaude · January 29, 2006, 12:32 PM

All of the 9mm HP mags I have are the older 13 round variations and they have the release button centered in the bottom plate of the mag. The ones I have for 40 S&W have the Pachmeyer bumper pads on them and I can't tell for sure, but they have a depression right in the middle of the pad which I think is for depressing the release button. Can't be sure as I haven't tried it yet. Let me know if you should decide to give it a try.

The British Soldier · January 29, 2006, 03:17 PM

Press the button in the centre of the baseplate and then slide the baseplate forward off its rails; this allows the spring to 'boing' out and you can withdraw it along with the magazine platform.

The other kind has a sprung clip at the rear, which you lever up and then slide forward and the spring comes out.

HiPowering Along · January 29, 2006, 06:17 PM

They're the kind that have the "helper" eject spring - only have a hole in the bottom of the base. Have to find something that will fit in it to see if there's a "clip" inside it that I can't see...

They have to come apart somehow - hopefully without the assistance of a vice and a 15 pound sledgehammer....

HiPowering Along · January 29, 2006, 07:16 PM

"Shove it....:

A ten-penny nail in the bottom shoved up to kick the spring out of the way will allow the bottom to slide off...kinda like ejecting a stuck CD in a computer, but not quite as deep...

<puts away the 15 pound sledge>

mister2 · January 30, 2006, 03:11 PM

First off, the eject helper springs, also called "mousetrap springs" are held on by a separate phillips-head screw that does not need to be undone to disassemble the mag.

Find a long, thin screwdriver or tool to depress the button at the bottom of the hole and the rest is similar to the 13-rd prodcedure.

HTH
MR2

January 29, 2006, 12:40 AM	#1
HiPowering Along Senior Member Join Date: January 1, 2006 Location: PA - Land of taxes, potholes and unfortunately Ed "Gun Grabbin' Fast Eddie" Rendell Posts: 254	Browning Hi-Power Mag - How to Disassemble? Any way to disassemble the 10-round 9mm mags for a Hi-Power? Looks similar to how the AR-15 mags are put together, but without the release catch being visible. __________________ HP'ing Along - - - - - - - - - - - - - *"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."* - One of the greatest sentences ever written into an instrument of democracy.

January 29, 2006, 12:32 PM	#2
jclaude Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2006 Location: Coastal North Carolina Posts: 157	High Power Mags All of the 9mm HP mags I have are the older 13 round variations and they have the release button centered in the bottom plate of the mag. The ones I have for 40 S&W have the Pachmeyer bumper pads on them and I can't tell for sure, but they have a depression right in the middle of the pad which I think is for depressing the release button. Can't be sure as I haven't tried it yet. Let me know if you should decide to give it a try.

January 29, 2006, 03:17 PM	#3
The British Soldier Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2005 Location: England...that green and pleasasnt land. Posts: 295	Press the button in the centre of the baseplate and then slide the baseplate forward off its rails; this allows the spring to 'boing' out and you can withdraw it along with the magazine platform. The other kind has a sprung clip at the rear, which you lever up and then slide forward and the spring comes out. __________________ Mike When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains And the women come out to cut up what remains Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains An' go to your Gawd like a soldier. Rudyard Kipling.

January 29, 2006, 06:17 PM	#4
HiPowering Along Senior Member Join Date: January 1, 2006 Location: PA - Land of taxes, potholes and unfortunately Ed "Gun Grabbin' Fast Eddie" Rendell Posts: 254	They're the kind that have the "helper" eject spring - only have a hole in the bottom of the base. Have to find something that will fit in it to see if there's a "clip" inside it that I can't see... They have to come apart somehow - hopefully without the assistance of a vice and a 15 pound sledgehammer.... __________________ HP'ing Along - - - - - - - - - - - - - *"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."* - One of the greatest sentences ever written into an instrument of democracy.

January 29, 2006, 07:16 PM	#5
HiPowering Along Senior Member Join Date: January 1, 2006 Location: PA - Land of taxes, potholes and unfortunately Ed "Gun Grabbin' Fast Eddie" Rendell Posts: 254	You just need to do what Theresa Heinz Kerry said... "Shove it....: A ten-penny nail in the bottom shoved up to kick the spring out of the way will allow the bottom to slide off...kinda like ejecting a stuck CD in a computer, but not quite as deep... <puts away the 15 pound sledge> __________________ HP'ing Along - - - - - - - - - - - - - *"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."* - One of the greatest sentences ever written into an instrument of democracy.

January 30, 2006, 03:11 PM	#6
mister2 Member Join Date: June 2, 2004 Location: AZ Posts: 88	HP 10-rd mags disassembly First off, the eject helper springs, also called "mousetrap springs" are held on by a separate phillips-head screw that does not need to be undone to disassemble the mag. Find a long, thin screwdriver or tool to depress the button at the bottom of the hole and the rest is similar to the 13-rd prodcedure. HTH MR2