How to disassemble/ reassemble EMAG & PMAGs

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Disassembly of EMAG/ PMAGs


This is a pictorial guide to break down of the Magpul EMAG and PMAG series magazines. For those who are unfamiliar with the testing and background that we have compiled here on Weapon Evolution, below are three links to threads that you may find interesting.


History and overview of the Magpul PMAG link


PMAGS- Tested past destruction link


Magpul Maritime PMAG link



The magazine is the weakest link to most any weapon system, and while the Magpul PMAG and EMAG are well built magazines that have shown themselves to be highly reliable, it doesn't change that they still need a basic amount of care and maintenance. Depending on your shooting schedule, shooting environment, and use for your magazines, its possible that you will be cleaning them each time you clean your weapon. If your weapon is a hungry beast, then the magazine is the utensil that feeds it.


Lets look at the life of a magazine. In general, its thrown around, beat on, stuffed in a pouch, kicked around on the ground, and blamed for just about any problem that it may or may not have had anything to do with. We expect our weapons to perform on demand, and our weapons need to be fed from a functional item to do this.

The below magazine is one which was used during inclement weather work. Shootings don't stop just because the weather is poor, and we obviously need to train to fit the environment we may fight in. Its pretty obvious that a magazine that is used in conditions like this is going to need to be cleaned, and even though the pictured magazine was cleaned out in water after being dropped in the mud, you can see what the inside looked like at the end of the day.

Yes, this PMAG remained functional, but there is little point hinging our life, or the lives of others on something that is easy to wipe down and keep clean.