I just use specialty needle nose or needle nose type pliers what I mean by specialty is they have no grooves to the surface are flat Steel! Basically this is just to see if it will help or cure the problem. Nothing special about what you need to try it with one mag. And if it don't work you can put it back where it was easy enough. Between that and checking the extractor as to how tight it holds the cartridge in the slide. Those are the two things that I would check the EZ. As a mentioned.