Bodyguard 2.0 10rd mag spring flakey

[geeollie]

I have a question that I have not seen posted.

Opened up 3 Bodyguard 2.0, 10 round magazines to clean them.
The top portion of the springs closest to the follower were seemingly coated with some brownish flakey something.
The 12 round did not have this.

I used Ballostol to clean them. The stuff is not rust but some flakey coating. Is this something that you have seen?
It does not seem to be a problem, especially if you get it all off.
Just curious.

 

[ImDrRich]

Havent seen it BUT I did modify my mags to reduce the sizes of the "points" on the bottom of the followers. Made a huge difference in loading them to capacity.

 

[geeollie]

It could be where my mags were in the production run???
2 are purchased extra and 1 in the factory box, so I don't really know.

I have thought about a trim for my followers "pointers" as well.
Saw picture by someone here who did that and it helps with the 3rd round getting caught issue with those same points. maybe it was you???

 

[GnarlsR2]

I cannot get 10 rounds into the 10-round mag and 12 rounds into the 12-round mag. Yes... I used my UPlula. Because of the pressure on a closed slide attempting to slam in a full mag, I run 1 round short on my mags.

I will be very happy to buy a couple Magguts kit as soon as they provide one!!

 

[GnarlsR2]

I have a question that I have not seen posted.

Opened up 3 Bodyguard 2.0, 10 round magazines to clean them.
The top portion of the springs closest to the follower were seemingly coated with some brownish flakey something.
The 12 round did not have this.

I used Ballostol to clean them. The stuff is not rust but some flakey coating. Is this something that you have seen?
It does not seem to be a problem, especially if you get it all off.
Just curious.

I've read posts about "green crusty stuff" inside a mag, but not "brownish flakey something".

 

[Bonds101]

I disassembled my 10 round mag and I had this same rust color flakey finish. I soaked the mag spring in clp and cleaned them with a nylon brush and got it all of. The rag I used to clean up had an orange tint that looked like rust. It wasn’t the entire spring, just the top 1/3 near the follower

 

[GnarlsR2]

I disassembled my 10 round mag and I had this same rust color flakey finish. I soaked the mag spring in clp and cleaned them with a nylon brush and got it all of. The rag I used to clean up had an orange tint that looked like rust. It wasn’t the entire spring, just the top 1/3 near the follower

Out of the box, I always disassemble my magazines to inspect, clean, and lube them before the first range day.

I also trimmed the followers a little with a fingernail file, but it did not make any difference in getting a full mag loaded. I think the spring is too long and when compressed to the bottom of the mag tube there's not enough space for a round to sit on the follower without expanding the feed lips. No bueno!... I just load my mags 1 round short of full.

 

[geeollie]

Since some do not seem to have this rusty looking coating, I really wonder what it was. Mine never came back, but they have a very- VERY- light coating of Ballistol. The good news is that after a good cleaning, my mag springs...actually the entire magazine is working 100 %. And, after several 100 rounds, I can load 10 by hand......not real easy of fast, but it can be done.

 

[ImDrRich]

I had a similar problem to the OP, and disassembled my mags and cut off all the "fangs" on the followers' bottoms. At times, these fangs were coming out through the magazine catch and preventing magazine feeding.

Problem was eliminated.

 

[Bonds101]

Since some do not seem to have this rusty looking coating, I really wonder what it was. Mine never came back, but they have a very- VERY- light coating of Ballistol. The good news is that after a good cleaning, my mag springs...actually the entire magazine is working 100 %. And, after several 100 rounds, I can load 10 by hand......not real easy of fast, but it can be done.

I wonder if it maybe is some sort of grease to make sure the spring doesn’t get caught on the mag body .. it’s only the top 1/3 of the spring so if it was rust the entire spring would be rusted over but that part of the mag body is when it bottlenecks from a stack and a half to single stack and maybe there is a chance the spring could make contact with the mag body and there is grease to make sure it doesn’t get caught up on the body? Very strange as I thought it was rust the way it come off in flakes and the metal below was not pitted and it’s only the top 1/3 of the spring leads me to believe it was intentionally put there

 

[geeollie]

I agree. Mine was beginning to flake off so it perhaps/maybe is not going to remain on the springs forever, even if it is intended to help???

 

[Col_Cotton_Hill]

I had a similar problem to the OP, and disassembled my mags and cut off all the "fangs" on the followers' bottoms. At times, these fangs were coming out through the magazine catch and preventing magazine feeding.

Problem was eliminated.

Did you cut off just the long front "fang" or some off the rear too?

Thanks.

 

[ImDrRich]

Just shortened the two in the front. From then on, loading to full capacity was easy.