Rekraps Posted August 29, 2023 Report Share Posted August 29, 2023 So, I have Andrewski working on my C&R as I type and we were discussing the infamous 50 round magazines issued with these guns (mostly for marine use). I commented to John about my less than acceptable performance of the mags and he stated the obvious (which he does quite well!). "Scott you dummy, they probably have not been cleaned since WW2 so disassemble them and swag them out with a 12 GA shotgun bore brush (cloth) with lightweight engine oil." I did so, checked the followers for smooth movement in the housing and reassembled. Guess what, the rounds now load and feed smoothly... duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1gewehr Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 Yep. My 50rd mags wouldn't work reliably until I finally decided to do a good cleaning. It's amazing how much ancient oily gunk comes out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted September 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 Mine still had residual cosmoline on the insides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booger hooker Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 I thought mine were rusty until I realized that it was just Cosmoline that had dried and was caked on the mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APEXgunparts Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 I have one of the BREN magazine brushes and its "stick" on my bench. They are great for cleaning inside any/all magazines, especially the long SMG's type's. I have used it for years, never let any newly acquired magazines get stored without a good cleaning first. That follower better move freely (by gravity) before the mag gets put back together. Here is the tool: LEWIS Gun and BREN Gun Cleaning Kit with Rod I have used the carbon scraper, but the other tool I only used once as it is very specific to the BREN gun. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodoj Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 Go to Dollar tree or wallyworld. Buy a toilet bowl brush. Cut one end and open it up. On the cut end fold over the metal and viola. You have a long mag brush. Works perfect!!! FYI don’t use the toilet bowl brush for its intended use first. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted September 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 49 minutes ago, komodoj said: Go to Dollar tree or wallyworld. Buy a toilet bowl brush. Cut one end and open it up. On the cut end fold over the metal and viola. You have a long mag brush. Works perfect!!! FYI don’t use the toilet bowl brush for its intended use first. lol Now you tell me about the toilet brush "order" issue.... Shit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APEXgunparts Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 I bought a package of the small diameter round brushes at Harbor Freight for cleaning pistol magazines. The package has various sizes in it. They also work inside of bolt bodies to get the old grease and powder out. They don't work so well on dried out WD-40 though (which I NEVER use on guns) that takes a steel brush and solvent to clean out. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 Old tooth brushes, nitrile gloves and mineral spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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