Maybe I'm just a dummy, but Glock makes it kinda hard to disassemble their mags, IMO. I bought a Glock specific mag baseplate for my Mantis X10, which is just a straight replacement for the Glock baseplate with an integrated pic rail. It will only fit on Glock mags, which I didn't know, as I wanted to put it on a cheaper Pmag (I currently have one of the sticky Mantis adapters on a Pmag, but wanted something more stable).
Anyways, it takes me two seconds to take the plate off a Pmag. The Glock mag? Took me three days.
I looked at videos, and tried doing the punch/screwdriver method, but I kept marring the mag without it breaking free of the stupid tabs that hold it in. I was afraid that I was going to break something, so I ordered one of those Otis baseplate tools for the Glock mags. Once it arrived, it took the baseplate right off, but man, I had to apply a LOT of pressure. I haven't taken any of my other Glock mags apart, so maybe the one I chose happened to have slightly oversized tabs or something? I ended up getting pissed and I took the Dremel to it and just barely touched the tabs, taking off a miniscule amount of material, and that made an incredible difference. It still required some good pressure to get the baseplate on and off, but I wasn't feeling like I was going to break something. Like I said, maybe I'm a dummy, since guys in the videos were having good results with a punch alone or punch and screwdriver to force it past the tabs.
Does anyone know why they do those tabs? Is it for some military requirements for some country or other? I get the aspect of having secure baseplates for high speed stuff, but from the videos I watched, it was mentioned that pretty much no one else does this, and other manufacturers have their guns used in high demand settings as well. Plus it seems like if you have to apply that much force repeatedly, you're going to stress the mag and/or wear those tabs down anyway.
Anyway, Ben's complaint of the week.
