Patent ID: 8726561

Claim:
A two piece tool consisting of a body (piece 1 ) and a retaining pin (piece 2 ) for disassembly and reassembly of a firearms magazine for cleaning or maintenance, said magazine consisting of a case having a hollow generally rectilinear configuration with two flat parallel side faces, a front face, a rear face and a base end with a non-removable base plate and an open upper end, the base plate formed in a flat generally rectangular configuration and coupled to the base end to close the base end thereby forming an interior recess within the case, the upper open end having a wide section equal to the dimensions of the flat edge of the cartridge to be inserted into the magazine, the upper ends of the side faces having a radial bevel to form a lip on both sides thereby restricting the opening into the recess of the case, said feed lips having a length and a clearance, a coil spring having an upper end and a lower end positioned on but not attached to the base plate and sized to be slightly longer than height of the interior recess of the case; a follower positioned within the recess and upon the spring having a central section for positioning the spring and is adapted to smoothly slide up and down within the recess without binding, and witness holes along the sides of the magazine case that are parallel to one another, and said tool consisting of a body that includes channels on opposite sides of the body, said channels having a width that is less than the clearance between the feed lips and a second surface width above and below the channels that is greater than the clearance between the feed lips but equal to the dimensions of the flat edge of the cartridge to be inserted into the magazine, and consisting of a retaining pin which is smaller in diameter than the witness holes in the magazine, is no longer than the length of a cartridge intended for use in the magazine and, is inserted into a recess in the tool body for storage said retaining pin being.