{"id":271,"date":"2022-07-18T19:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T19:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?p=271"},"modified":"2023-12-08T12:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T12:56:22","slug":"ar-magazine-release-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"AR Magazine Release Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted a tool to help get the magazine catch pushed out of my M16\/AR-15 without scratching or marring the metal. To compresses the spring and make removal of the magazine catch easier.<\/p>\n<p>Looking around I saw AR Magazine Catch tools similar to mine on various web sites for around $10 without shipping. I am frugal and own a 3D printer, I decided to make one.<\/p>\n<p>I know you can use many other things to push it out, such as, but not limited to, pencil, punch, your kids finger\u2026.If you have a 3D printer it is a quick and cheap print.<\/p>\n<p>You can download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:5435112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STL on Thiniverse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few pictures:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?attachment_id=275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-275\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-275 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-06.jpg\" alt=\"AR15 Magazine Release tool 03\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-06.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-06-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AR15 Magazine Release tool 03<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-276\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?attachment_id=276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-276\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-276 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-07.jpg\" alt=\"AR15 Magazine Release tool 04\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-07.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-07-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-07-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AR15 Magazine Release tool 04<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?attachment_id=274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-274\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-274 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-05.jpg\" alt=\"AR15 Magazine Release tool 02\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-05-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AR15 Magazine Release tool 02<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?attachment_id=273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-273 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-04.jpg\" alt=\"AR15 Magazine Release tool 01\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-04.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mag-release-tool-04-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AR15 Magazine Release tool 01<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Hit us up with <a href=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?page_id=209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comments<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?page_id=209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questions<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>All Documents posted on this site are for informational use only. If you make ANY modifications to your Weapons based on this site, you do at your own risk! If done incorrectly, you can render you weapon unsafe and \/ or unusable.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"sample-permalink\"><\/a> More HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?page_id=723\">https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?page_id=723<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted a tool to help get the magazine catch pushed out of my M16\/AR-15 without scratching or marring the metal. To compresses the spring and make removal of the magazine catch easier. Looking around I saw AR Magazine Catch tools similar to mine on various web sites for around $10 without shipping. I am &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?p=271\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;AR Magazine Release Tool&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,5,53],"tags":[49,9,8,55,59],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-ar-15-ar15-ar-15","category-armor","tag-3d-printing","tag-ar-15","tag-ar15","tag-armor","tag-gunsmith"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}