They're not clean until you hit them with the steam jet from your cappuccino machine.

I wipe down the exterior with a silicon cloth, that's it.

Absolutely not. Problem is few actually disassemble and clean them. Get a good magazine brush and do it often. It takes a few minutes each. I wipe down the exterior with a very light coat of anti corrosive and then wipe it as dry as I can get. Never had issues with magazines carried for years on duty in all types of weather.

It amazing at how much dirt will get trapped inside. Competitive events are the worst when they are routinely dropped into dirt and sand. But just the crap that gets caught inside during routine carry is enough. But no need to add anything that will trap and hole even more.

I never found any need for a dry lube. Just using them will loosen them up.

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Competitive events are the worst when they are routinely dropped into dirt and sand.

This. Back in eastern NC, dropping a mag in USPSA meant after your turn, you popped off the bottom and used a brush to remove the sand. If you didn’t, the mag wouldn’t work on your next go around....guarantee to happen. The dirt here in central Texas isn’t so bad.

After a range day or competition, they all get disassembled, brushed or blown out, wipe with a oiled rag, then the oil removed by a dry rag.

Squeaky clean for me on the inside, I don’t want any gunk or lint/ dirt attractant. Possibly a Silicone cloth for an exterior wipe down.

Yep, squeaky clean. Use a clean, dry cloth.

I don't lube magazines at all. I periodically wipe them down but don't use any solvents or lubes, including dry lubes.

Clean and dry, except the steel bottoms on 226 ones, these were LE turnins, and the bases already had light surface rust when I got them. The ones for the USP40, never

I thought the number one reason for not lubing the inside of a magazine was that lube will then get on the cartridges and be carried into the firearm's chamber. Upon firing, the case will not grip the inside of the chamber properly, certainly not consistently.

If nothing else, having a random amount of lube in random locations on each particular bullet would have a deleterious effect on accuracy, I would think.

not now, not ever

Yes the inside of magazines should absolutely be lubricated. It will increase reliability.

And by lubricated, I mean a shot of something lightweight that evaporates and disappears such as Remoil aerosol spray lube. Wipe off ALL the liquid lube, let it dry overnight, wipe off again to make sure no liquid remains, and then reassemble.

We were shipped a brand new lot of parkerized p226 mags and they choked hard on the firing line until they were taken apart, scrubbed clean, and lubricated with spray lubricant . Afterwards they were 100%.

OK, then, don't forget to lube the cartridges, too. I recommend dropping them in Rem Oil overnight then greasing the shit out of them.

You'll want a big ol' gob of bearing grease in the bore, too. Makes the bullets shoot out faster.

Lubed holsters make for a quicker, smoother draw.

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scrubbed clean

I think that was your ticket

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Lubed holsters make for a quicker, smoother draw.

Ha!

Sometimes I do. If I didn’t lay out the TP correctly to catch the spray. Man I hate when I miss, makes for sticky pages.