How do I remove mag release button?

[Venom.357]

Hey guys I'm going to need your help on this one. This is the mag release button on my 9mm M1 Carbine (see attached images) that i really want to remove in order to remove the entire lower reciever, so that i can use a different stock.

The issue is that this mag release button is in the way, i can't remove the unit because it bangs up against the wooden factory stock.


This is part #65 on the diagram view. It looks like it would pop right off in the diagram image i've attached, but after trying to gently pry it off, it wont budge. I dont want to risk breaking anything.

I realize this is a new type of rifle, being a 9mm Carbine and all, ive looked up some diagrams of how a 30cal Carbine mag release button is disassembled, it involves springs being pushed back inside the reciever portion, but I dont see anything like this on my rifle, im assuming it has a different build to it.

Is anyone familiar with how I should go about this? Do I apply more pressure and try popping it off? Is there locktite on the button and the mating surface/pin it is attached to?

[davidb]

looks just like an ar mag catch in design

does the flat bar on the opposite side of the button puch out when the button is pushed in?

[Merc1138]

Look at part 64 in that diagram, the end is threaded into part 65. It's not going to just pop off. You probably just need to remove it like an AR mag release.

[Trriemferent]

Like the guy above said, if its like a AR...... push the button #65 in so part #64 sticks out from the other side. Turn and unscrew #64 till both parts separate

[Venom.357]

Thanks guys, once i realized I was staring at a thread...i went to town on that bastard. And it was definitely locktited as well. There wasn't enough clearance on the flat side for me to pop it out completely, i had to start unthreading from the actual button side to have enough clearance to start turning the flat side.