uh.....should be easy....on my taurus, there's a little catch that you push in with a pen or whatever, and slide the plastic "foot" off of the magazine, and catch the piece that the catch was part of which is attached to the bottom of the spring when it shoots out and hits you. take this time to clean and oil your spring, clean any burrs off of the piece that rides at the top of the spring (pushing your ammo upward) and oil it lightly as well, tape, spray, let dry, lightly sand, repeat process until you're happy with the magazine, then if you want to protect it as much as possible, go to a hobby store (like a RPG store, someplace that carries a bunch of stuff for the little warhammer wargames, and they have some matte sealer spraypaint that's made for metal, put yourself about 4 coats of that on with a gentile sanding with some super-fine grit sandpaper to make sure it's nice and smooth. make sure you don't go too thick with the paint lest you make them not fit in the magazine well very nicely. you don't want them sticking if they're supposed to be drop-free mags...