AK magazine identification guide

[ethanjordan]

for AK-47's

http://www.glocktalk...d.php?t=1104378

for AK-74's

http://home.comcast...._mag_guide.html

best so far outside of the respective bakelite mags?

 

[majormadmax]

No joy.

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[cajunautoxer]

Neither link is working

 

[Sam7sf]

Current magpuls. Gtg.

 

[craigntx]

Current magpuls. Gtg.

Gross
I give those away whenever they come with a new gun

 

[Sam7sf]

Gross
I give those away whenever they come with a new gun

The first gens sucked. The current with stainless reinforcement is great. If those are the ones you give away please send them my way. Lol

 

[Wendigo19]

Current magpuls. Gtg.

Issues with Magpul ak mags is their feed lips crack if you drop a mag, doesn't happen 100% of the time but it is an issue. Surplus is the way to go

 

[rotor]

I like the Croatian AK-47 bolt hold open that SGAmmo has. No problems in my Arsenal AK47.

 

[Wendigo19]

They're decent mags but they're edges are sharp so putting them in any fabric pouch will tear it up but as just range mags they're really nice

 

[Sam7sf]

Issues with Magpul ak mags is their feed lips crack if you drop a mag, doesn't happen 100% of the time but it is an issue. Surplus is the way to go

Can’t say I believe that seeing how ductile the polymer was. Not trying to be disrespectful but I believe what I witnessed with ridiculous destructive testing over what’s said on the internet.

take magpul out of it and give me an oem arsenal waffle mag and I’ll still take that over a metal mag. Why? Just to ruffle your feathers. J/k.

Metal mags I’m picky with also. Not all are equal.

 

[Wendigo19]

Can’t say I believe that seeing how ductile the polymer was. Not trying to be disrespectful but I believe what I witnessed over what’s said on the internet.

take magpul out of it and give me an oem arsenal waffle mag and I’ll still take that over a metal mag. Why? Just to ruffle your feathers. J/k.

Metal mags I’m picky with also. Not all are equal.

That i can agree with, but I left my magpul loaded for about a year or two and after dropping it it ejects rounds like crazy when it hits the ground, leaving mine loaded stretched the feed lips it looks like not to mention the crack on the bottom of the mag. I've dented a lot of my Romanian mags but I've been luck to bend em back into working condition lol

 

[Sam7sf]

That i can agree with, but I left my magpul loaded for about a year or two and after dropping it it ejects rounds like crazy when it hits the ground, leaving mine loaded stretched the feed lips it looks like not to mention the crack on the bottom of the mag. I've dented a lot of my Romanian mags but I've been luck to bend em back into working condition lol

That’s possible. Being durable under extreme stress can still be different that leaving a mag loaded long term.

A few reasons I like the latest generation with the stainless reinforcement is weight, corrosion, and being new production. Now as far as the testing done: I used to work for an 07. Long story short after throwing mags as hard as the boss could on pavement (in each case of polymer mags magpul being the only ones to stay functional) we put an ak mag in a vice. We compressed it until the vice limited out. The body smashed and bubbled out but returned to form and functioned. Is any of this more valuable than a metal mag? I’m sure only in specific cases.

 

[Wendigo19]

That’s possible. Being durable under extreme stress can still be different that leaving a mag loaded long term.

A few reasons I like the latest generation with the stainless reinforcement is weight, corrosion, and being new production. Now as far as the testing done: I used to work for an 07. Long story short after throwing mags as hard as the boss could on pavement (in each case of polymer mags magpul being the only ones to stay functional) we put an ak mag in a vice. We compressed it until the vice limited out. The body smashed and bubbled out but returned to form and functioned. Is any of this more valuable than a metal mag? I’m sure only in specific cases.

I like polymer mags but my experience with their reliability has been here and there, they've all functioned well but I've cracked and chipped more of their feed lips and broken more of them than I have metal surplus ones but I think we can both agree that bakelite mags are king

 

[Sam7sf]

I like polymer mags but my experience with their reliability has been here and there, they've all functioned well but I've cracked and chipped more of their feed lips and broken more of them than I have metal surplus ones but I think we can both agree that bakelite mags are king

Bakelite mags are also good road base that’s how good they are. Ok the picture looks to be rusted metal mags but still funny.

 

[Wendigo19]

Bakelite mags are also good road base that’s how good they are. Ok the picture looks to be rusted metal mags but still funny.
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No those are legitimate bake mags, they're just so prevalent and absolutely everywhere boone cares about them, there's literally billions of them lol

 

[jekbrown]

Many millions, yes, definitely not billions. Izhevsk made roughly 500k per year during the cold war when at full production. In the bake era 4 mags were made for each gun shipped out. That's a long ways to go to get to a billion...