Not for sale. I am trying to find out the country of origin of these AK magazines because my AK knowledge is underwhelming.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...28771097ea.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a12cd78a1e.jpg
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Not for sale. I am trying to find out the country of origin of these AK magazines because my AK knowledge is underwhelming.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...28771097ea.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a12cd78a1e.jpg
Polish.
Dziekuje Ci
Nie ma za czo [Beer]
I’m pretty sure you have more than 1 country of origin in there. Any stampings on any of them? Also close ups of followers and baseplate of each mag would probably be beneficial. As will close ups of the spine and entire upper section (front welds, side flat area, and locking lugs). Some site had a great resource for this with good pics, but I can’t find it now. I was thinking maybe on theAKforum.net, but they changed the site up since I was there last and I can’t find it...
I?m guessing they are from a communist or former communist country.
What do I win?
If you really need to know, I suggest you ask Rob @ Bowers. He is more likely to know the obscure origin more than anyone else I can think of.
The illegal kind.
They're modified to only hold 14rds, they just look illegal to Coloradans who know how to obey their elected officials.
Nie ma za co.Quote:
Originally Posted by zteknik
Fify
Great! That's what I'm looking for.Quote:
Originally Posted by zteknik
https://www.theakforum.net/#/topics/173343
Tried to post this yesterday, but the site was infuriatingly slow. Several reference links for mags.
Polish, Bulgarian, or possibly Romanian? I have a hard time telling the difference. I can?t really see the rear spine or sides very well. If I remember right, the Polish mags usually have a lower profile spine .
Yea they consolidated all the stickies into one thread with links and its brokenQuote:
Originally Posted by VDW
My guess would be Romanian. I'm pretty sure you will be able to figure it out with that link that was posted. Pretty much any genuine commie mag will work as long as they are not dented and rusted up to bad.
You've never met the Rachael Ray of AK's.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChickNorris
A few here can vouch his "knowledge" after the oil bottle test.
Right Bobby [LOL]
He's on my friends list GK. Keep up
Though, you're probably right, didn't occur to me when I typed the earlier reply.
So true, don't forget about the wood test..[ROFL2]
The side rib stampings are crisp enough to be polish or hungarian the finish looks like non painted polish and the large deep spot welds look post 1979 polish when things got a touch slopier during and after the solidaridy movement and labor strikes. Romanian would usually have a mkre parked looking finish and slopier less round upper spot welds. Not if the spine had a partially struck circle with an M in it then theyre earlier hungarian "man on the moon" mags which have a similar finish. Those are all my opinions and observations from all the collecting and duscussing ive done through the years
As people said. It can be any eastern European mag. Those lines....
I use to have bunch of East German mag like that.
Every single east german mag ive seen and own have much crisper stampings on the ribs and all kinds of large letters stamped into the sides of the spine (alphabet mags as we called them) but there might be other less common variations im not aware of.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrPrena