AK magazine identification guide. - Page 2

1985 4Runner · 03-16-2010, 19:05

Excellent info.

CarlosC · 03-18-2010, 13:30

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Originally Posted by skanless

Looking at one of my mags. On the spine it has those dot. I just noticed R Y on two dots and it skips one dot and N T B is on three other dots. Just curious to what that is. I have Chinese and Romanian mags. I thinking this is a polish mag but not to sure.

How about some closeup pics?? I'm also not sure what dots you're talking about....do you mean the spot welds?

***stopatrain*** · 03-18-2010, 15:37

WOW...Thanks! for the info.

skanless · 03-18-2010, 16:07

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Originally Posted by CarlosC

How about some closeup pics?? I'm also not sure what dots you're talking about....do you mean the spot welds?

Sorry .......... I mean the spot welds.

I was trying to take pics of it but the letters are so small it doesn't capture on the pic. I'll try again.

**DJ Niner** · 02-01-2011, 23:38

Bump.

ottomatic · 02-03-2011, 10:07

On the Yugo mags I noticed that the rear of the "bullet shape" on the top of the follower is straight. Would that work as a kind of "bolt hold open" mechanism, at least until the mag is removed?

CarlosC · 02-03-2011, 15:44

That's what it's designed to do.

***Glockdude1*** · 02-03-2011, 19:59

2 of the "Chugo" mags I bought from Aimsurplus, came with different lugs. They lock up/work just as fine as all my other AK mags.

http://glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1208858

ottomatic · 02-04-2011, 08:33

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Originally Posted by CarlosC

That's what it's designed to do.

Now that I know that (and because I have a Yugo M70B), I would like to find some of these Yugo mags. Any sources??

BBJones · 02-04-2011, 10:43

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Originally Posted by ottomatic

Now that I know that (and because I have a Yugo M70B), I would like to find some of these Yugo mags. Any sources??

I do not know of any sources, but expect to pay a hefty premium for that rather useless feature.

adv · 02-04-2011, 10:51

Sticky this, great stuff Carlos.

CarlosC · 02-04-2011, 14:15

It is actually already a sticky. There was a problem with all the posts I had done about a year ago that were basic reference materials. Basically, all the posts were suddenly locked out. I alerted DJNiner to this and he was kind enough to "refresh" some of the posts. There are still a few posts that need to be fixed from that series though.

Glocker08 · 02-05-2011, 14:37

Awesome thread Carlos.

I have a particular mag and was wondering about it's country of origin. According to your info, it looks like it is a Hungarian.

CarlosC · 02-06-2011, 15:26

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Originally Posted by ottomatic

Now that I know that (and because I have a Yugo M70B), I would like to find some of these Yugo mags. Any sources??

Here you go....
http://www.copesdistributing.net/pro...oducts_id=2983

CarlosC

cole · 02-07-2011, 00:32

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Originally Posted by Glockdude1

2 of the "Chugo" mags I bought from Aimsurplus, came with different lugs. They lock up/work just as fine as all my other AK mags.

http://glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1208858

I just saw one of those mags in person. Brand new it seemed, wrapped and all gooed up. Interesting. I'm, sure they work fine, but I passed.

And, I second Aim Surplus for mags. Great prices, great company.

adamg01 · 02-07-2011, 03:21

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Originally Posted by ottomatic

Now that I know that (and because I have a Yugo M70B), I would like to find some of these Yugo mags. Any sources??

Checkout www.ammunitiontogo.com. They have unissued Yugo mags. for $13.95. That seems like a pretty good deal to me.

***Glockdude1*** · 02-07-2011, 09:12

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Originally Posted by cole

I just saw one of those mags in person. Brand new it seemed, wrapped and all gooed up. Interesting. I'm, sure they work fine, but I passed.

And, I second Aim Surplus for mags. Great prices, great company.

The two mags with the different locking lug/mag catch, (Top mag), are working perfect for me. In fact unless you are looking at the mag, while standing at the range reloading, you can't tell that mag from any other. They lock up just as tight as the others.

ottomatic · 02-10-2011, 11:32

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Originally Posted by adamg01

Checkout www.ammunitiontogo.com. They have unissued Yugo mags. for $13.95. That seems like a pretty good deal to me.

Thanks for the source. That is barely more than a typical (generally slightly used) price.

mac66 · 02-10-2011, 12:01

Great info. Thanks.

Of course now I am going to have to go down to he basement and look to see what my mags I have. I think most of them are Chinese since at one time I had 5 Chinese AKs and 10 mags per gun. Sold 4 of the 5 but kept most of the mags. I do have a SAR1 however and bought a pack of 20 round AK mags a number of years ago to go with my Saiga (the 20 rounders looked better with the Saiga)

UPDATE:

I went and looked at the mags I have readily available. I found 9, 8 of them in two mag pouches. Of the 9 two were matt black with no markings. A couple appeared to be the Romanian ones (probably came with my SAR1) with no markings. The others were blued mags with uniform welds like on the E.German mags. They had a variety of markings along the spline which included...

L H (with about an inch in between those letters)
C H (again with them separated)
Either O R or O K
P C
U B
2 K C
P C except the top of the P was cut off.

I will try and get pics if interested

cole · 02-15-2011, 20:09

I have a few 40rd AK47 mags with an "A" stamp on the rib or the body. One has extra weld marks. What are these "A" stamped 40rd mags?

***Glockdude1*** · 02-15-2011, 20:27

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Originally Posted by cole

I have a few 40rd AK47 mags with an "A" stamp on the rib or the body. One has extra weld marks. What are these "A" stamped 40rd mags?

Looks to be Romanian.

g22od · 04-16-2011, 16:17

Thanks for this thread! I'm just doing the groundwork for my post-divorce present to myself (4-5 months I am told) which will probably be an Arsenal and hopefully a side folder if they ever resupply. So I wanted to give thanks and selfishly tag this for ease of finding later on down the road. Anyone have experience with the U.S. palm mags? They seem interesting and would not look half-bad on some of the newer arsenals.

im_n2_vws · 04-20-2011, 11:28

How odd are 40 round mags?

***Glockdude1*** · 04-20-2011, 12:17

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Originally Posted by im_n2_vws

How odd are 40 round mags?

Not odd, and not rare either. Just not as popular as the 30rd magazines.

AustinTx · 05-15-2011, 00:33

I couldn't believe the construction of the AK mags, when I got my first AK. I didn't think one would ever need replacing, they're so heavy. I got a WASR that had a mag with it that absolutely would not work. It must have been run over by a tank.