Which AK mags?

[Nimaro]

If I stumbled into an AK in the near future which mags should I be looking for? Anything to stay away from? Any insight would be appreciate thanks folks!

[Spata]

Steel not korean

[Nimaro]

Tapco feed ok or not?

[GMThunder]

Tapco feed ok or not?

I've heard mixed reviews.


As Spata said, look for steel mags that aren't Korean. Arsenal/Circle 10 polymer and US Palm mags are awesome but hard to find.

[Nimaro]

ARs I know AKs I am just getting my feet wet

[been]

Steel not Korean like the others have posted. I have two tapco mags and can say I do not like them. They fit very tightly in my rifle (too tight) and are bulky. If you want something interesting, look for bakelite, or Russian slab side magazines.

[Quick_Draw_McGraw]

The Chinese mags are extra hard to find, but they are great magazines. They also have a different follower then most the euro mags, and are the only thing that will properly feed an SKS-M or SKS-D. You can tell the Chinese mags because they don't have a raised spine on the back of them like all the euro steel mags have.

[GlockCop]

Your best bet as far as availability and that work are any Eastern European mags. Such as East German,Romanian,Bulgarian,etc. I have a good assortment of many different kinds and those are the ones that work best. Polish are good too and FWIW I have a couple of Tapcos...they work ok but Im not sure how durable they are.

[Nimaro]

So does anyone have 2 Eastern European type metal ak mags they would be willing to trade for some black no window pmags? I have 5.56,.308 and 5.7x28 to trade as well if there isn't a demand for ar mags from my end.

[jakerz]

I'm a big fan of the circle 10 mags. Out of all the AK mags I have tried, they are by far the best.

The US Palm ones are nice too, but can't be taken apart for cleaning.

[Maverick21]

Like mentioned. Stay as far as possible from Korean mags. I made that mistake once and they wouldn't fit by a long shot.

I ended up getting Chinese and they're nice. The Yugo are pretty nice to. Tight fit and They have the bolt catch to hold the bolt open on the last round

[aeropb]

circle 10

[Nimaro]

Is there a way to tell the chinese from the korean by looking at it?

[AKguy1985]

Yes, the chinese have no spine on the back of the mag, the korean will. And the follower on the chinese is different from other AK mags.

[Nimaro]

Cool, thanks