Mikee Loxxer
Member
I purchased what looks to me like a 30 round AK-47 magazine from a local shop yesterday. My intent was to use this magazine with my Century Arms Yugoslavian M-70B1 rifle. The problem I ran into when I got home is that this magazine will not fit in the rifle like my other magazines will (Yugoslavian and East German).
The top of the magazine is too long. When I use the term “long” I am referring to the axis parallel to the bore axis if it were installed in the rifle. It will not fit past the magazine catch in front of the trigger guard when rocking it into place as the axis parallel to the bore as it is too long. I would post a picture illustrating what is going on but I am technologically challenged.
I used a caliper to measure this length and compare it to that of my Yugoslavian mags. The length of the Yugoslavian mag is something line 2.645 inches whereas this unidentified AK mag I bought yesterday is something like 2.687 inches.
Please note that I am sure this magazine is intended for a 7.62X39 cartridge as they will readily fit in it. Also this magazine does have the rib along its back that Norinco mags do. It is also shorter (would not extend out from under the rifle as far) than the Yugoslavian magazines that I purchased with the rifle.
Does anyone have any ideas on what rifle this magazine is meant for? There is the possibility that it may have been modified by having some of the metal removed around where the magazine catch is (with a rotary tool) supposed to engage it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The top of the magazine is too long. When I use the term “long” I am referring to the axis parallel to the bore axis if it were installed in the rifle. It will not fit past the magazine catch in front of the trigger guard when rocking it into place as the axis parallel to the bore as it is too long. I would post a picture illustrating what is going on but I am technologically challenged.
I used a caliper to measure this length and compare it to that of my Yugoslavian mags. The length of the Yugoslavian mag is something line 2.645 inches whereas this unidentified AK mag I bought yesterday is something like 2.687 inches.
Please note that I am sure this magazine is intended for a 7.62X39 cartridge as they will readily fit in it. Also this magazine does have the rib along its back that Norinco mags do. It is also shorter (would not extend out from under the rifle as far) than the Yugoslavian magazines that I purchased with the rifle.
Does anyone have any ideas on what rifle this magazine is meant for? There is the possibility that it may have been modified by having some of the metal removed around where the magazine catch is (with a rotary tool) supposed to engage it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.