DaStray
Member
Hi boys and girls,
I`d read pretty much everywhere that most aftermarket magazines for SKS`s are, let`s just say, problematic at best. So, I cruised around various forums and websites ( Cheaper than Dirt, Sportsmans Guide,...etc) and found that the Tapco SKS magazines seem to work as good as or at least better than most that are available. YouTube too, had quite a few video`s that indicated that the Tapco mags worked just fine. Well, to make a long story short, I decided to purchase one and give it a try.
I had to remove a little wood from the inside of the Yugo stock to make it fit but took only enough off as I still had some doubts as to whether it would work and wanted to assure that if needed, I could simply put the original magazine back on it without problems.
Finally got to the range today and loaded it up w/ Barnaul (soft points) to see how it worked. First 4-5 fed and ejected fine but then had one that hung up just below the chamber. Cleared that one and when I looked closely at it saw that the soft point had deformed quite badly. The rest of the magazine then had 3-4 more failures to feed. I then switched to Wolf FMJ thinking that perhaps it was the soft points that were the problem. No such luck as the Wolf FMJ`s, too, started hanging up just below the chamber
I finally just removed the magazine, then the rest of the shells and called it a day with the Yugo SKS. Keep in mind that the Yugo had never choked on any ammo I tried, including the Barnaul Soft Points.
The day wasn`t a total loss as I then went to the pistol bays and wrung out my new Ruger SR9C which digested any ammo I fed it to include Winchester White Box, (100) Remington FMJ`s (100) Georgia Arms JHP (50) and Remington PDX1 +P (50)
If there`s a lesson to be learned here it`s that sometimes it`s best to stay with original equipment (If it aint broke, don`t fix it). Many have had good luck w/ Tapco mags but in this particular instance, I haven`t. If the mag had worked fine then I was considering going the whole parts count route so as not to get in trouble w/ the Feds and am glad I tested the mag first before dumping a lot of money into a project that would`ve been doomed to failure.
I`m not saying that everybody will have problems w/ the Tapco 20 rounders but wanted you to know what my experience was.
I`d read pretty much everywhere that most aftermarket magazines for SKS`s are, let`s just say, problematic at best. So, I cruised around various forums and websites ( Cheaper than Dirt, Sportsmans Guide,...etc) and found that the Tapco SKS magazines seem to work as good as or at least better than most that are available. YouTube too, had quite a few video`s that indicated that the Tapco mags worked just fine. Well, to make a long story short, I decided to purchase one and give it a try.
I had to remove a little wood from the inside of the Yugo stock to make it fit but took only enough off as I still had some doubts as to whether it would work and wanted to assure that if needed, I could simply put the original magazine back on it without problems.
Finally got to the range today and loaded it up w/ Barnaul (soft points) to see how it worked. First 4-5 fed and ejected fine but then had one that hung up just below the chamber. Cleared that one and when I looked closely at it saw that the soft point had deformed quite badly. The rest of the magazine then had 3-4 more failures to feed. I then switched to Wolf FMJ thinking that perhaps it was the soft points that were the problem. No such luck as the Wolf FMJ`s, too, started hanging up just below the chamber
I finally just removed the magazine, then the rest of the shells and called it a day with the Yugo SKS. Keep in mind that the Yugo had never choked on any ammo I tried, including the Barnaul Soft Points.
The day wasn`t a total loss as I then went to the pistol bays and wrung out my new Ruger SR9C which digested any ammo I fed it to include Winchester White Box, (100) Remington FMJ`s (100) Georgia Arms JHP (50) and Remington PDX1 +P (50)
If there`s a lesson to be learned here it`s that sometimes it`s best to stay with original equipment (If it aint broke, don`t fix it). Many have had good luck w/ Tapco mags but in this particular instance, I haven`t. If the mag had worked fine then I was considering going the whole parts count route so as not to get in trouble w/ the Feds and am glad I tested the mag first before dumping a lot of money into a project that would`ve been doomed to failure.
I`m not saying that everybody will have problems w/ the Tapco 20 rounders but wanted you to know what my experience was.
