{"id":30044,"date":"2020-02-23T18:28:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T18:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=30044"},"modified":"2020-02-23T18:28:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T18:28:18","slug":"random-thoughts-on-ak-versus-ar-magazines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=30044","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts On AK Versus AR Magazines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5124,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cnbc.com\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/15\\\/disneyland-for-gun-lovers-inside-the-notorious-darra-adam-khel-arms-market.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240227061711\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.cnbc.com\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/15\\\/disneyland-for-gun-lovers-inside-the-notorious-darra-adam-khel-arms-market.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 05:35:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 06:43:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 07:25:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 21:26:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 21:26:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5125,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/amzn.to\\\/2Vjuf9p&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/Gun-C-J-Chivers\\\/dp\\\/0743271734\\\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=nolaonguanmo-20&amp;linkId=2b4a656348c5c8bb301f8f2bdc6172e5&amp;language=en_US&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5126,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/amzn.to\\\/2Pj58ja&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/AK-47-Weapon-that-Changed-Face\\\/dp\\\/0470168803\\\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=nolaonguanmo-20&amp;linkId=645d1f03be08a1fbbc27fd8b1834faf1&amp;language=en_US&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The AK-47 and its variants are probably the most ubiquitous firearms in the world. They have been made everywhere from the armories of Russia and the former Soviet Union to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/01\/15\/disneyland-for-gun-lovers-inside-the-notorious-darra-adam-khel-arms-market.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tiny workshops of Peshawar, Pakistan<\/a>. There have been multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Vjuf9p\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">books <\/a>written about them and how <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Pj58ja\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they changed the face of war.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have the reputation of working in all climates and in all regions of the world. They are not considered finicky as compared to the American M16\/AR15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given all this, why are their magazines so damn finicky?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just got a couple of orders of AK-47 and AK-74 magazines delivered in the past few weeks. They included magazines made by Magpul, by KCI in South Korea, and by AC-Unity in Bosnia. My AK-47 is a FEG AMD-65 imported by Tennessee Gun and my AK-74 is Bulgarian variant also imported (and assembled) by TGI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results so far is that the Magpul AK-47 magazines fit and lock into place. Their AK-74 magazines have required quite a bit of sanding and finagling to fit and lock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Magpul-AK74-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30045\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Magpul-AK74-rotated.jpg 640w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Magpul-AK74-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption>You can see how this had to be sanded.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The metal &#8220;tanker&#8221; 20-round KCI magazines are working just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KCI-Mag-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KCI-Mag-rotated.jpg 640w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KCI-Mag-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t even get me started on the AC-Unity AK-47 mags from Bosnia. Despite having metal tabs, I have yet to get one that will lock into place without pounding. Likewise, they won&#8217;t drop without a good hard slam from the heel of my hand. They are going to take some work just to make them into range magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/InkedAC-Unity-Mag_LI.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/InkedAC-Unity-Mag_LI.jpg 480w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/InkedAC-Unity-Mag_LI-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>AC-Unity metal tabs highlighted.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, the actual milsurp ComBloc mags seem to have worked OK. The Tapco ones were a bit of hit and miss. ProMag is to be avoided at all costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrast this with my experience with AR magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have used mil-surp, Colt, Magpul, D&amp;H, the Israeli eLander and Orlites, C-Products, Lancers, and others that I can&#8217;t even remember. They all work. They lock into place and they drop out when the mag release is pushed. I think I even got Thermolds to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These have fitted in lowers made by Aero-Precision, Anderson, CavArms, Essential Arms, and probably others than I have around here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only explanation I can think of to explain this is that milspec means something when talking about ARs and not a damn thing when talking about AKs.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AK-47 and its variants are probably the most ubiquitous firearms in the world. They have been made everywhere&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2071,2374,5111,168,5115,1989,5114,5116,5112,5119,5113,5120,581,5121,5117,5118],"class_list":["post-30044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ak-models","tag-ak-47","tag-ak-74","tag-ar-15","tag-c-products","tag-colt","tag-dh","tag-elander","tag-kci","tag-lancer","tag-magaines","tag-magazine-fit","tag-magpul","tag-milspec","tag-orlite","tag-thermold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30048,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30044\/revisions\/30048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}