{"id":30056,"date":"2020-02-28T22:18:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T22:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=30056"},"modified":"2020-02-28T22:18:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T22:18:11","slug":"more-on-ak-mags-history-and-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=30056","title":{"rendered":"More On AK Mags &#8211; History And Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5117,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/palmettostatearmory.com\\\/psa-ak-p-gf3-classic-triangle-side-folding-pistol-plum.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5118,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.thefirearmblog.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/18\\\/krinkov-the-definite-origin&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260110110652\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.thefirearmblog.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/18\\\/krinkov-the-definite-origin\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 05:25:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 07:41:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 07:41:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>It seems I was not the only one to have issues with AK magazines fitting my AK47\/74s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Switchpod did a review of what fit and didn&#8217;t fit his <a href=\"https:\/\/palmettostatearmory.com\/psa-ak-p-gf3-classic-triangle-side-folding-pistol-plum.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palmetto State Armory GF3 AK-47 pistol<\/a>. It looks like he had similar issues to what I was having to deal with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_AtguvykQQo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw that PSA pistol at the SHOT Show and kind of fell in love with it. The GF3 AK-P pistol with the triangular folding stock is almost a clone of the AKU-74 except that it isn&#8217;t in 5.45&#215;39 and it isn&#8217;t a NFA short barrel rifle. It probably is as close to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefirearmblog.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/18\/krinkov-the-definite-origin\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krinkov <\/a>as I&#8217;ll ever get without jumping through all the hoops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While looking at that video, I came across one from Ian of Forgotten Weapons in which he discusses the history of the Russian AK47, AKM, and AK74 magazines in all their glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gUVoxH2Yr7k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems I was not the only one to have issues with AK magazines fitting my AK47\/74s. 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