A little while ago, I was engaging in a thread where there was talk about ak mags and how steel reinforcement in the feed lips where a great idea. I do not doubt it is a great idea. However the question is, with AK mags being as thick as they are, do the feed lips really need steel reinforcement?
Apparently, I’ve found that J&G sales is offering transparent mags without reinforcement. Now coming from Arsenal of Bulgaria, are they wrong in producing this magazine the way it is?
I go further and ask, if these mags don’t have reinforcement, what about the latest batches of black polymer 223/7.62 mags? How could you find out if those mags have steel reinforcement? Magnet maybe?
Yes they are. The feed lips crack if you keep the smoke or clear Bulgarian magazines loaded. This is partially due to the lack of metal in the feed lips and also because of the characteristics of the plastic used. I only recommend black Bulgy waffle magazines for synthetic mags for 7.62x39 AK’s. The list for 5.56 AK’s also includes Galil Orlite mags.
Not that this is for synthetic magazines only–not steel mags. Steel magazines work fine so long as you have the right one. Unlike x39 AK’s, .223 AK’s never have really had a universal magazine (akin to AR-10’s). You make a whole lot of stuff work but different .223 AK’s will take different magazines out of the box.
I go further and ask, if these mags don’t have reinforcement, what about the latest batches of black polymer 223/7.62 mags? How could you find out if those mags have steel reinforcement? Magnet maybe?
