Are they junk, Or are they serviceable?
I think I would buy wal-mart brand mags first… Joking but really…
apparently they make pretty good AK mags… i personally wouldn’t even consider them for ARs, however, with all the known-good options out there for the same price or even less.
The Tapco AK mags are considered a joke on the AK Forum due to the lack of metal/metal reinforcement in the locking lugs. Their AR mags stand a better chance of being acceptable due to support of an AR magwell vs the lugs on an AK. I’m not saying they are any good, just that their all polymer construction is more suited to AR mags than AK mags.
USGI and PMags are both 800 pound gorillas that are going to be hard to beat.
i dont do the AK thing, so i shouldn’t even comment on it.
good magazines, $9 a pop
http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/AR-15-Magazines-p/magazines%20dh%20bt30.htm
Purchased one to try it out and I returned it to brownells…It worked fine on my 10.5 LMT SBR unsuppressed, but once the suppressor was on I had a failure to feed every 3/5 rounds. GI/Pmags work flawless.
Tapco and Olympic Arms should hook up.
They did, heres the result… http://www.vulcanarmament.com/cgistore/store.cgi?page=/new/catalog.html&setup=1&cart_id=
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I have a dozen Tapco plastic mags for the AK47. They feed just fine. But they are not nearly as durable as a steel ribbed commie mag. At 15 bucks each, the Tapcos cost more too.
For an AR I like Magpul (I guess everyone does) and the HK marine mag which sells for about 60 bucks each. That HK is a very nice mag. Also I have had good luck with the C Products mag with magpul follower, but in drills I like to drop my empty mag on the ground and a mapgul mag doesn’t mind that at all.
oh yes the guns of the specal forzez. How can that tool stay in business.?
My experience with any type of polymer mags for an SKS or AK either one are that they are all crap and best to stick to commie steel mags despite the heavier weight. Many of the plastic ones crack and break or the feed lips shear off or the lugs snap off etc. The only ones I consider decent are those for the Saiga made by AIG. But they have steel at the top to avoid the afore mentioned problems seen with other mags.
are we discussing the Bulgarian Circle 10 polymer mags?
Those are good ones. The OP was asking about Tapco US made polymer mags, which look a bit like the Bulgarian mags.
Tapco (not so great):
Bulgarian (good):
Bulgarian polymer mags are great mags and lighter thant steel.
I have no experience with the Bulgarian mags. If they function well, their lighter wieght would definitely make them superior to the steel mags.
Oh OK. Thanks!
Wait - WHY are we talking about magazines for the AK-47 rifle in the AR-15 section of M4carbine.net? Isn’t there a sub forum that covers the AK-47 and its magazines? 
There are some Bulgy waffles in the EE:
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?p=656607#post656607
Dave Fortier did a write-up on the Tapco AR mags a few months back in The Shotgun News. He tested these, the Lancers, the ARC mags and the PMAG along with a Brownell’s GI mag and a C Products steel mag.
He dropped the mags from various heights, dunked them in gasoline and some other silly stuff that slips my mind at the moment.
Anyway, he said the Tapco mags held up as well as (or better than, in some cases) the rest of the mags he abused.
I might pick up one or two of these to see how they work in my SCAR. How’s that for perfuming the pig? I’ve found that my SCAR is a little picky with regard to PMAG’s etc and am curious as to whether or not the TAPCO mags will drop free, etc…
At SHOT 2010, Tango Down displayed some of their upcoming Polymer AK mags. These would probably be superior to anything Tapco would make.
Well, I bought one from Cabelas for the AR, and put 200rds through it last Saturday. Not one stoppage so far. I’m not quite sure how the plastic feed lips are gonna hold up over time, but so far so good.