I think I have one Yugo mag buried somewhere.
My SAR-1 came with an already notched safety lever. I’d like to try to use it, but for some speed, and stopping the bolt on the last round, you need Yugo mags. Anyone make Yugo-type followers which hold the bolt open on the last round?
I honestly don’t see them as an advantage or how it could make you “faster”.
Take a look at this thread…
+1 to what Templar said.
No significant advantage to them and enough disadvantage to advise against it. I saw some threads on AK specific boards on how to modify certain magazines to have a similar feature. One guy modified the body/feed lips so the follower would raise more and catch the bolt (I think this was done with certain chinese mags that had a similar follower shape to the yugos). Another guy had a similar procedure but he perma-welded (might have even used JB weld) a brass casing to the follower that would stop the bolt.
I see no point in doing all this. Yes it will hold open your bolt on a empty magazine (note I did not say lock, because it will not lock your bolt open), but as soon as the magazine is removed it goes forward. You will still need to charge it once you replace the magazine. Over time, however, you mangle your bolt and the follower to the magazine. I would spend time practicing tactical reloads rather than worrying about bolt hold open followers.
Thanks gents. I suppose you are right - may not be the ‘big advantage.’ just thought that it would “let you know” when out, then you lock the lever, drop, insert, unlock. But… if you can train to feel for the ‘last round’, it is faster without it.
Guess I can use the notch on a range. The Krebs safety extension is a better feature.
IN any case, thanks - this site has the folks who know.
BTW - being a SAR-1, even tough an '03, the FSP was canted to the left. Held it down, used a small gunsmith mallet, rapped with the plastic head on the FSP a few times, and now it looks true,and seems very solid.