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Posted: 2/7/2024 4:35:54 PM EDT
https://gunmagwarehouse.com/bulgarian-ak-74-5-56x45mm-30-round-reinforced-steel-lug-polymer-magazine.html
I just ordered five to try at that price. Will post a review when I get them next week. I have the "Bulgarian" smooth side (non-circle 10, non-waffle) magazines in 7.62x39 and 5.45x39 and they work great. At least they reinforce the feed lips and locking lug with these, where as the WBP and Radom magazines are not reinforced. Anyhow, I will try them out in my SAM-5 when I receive them. For $14.95, it is worth a shot. |
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Originally Posted By themao: I just ordered five to try at that price. For $14.95, it is worth a shot. View Quote Cool. I should order a couple. |
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Neat! I grabbed 5 as well to try out. Thanks for the post about them
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Thanks - Grabbing some for the Mini-Beryl
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This is absolutely wonderful. Thanks for the heads up.
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Bakes and Waffles
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would you think these work in the PSA pattern 5.56 AKs? gonna need to feed my Krinkov when it finally becomes available and these are way cheaper than PSA's mags
Thanks for the heads up |
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I've been waiting for these to show up. They also have the steel AR15 mags with an AK-like base plate that were sold around the web a few years ago.
Originally Posted By DoorKicker: would you think these work in the PSA pattern 5.56 AKs? gonna need to feed my Krinkov when it finally becomes available and these are way cheaper than PSA's mags Thanks for the heads up View Quote I'd assume so, the 5.45 mags lock in fine to my 102. I have a 5.56 follower but haven't tried it with the 102, works well on the WBP Jack. |
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545 sized or 7.62 sized? My saiga like ((10)) but my 545 mags are super loose in the magwell.
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Originally Posted By DoorKicker: would you think these work in the PSA pattern 5.56 AKs? gonna need to feed my Krinkov when it finally becomes available and these are way cheaper than PSA's mags Thanks for the heads up View Quote The PSAs are Bulgarian pattern so I would hope so. I will post a report once I try them out. They are en route to me. |
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Elite Soviet Democrat
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Tagging for results
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I bought all this equipment. What do you mean that the dead AREN'T coming back to life?
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I have two of each color coming
I have this brand’s 5.45 and 7.62x39 mags and if these 5.56 mags are anything like their other mags I will be one very happy camper, especially at the price point! |
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Elite Soviet Democrat
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Originally Posted By Deerhurst: 545 sized or 7.62 sized? My saiga like ((10)) but my 545 mags are super loose in the magwell. View Quote The first thing I noticed about these was that the forward feed lip area seemed a little bit lower than usual, so they may fit a Saiga .223 without having to modify or mash them in. However they are going to be AK74 mag width so they will still be a little on the narrow side for a Saiga mag well which is what leads to the mag wobble on those rifles. I'll have to see if I can get some around my states new retarded mag ban. I haven't bought mags in years. |
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I ordered 4 of them. One day I sure hope I will be able to resist every single damn one of these "Hey look what great deals I found" posts...maybe one day, but not this day.
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Originally Posted By DoorKicker: I ordered 4 of them. One day I sure hope I will be able to resist every single damn one of these "Hey look what great deals I found" posts...maybe one day, but not this day. View Quote One day, but not today sir... I ordered a few for the very same reason... |
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What the heck. Ordered 4 of them. Hopefully they work great for the price. If not, they can be used for malfunction clearing drills. I already had some circle 10 mags and wbp mags that work perfectly.
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I bought all this equipment. What do you mean that the dead AREN'T coming back to life?
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Bought 2 of the shit brown ones so I can remember what the hell they are
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My thought is that if these cycle as well as the 5.45 models do, then at the price point these will be the best mags on the market, they won’t be as heavy duty as ((10)), maybe even PSA’s, but at the price point they are about 2:1 for the PSA and nearly 4:1 with the ((10))’s, that’s a bit ridiculous
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Dupe
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Originally Posted By metalsaber: What the heck. Ordered 4 of them. Hopefully they work great for the price. If not, they can be used for malfunction clearing drills. I already had some circle 10 mags and wbp mags that work perfectly. View Quote +1 The black WBP magazines run flawlessly in my SAM-5. Very understated value. The plastic is nearly similar to the more expensive Beryls. Circle 10s are still the standard, but of course, not all 5.56 AKs are alike in fit and function. |
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Elite Soviet Democrat
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Thanks OP, Ordered 5 brown to try out.
I might switch my black furniture to wood 74 furniture and the brown mags would look better |
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It’s been like 6 hours and I’m antsy about my mags showing up
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Bakes and Waffles
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Originally Posted By themao: +1 The black WBP magazines run flawlessly in my SAM-5. Very understated value. The plastic is nearly similar to the more expensive Beryls. Circle 10s are still the standard, but of course, not all 5.56 AKs are alike in fit and function. View Quote I have a bunch of the WBP also. They fit and work great in all my 223 AKs. I’m waiting to see the reviews of these Bulgarians. I’ve go the 545 commercial Bulgarians from Gun Mag Warehouse and they work great too. Hope these ones will be just as good. |
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I ordered seven 5.45x39.
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Awesome!
I have a beater AK-74 that's on its third barrel and last stack of 5.45 crates. When those are done, I'm converting it to 5.56, so might as well have some mags. |
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Bakes and Waffles
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Originally Posted By MustyWaffles: I have the 7.62 Bulgarians and the 5.45s. If these mags are on that level they will be the undisputed kings of 5.56 AK magazines. Especially at the price. View Quote Ditto, I have a ton of each… in all colors except the non metal polymer feed lip ‘tans’ The 5.45’s look like dimensional clones of Russian and Bulgarian 74 mags, and I’m hoping these are the same with AK 101 mags |
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Ordered two of the baby poop green ones to go with the 5.45 and 7.62 ones.
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Just got mine in. To my surprise, they fit my saiga 223 perfectly. They are so nice, I ordered 10 more.
As for the quality, they feel like the circle 10s to me. |
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One foot in the grave and one foot on the pedal
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Originally Posted By Voland: Just got mine in. To my surprise, they fit my saiga 223 perfectly. They are so nice, I ordered 10 more. As for the quality, they feel like the circle 10s to me. View Quote I don't think mine shipped yet but I was waiting on ordering more before I used them first, good to hear. I want some black ones next |
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Originally Posted By MAKAK47: Already?? …got any pics? View Quote The shop is in Irving, dfw. I'm not far away from them... Here are some pics... Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Note the last pic. The tab is not 100% metal. Its a piece of metal wrapped over plastic during the molding process. |
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Upon closer inspection and shooting, they are not as robust as my circle 10s but not bad. I'd like to compare them to psa mags when I get one in next week and see how they stack up.
100 rounds of xtac 556 no problems. I ordered 10 more. They are fairly cheap for what they are and worst case, range mag fodder... much better than the scrappy $6 Turkish ones |
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Originally Posted By Voland: Upon closer inspection and shooting, they are not as robust as my circle 10s but not bad. I'd like to compare them to psa mags when I get one in next week and see how they stack up. 100 rounds of xtac 556 no problems. I ordered 10 more. They are fairly cheap for what they are and worst case, range mag fodder... much better than the scrappy $6 Turkish ones View Quote PSA mags are pretty nice but they are almost twice the cost. |
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Originally Posted By Voland: Moarhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136881/1000004236_jpg-3124390.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136881/1000004233_jpg-3124388.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136881/1000004234_jpg-3124389.JPG View Quote All these pics look like what I was expecting from these Glad to see these are cycling and working right away The PSA’s were a mess at first, but the follower was ID’d as the problem and have never been an issue since, I went ahead actually boiled my old bent followers today to straighten them out So it makes me very happy to have two solid and relatively affordable options on the market, it was a struggle for a bit there before the PSA mags came out, but now these look like a ‘buy cheap stack deep’ option |
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Thanks for posting guys. I ordered a couple.
PSA mags would not function in my WBP Jack 556, was having some feeding issues. I’ve seen guys using Bulgarian pattern mags in the jack rifles but can’t bring myself to pay circle 10 prices. If anyone has feedback running these in Jack 556 rifles I would appreciate some feedback. I’ll also update when mine come in. Also, for anyone interested, WBP mags are in stock at PSA for $10 Photo for fun: Attached File |
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Nothing is as robust as a Circle 10 magazine. However, if they hold up and work as well as the “commercial “ spec Bulgarian 5.45x39 and 7.62x39 magazines, GunMag Warehouse knocked it out of the park for $15/mag. I own 5-10 of each of the 5.45 and 7.62 magazines, and they work great.
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Originally Posted By French1966: Thanks for posting guys. I ordered a couple. PSA mags would not function in my WBP Jack 556, was having some feeding issues. I’ve seen guys using Bulgarian pattern mags in the jack rifles but can’t bring myself to pay circle 10 prices. If anyone has feedback running these in Jack 556 rifles I would appreciate some feedback. I’ll also update when mine come in. Also, for anyone interested, WBP mags are in stock at PSA for $10 Photo for fun: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/496867/IMG_9976_jpeg-3124688.JPG View Quote I have only 2 PSA mags and they work great. I know the followers were a problem a short while back so you might want to look into that. Also what mag is that in the photo? |
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I may have to make an order since they fit the Saiga!
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Originally Posted By cherenkov: My Polish Mini-Beryl with the 74 Triangle Side Folder and modified 74 Russian wood handguards to resemble a Krink (Kielbasa-74) I've been using 74 mags with 5.56 followers - These new Bulgarian mags will be a nice reasonably priced compliment. https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/a607/X-ray6/IMG_5769_(2).jpg View Quote That is really cool |
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Originally Posted By JamesJones: I have only 2 PSA mags and they work great. I know the followers were a problem a short while back so you might want to look into that. Also what mag is that in the photo? View Quote Actually they are the 5.45 versions of the magazines in this thread with 556 pod arms followers. Speckled Bakelite Cerekote by Pro2 Customs. I actually have them posted in the Equipment Exchange for a great deal. Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By fubard: That is really cool View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By fubard: Originally Posted By cherenkov: My Polish Mini-Beryl with the 74 Triangle Side Folder and modified 74 Russian wood handguards to resemble a Krink (Kielbasa-74) I've been using 74 mags with 5.56 followers - These new Bulgarian mags will be a nice reasonably priced compliment. https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/a607/X-ray6/IMG_5769_(2).jpg That is really cool No kidding. I think we need to know a little more about this... |
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One foot in the grave and one foot on the pedal
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Originally Posted By cherenkov: My Polish Mini-Beryl with the 74 Triangle Side Folder and modified 74 Russian wood handguards to resemble a Krink (Kielbasa-74) I've been using 74 mags with 5.56 followers - These new Bulgarian mags will be a nice reasonably priced compliment. https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/a607/X-ray6/IMG_5769_(2).jpg View Quote Cool Kielbasa. |
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