I see some Hungarian mags from SGammo and they're more expensive than the $7.95 ones I bought at the beginning of the month. Is there something special about these ones to be around the price of the Yugos or did the price just go up? They look exactly the same from the pictures.

The ones I have look pretty good, no dents, just some powder and a few have slight rust spots. This is after buying about 25 of them.

The price probably has to do with the original purchase price from the importer, still a good deal in my eyes.

That'll probably be well below bargain price before long.

Why would that be?

Magazine prices are at their lowest in quite some time and will likely only go up from here. With all the AK-related bans/sanctions lately, who knows what might happen to the nice run of steel surplus mags we've been enjoying lately.

I bought 10 of tose and they were in NEW condition

I bought ten of the last batch of "euro" mags from SG and they were all Hungarian near as I can tell, a couple had the proof marks and the rest looked identical to them.

As far as i can tell all of the euros I bought were Hungarian as well.

I ordered 3 of these Hungarian mags from SGAmmo.



http://www.sgammo.com/product/surplus/30-round-ak-47-mag-excellent-new-condition-hungarian-military-surplus-steel-magazine



Got them in yesterday. Two are fine, apart from some whitish discoloration on the mag body. The third mag has a floorplate that doesn't hold under tension. It's almost like the floorplate's too wide and won't grab the rails on the end of the mag body. I'm debating whether I should try to find a floorplate that works (I don't have any spares), just set it aside until I get a mag with some other issue that I can cannibalize for parts, or (in true Soviet fashion) set the floorplate on a rock a beat it with rifle stock until in bends into a shape that won't come loose. Thoughts?



I'm kinda disappointed in SGAmmo, as I wouldn't call the mags "excellent" by any stretch (33% failure rate right out of the box), but they're cheap surplus, and I knew that when I was buying.

Im with ya. This was suppose to be a good condition mag (ordered 4)




Maybe their inspection team needs re-training
 

Not trying to be a douche, but a scraped up floor plate isn't really that bad.  A file and some hi-temp rattle can paint and a little elbow grease and that mag can look much better in 10 minutes or less.  It would cost me more time and effort to even try and return it.  Remember we are buying surplus - as long as the mag is functional, I'd say keep it and chalk it up as a lesson in life on subjectivity in conditions.  I usually buy 10 or more at a time assuming at least one bad one in the group which can be used as parts when I get another bad mag through another purchase.  If you want new, buy new....but the risk with buying surplus in bulk far out weighs the cost of new mags.  Please keep in mind the cost of the mag, as they were a great deal.  No need to bash a good vendor.  Sam is a stand up guy, and I know you are upset (I've been in your shoes with another vendor), but that's the risk of buying surplus.

If I were you, I would use this as a great opportunity to try and restore a mag.  It's not that hard if you have some spare time.  There are threads on here on ways to do it.  You can easily make that mag look brand new from 5 feet away in short order with tools/supplies you should already have around the house.  

Good luck!  

Seriously - give it a try.

Who told you that you had to change price/stop selling the kits?

What AK kits?  I'm on your site several times a week and never saw them, where are they from?

Re: the first 2 mags.  They cleaned up well with a bit of WD-40 followed by a bit of oil.  No issues at all.