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Posted: 10/12/2016 5:56:01 PM EDT
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If you're going to use it, you'd better clean it. If you're going to stash it, leave it alone.
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Posted: 10/12/2016 6:05:56 PM EDT
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Turns out the fucker won't fit in my WASR 10 magwell. Damn it. Is this common amongst WASRs?
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Posted: 10/12/2016 6:17:43 PM EDT
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Possessing a hammer and file file are prerequisites for AK ownership, so minor fitment issues are normal. The question is, in what way does your drum not fit?
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Posted: 10/12/2016 7:56:06 PM EDT
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Possessing a hammer and file file are prerequisites for AK ownership, so minor fitment issues are normal. The question is, in what way does your drum not fit? Seems like it goes in right but it doesn't "click" in. It seemed like the tab on the mag may not be long enough to engage the magazine lock. I guess it could be the drum (which would make more sense IMO never had issues with Chinese steel flatbacks, Russkie bakes, Polish or Bulgarian surplus steel or even crapco all poly mags) , I'll have to compare it to some steel mags. Sorry if I'm using the wrong terms I'm not all that technically smart so to speak. |
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Posted: 10/12/2016 9:04:12 PM EDT
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Seems like it goes in right but it doesn't "click" in. It seemed like the tab on the mag may not be long enough to engage the magazine lock. I guess it could be the drum (which would make more sense IMO never had issues with Chinese steel flatbacks, Russkie bakes, Polish or Bulgarian surplus steel or even crapco all poly mags) , I'll have to compare it to some steel mags. Sorry if I'm using the wrong terms I'm not all that technically smart so to speak. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Possessing a hammer and file file are prerequisites for AK ownership, so minor fitment issues are normal. The question is, in what way does your drum not fit? Seems like it goes in right but it doesn't "click" in. It seemed like the tab on the mag may not be long enough to engage the magazine lock. I guess it could be the drum (which would make more sense IMO never had issues with Chinese steel flatbacks, Russkie bakes, Polish or Bulgarian surplus steel or even crapco all poly mags) , I'll have to compare it to some steel mags. Sorry if I'm using the wrong terms I'm not all that technically smart so to speak. Check your magwell to see if the double stack conversion wasn't done cleanly - you may need to dress the back of the magazine well, in front of the trigger guard, with a file. 
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Posted: 10/14/2016 3:51:59 AM EDT
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Possessing a hammer and file file are prerequisites for AK ownership, so minor fitment issues are normal. The question is, in what way does your drum not fit? This. The top loading drums would never lock in all the way, had to file the very back of the magwell heavily. |
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Posted: 10/14/2016 3:52:27 AM EDT
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Check your magwell to see if the double stack conversion wasn't done cleanly - you may need to dress the back of the magazine well, in front of the trigger guard, with a file. http://www.novarata.net/Linx310/magwel/magw1.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Possessing a hammer and file file are prerequisites for AK ownership, so minor fitment issues are normal. The question is, in what way does your drum not fit? Seems like it goes in right but it doesn't "click" in. It seemed like the tab on the mag may not be long enough to engage the magazine lock. I guess it could be the drum (which would make more sense IMO never had issues with Chinese steel flatbacks, Russkie bakes, Polish or Bulgarian surplus steel or even crapco all poly mags) , I'll have to compare it to some steel mags. Sorry if I'm using the wrong terms I'm not all that technically smart so to speak. Check your magwell to see if the double stack conversion wasn't done cleanly - you may need to dress the back of the magazine well, in front of the trigger guard, with a file. http://www.novarata.net/Linx310/magwel/magw1.jpg Should have scrolled more, precisely this. |
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Posted: 10/14/2016 2:17:19 PM EDT
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Check your magwell to see if the double stack conversion wasn't done cleanly - you may need to dress the back of the magazine well, in front of the trigger guard, with a file. http://www.novarata.net/Linx310/magwel/magw1.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Possessing a hammer and file file are prerequisites for AK ownership, so minor fitment issues are normal. The question is, in what way does your drum not fit? Seems like it goes in right but it doesn't "click" in. It seemed like the tab on the mag may not be long enough to engage the magazine lock. I guess it could be the drum (which would make more sense IMO never had issues with Chinese steel flatbacks, Russkie bakes, Polish or Bulgarian surplus steel or even crapco all poly mags) , I'll have to compare it to some steel mags. Sorry if I'm using the wrong terms I'm not all that technically smart so to speak. Check your magwell to see if the double stack conversion wasn't done cleanly - you may need to dress the back of the magazine well, in front of the trigger guard, with a file. http://www.novarata.net/Linx310/magwel/magw1.jpg Okay I found the archived post where you got that image from. So it looks like the mag well needs to be smooth all the way up to the trigger guard? What kind of a file would work best for this? Thanks for the help. |
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Posted: 10/14/2016 5:03:01 PM EDT
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Okay I found the archived post where you got that image from. So it looks like the mag well needs to be smooth all the way up to the trigger guard? What kind of a file would work best for this? Thanks for the help. I'd start with a regular old mill file. If the file doesn't cut (that area of the receiver might or might not be hardened), then you'd need to try a dremel or maybe a dressing stone, instead |
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Posted: 10/14/2016 5:18:50 PM EDT
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I've got two of those top-loader drums. One eventually locked in my AES-10B after I worked it back and forth a couple hundred times. Filing the well for the other one is on the project list.
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Posted: 10/15/2016 3:08:03 AM EDT
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I can't believe it. I've had a Romanian top loader for the past year and a half and I could never get it to load in either of my WASR 10/63s. It fits perfectly in my SGL26, but it kept getting hung up in the back on my WASRs. Took a closer look at inserting it and whatdaya know? It's just like the image Circuits posted. Thanks a million!
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Posted: 10/16/2016 8:09:34 PM EDT
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I can't believe it. I've had a Romanian top loader for the past year and a half and I could never get it to load in either of my WASR 10/63s. It fits perfectly in my SGL26, but it kept getting hung up in the back on my WASRs. Took a closer look at inserting it and whatdaya know? It's just like the image Circuits posted. Thanks a million! Just took a file to mine for about 3 minutes and cleaned it up enough for it to fit. Easy squeezy |
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