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It was not feed-lip related. I have 3 5.45 AKs and have had at least one for over ten years - I am pretty familiar with them. The top of the lug fit smoothly against the gun with no gaps. Normally, milsurp mags that need filing have needed it on the bottom, but maybe I should have done it on the top. Even filed, I did pushups on the gun with no problems. Whatever polymer they use is strong, and $13 is cheap enough. |
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I bought a couple of these mags to try out. They are well-built and are the AK equivalent of a Pmag. I will buy more. A 100% US made mag that works and counts for 3 parts is welcomed. Tapco, great job. Now makes some 5.45 mags!  |
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I see. No contact. That's interesting, since in almost every case I've seen with the euro mags, if there was a problem, it was caused by contact at the top not allowing the bottom of the catch on the mag to go up far enough to engage the catch on the gun... thus all the file marks you see on mil-surp mags. In the end though, with any particular mag/gun combo, weather you file on the top rear of the left feed lip or on the bottom of the mag catch would just depend on weather or not you're able to get rounds to hand cycle while you hold the magazine firmly in the rifle to test the feed angle. It's good to hear that they're made of heavy duty material. Like I was saying, I'll have to get a couple of them and see what mods (if any) will be required for them to fit in my rifles. As long as they can be filed/adjusted one way or the other so that they work in the majority of rifles, 13 bucks is definitely a good price. Thanks again for the link. Still though... I'd love to see Tapco make 5.45 mags too. I'm sure they'd be good ones, 'cause I know they'd be sure to work out all the kinks before releasing them. |
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After all the requests, we are taking some preliminary looks at what would be involved in producing some other calibers. I don't have any kind of definite answer, but I will keep you all informed of our progress. And yes, we will always keep everyone's thoughts, opinions, and suggestions in mind if this thing gets rolling. |
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Great post. We recently started selling these mags based on the "faith" we have in Tapco. They're great to speak with at SHOT, made in the USA, and helpful on the phone for technical stuff. I needed to find a review of the product, because I haven't gotten the chance to use them yet. phrkshw... you're outta control!  Thanks for the input. We have them in stock right now in Black, FDE, and OD... and on sale!  They will be up on our website hopefully by tomorrow night. Our Regular Price will be $16.99. Check out our PRE-Election Sale...15% off every product we sell! Just use PE15 coupon code upon checkout. Cliff @ Go Time Gear PS...Thanks Tapco |
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Are these "bolt hold open" magazines? |
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If so, what kind of wear is the plastic follower showing after having the bolt carrier slam into it repeatedly? |
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And the original designers of the AR15 magazine used aluminium, explain the p mag. here's a novel idea why don't you wait and see if they are a good working mag before telling us they won't work. The plastics used now are MUCH better that what was available when the magazines you speak of were designed. I'll givethem a shot |
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Originally Posted By Sparky357: Great post. We recently started selling these mags based on the "faith" we have in Tapco. They're great to speak with at SHOT, made in the USA, and helpful on the phone for technical stuff. I needed to find a review of the product, because I haven't gotten the chance to use them yet. phrkshw... you're outta control! Thanks for the input. We have them in stock right now in Black, FDE, and OD... and on sale! They will be up on our website hopefully by tomorrow night. Our Regular Price will be $16.99. Check out our PRE-Election Sale...15% off every product we sell! Just use PE15 coupon code upon checkout. Cliff @ Go Time Gear PS...Thanks Tapco Figured since people are still asking....  ETA: 13 black, 60 FDE and 60 OD in stock as of 10/25 Here's the link ...........http://www.mygotimegear.com/product.sc?categoryId=132&productId=616 |
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Originally Posted By swatbwana:
And the original designers of the AR15 magazine used aluminium, explain the p mag. Simple. When an AR mag has pressure applied to it when in the rifle from any other angly than straight up ot straight down, the ENTIRE mag body in the mag well absorbs the energy. The force it is possible to apply to the mag catch area of an AR mag is quite small. Now look at an AK mag. The rear lug is TINY and it is not difficult to apply leverage to it because it is the ONLY thing keeping the mag in the magwell. Basically, an AR magwell supports the mag a great deal, and the AK magwell offers no support for the lug. With modern materials metal feedlip inserts are not necessary, IMHO. However, I do not believe that modern materials are strong enough to make a tiny lug upon which 2 to 1 leverage can be applied strong enough. Oh, and the rear lug is also the only thing keeping the mag from pressing farther up into the mag well at the rear. I am going ot buy one of these mags and try it out and I will sing their praises if it turns out it is a good tough as nails mag. I just don't see it happening. 
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Well I bought two Tapco 20 rounders for one of my Norincos. I still have the factory wooden stock on the rifle. First mag ran great. I took it out, reloaded it and it fed the first round fine. Then FTF every single round afterward. Both did the exact same thing. I will have to try to fiddle around with the mag well on the wooden stock. I plan on buying the Tapco stock soon so hopefuly that will take care of it.
I was using Wolf and Barnaul ammo in the mags. |
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20 Rounders for the SKS. When using with the original wooden stocks some filing may be required... the below image is on our FAQ page...  You can file the material away, or if you are already planning on upgrading, keep your stock original and go with the new stock body. Either option should get your running smoothly. If you have any questions... give us a call. Our customer service will be glad to help you any way we can! |
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| Got home from work this morning and my wife had my new mag and a case of ammo waiting for me. So far it fits fantastic and feels rugged as hell not too mention looks great as well. I will be shooting this afternoon, I'm sure as long as all goes well I will definitly be ordering more of these babies. Overall very impressed with it so far. |
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I knocked this off the bench at the range and it landed on the left rear corner. The mag was brand new and unused when dropped. It was fully loaded, which probably didn't help matters much.
I guess I'll see how well the "lifetime warranty" works! 
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Originally Posted By Melvin_Johnson:
I knocked this off the bench at the range and it landed on the left rear corner. The mag was brand new and unused when dropped. It was fully loaded, which probably didn't help matters much. I guess I'll see how well the "lifetime warranty" works! 
I hate that one of our mags failed on you. Give our customer service a call on Monday (800-554-1445) and we'll take care of you. I'm interested in taking a look at your mag and see what's different about it. Loaded mag drops have never been an issue. Not sure what happened, but we'll make it good for you right away. Have a great weekend |
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Originally Posted By Damiean:
Originally Posted By Melvin_Johnson:
I knocked this off the bench at the range and it landed on the left rear corner. The mag was brand new and unused when dropped. It was fully loaded, which probably didn't help matters much. I guess I'll see how well the "lifetime warranty" works!
I hate that one of our mags failed on you. Give our customer service a call on Monday (800-554-1445) and we'll take care of you. I'm interested in taking a look at your mag and see what's different about it. Loaded mag drops have never been an issue. Not sure what happened, but we'll make it good for you right away. Have a great weekend Awesome! I have to admit that I was pretty shocked when I found the lip broken. I know there have been some mags that have been subjected to really tough abuse without breakage. |
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The new replacement magazine arrived yesterday. TAPCO wasted no time in getting the new mag mailed out and I have to say that I'm very impressed with the response.
The new magazine is a little different than the old one. First off, I notice that it's got a slightly wider front locking tab. It's also rounded off a little along the top back edge of the feed lips. I imagine this was done to allow the magazine to clear the center support rivet on a larger variety of receivers. The new magazine is also marked with "7.62x39" while the broken magazine didn't have any caliber markings. I also see that the new magazine is a little different color than the old one. Both are black but the new one is a little bit shinier. |
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Got my 3 tapco 30 rounders in yesterday. Right off the bat I was really impressed with the magazine. HEAVY DUTY is a good description. I was a bit worried about a poly magazine, but this thing is STOUT!
My only issue with the mag so far was initially it would not clip into my Norinco MAK90, which is when I learned about the small 'nub' under the magazine release. I simply ground this 'nub' off (which also prevented other new steel mags from fitting), and the Tapco mags fit great. Still a bit stug on the release but Im sure they will loosen with use. If the weather cooperates Ill give these tapco mags some use this weekend, but as smooth as they seem to operate Im sure I wont have any issue. THANKS!! I will order more of these! |
| I took 2 new TAPCO mags to the range this weekend. Shooting them in a Polytech. Both mags FTF after the initial round. New round would not load even after I pullled the operating handle. I had to remove mag and the pull operating handle to load a round. I was firing Wolf 7.62x39. Any ideas why it was doing this? |
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what type variant of AK were you using? I will be glad to run it by some guys here and see if they know of anything.
I do know that fitment in some of the WASR's varies, depending on how much they opened up your mag well. We found some play in some WASR's but the mags always functioned. |
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Originally Posted By Melvin_Johnson:
I knocked this off the bench at the range and it landed on the left rear corner. The mag was brand new and unused when dropped. It was fully loaded, which probably didn't help matters much. I guess I'll see how well the "lifetime warranty" works!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/tokarev/tapcolip.jpg Hey, guys! I tried the magazine with the busted feed lip and it still works. I'm impressed! |
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Originally Posted By MooseForce:
How are these compared to Bulgarian Waffle mags?? The TAPCOs don't have the steel reinforcement the Bulgarians do. The TAPCOs are also less expensive. |
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I was about to buy a bunch of these atDiscount Gun Sales when I was there earlier today, but at the last minute I decided to purchase just one mag and see how if worked.
Well it didn't "work", it didn't even fit in the gun. What is the deal? Really disappointed because they looked really nice and I wanted them to be good so badly.  Now I have to hope I can return it, which is unlikely since it got scratch up and I don't feel its right to stick the store with a "used" product.
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| I bought 6 a few months back when they were fairly new, they work great in my Romy's and with a very minor adjustment work in my Saiga conversion. I picked up 6 more recently, they were packaged different, plain clear plastic bag, no cardboard Tapco card on the bag. I've heard these are different from the first ones out and not as stout, I hope this is just a rumor since I haven't open the bag or tried them. |
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| I just purchased four of these from Midway and received them today. The reviews there said these worked perfectly with the Wasr 10-63, which is what I have. I noticed that when I insert these, the back of the magazine does not "snap" in like my metal mags do. They fit fine and snugly, but I can release them from the well simply by pulling on the back. I do not need to use the release lever. Is this normal? Is it safe to fire with these? |
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Originally Posted By Steelerfan_LG1:
I just purchased four of these from Midway and received them today. The reviews there said these worked perfectly with the Wasr 10-63, which is what I have. I noticed that when I insert these, the back of the magazine does not "snap" in like my metal mags do. They fit fine and snugly, but I can release them from the well simply by pulling on the back. I do not need to use the release lever. Is this normal? Is it safe to fire with these? That is not good. Mine is like that as well and will get stuck. Can yours function like that? It really disappoints me See the back of the mag in this picture from their website? Mine is different where it snaps into the mag release switch. |
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Originally Posted By Nicademus:
Originally Posted By Steelerfan_LG1:
I just purchased four of these from Midway and received them today. The reviews there said these worked perfectly with the Wasr 10-63, which is what I have. I noticed that when I insert these, the back of the magazine does not "snap" in like my metal mags do. They fit fine and snugly, but I can release them from the well simply by pulling on the back. I do not need to use the release lever. Is this normal? Is it safe to fire with these? That is not good. Mine is like that as well and will get stuck. Can yours function like that? It really disappoints me See the back of the mag in this picture from their website? Mine is different where it snaps into the mag release switch. http://www.tapco.com/Show_image.aspx?id=b6df4bf7-d365-4c60-94f8-d4b2ebc851fb&s=s That is more the fault of the Century monkey that did the conversion than the TAPCO mag being at fault. Century has to grind the mag releases to some extent for conversion to a hi-cap. Each WASR 10 is unique and can vary wildly. Hootbro |
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Originally Posted By Hootbro:
Originally Posted By Nicademus:
Originally Posted By Steelerfan_LG1:
I just purchased four of these from Midway and received them today. The reviews there said these worked perfectly with the Wasr 10-63, which is what I have. I noticed that when I insert these, the back of the magazine does not "snap" in like my metal mags do. They fit fine and snugly, but I can release them from the well simply by pulling on the back. I do not need to use the release lever. Is this normal? Is it safe to fire with these? That is not good. Mine is like that as well and will get stuck. Can yours function like that? It really disappoints me See the back of the mag in this picture from their website? Mine is different where it snaps into the mag release switch. http://www.tapco.com/Show_image.aspx?id=b6df4bf7-d365-4c60-94f8-d4b2ebc851fb&s=s That is more the fault of the Century monkey that did the conversion than the TAPCO mag being at fault. Century has to grind the mag releases to some extent for conversion to a hi-cap. Each WASR 10 is unique and can vary wildly. Hootbro Yep. Additionally, I've had some minor fitting issues even with metal magazines on my WASR (width-wise as well as with the locking lug). I wouldn't damn the TAPCO mags because of fitment issues, especially on a WASR. I'd break out a file and slowly file them down until they fit. |
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File down the tab? I just wish I had something out of the box that worked properly. I don't think my rifle was done by Century. I don't see "century" anywhere on it although I could be wrong. ALL other mags I've used fit nicely.
However I have been contacted by a Tapco representative we believe its is because its on of the early magazine designs. I belive Tapco is going to help me out, which is great because I've heard they stand behind their products and its seems to be true. |
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