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Posted: 5/25/2017 5:18:54 AM EDT
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Serious question as I'm ignorant, are the newer American mags not reliable? If they're reliable, why are the Bulgarian mags desirable? Looks?
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Posted: 5/29/2017 2:44:47 PM EDT
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I just prefer surplus. I missed out on the $10 30 rd bakelites ten years ago.....am wondering if we got all of them or if there are enough in quantity to lower the price a bit.
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Posted: 6/2/2017 11:33:59 PM EDT
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I just prefer surplus. I missed out on the $10 30 rd bakelites ten years ago.....am wondering if we got all of them or if there are enough in quantity to lower the price a bit. Absolute tons if those were sold back then. Hell I have 5 or 6 40mm ammo cans full. That ship sailed 30 years ago. |
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Posted: 6/26/2017 3:06:55 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/5/2017 3:44:45 AM EDT
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I seriously miss the days of Chief Thunder's $8 7.62 waffle mags and ORF's $4 Bulgy 5.45 mags.
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Posted: 11/19/2017 8:29:00 PM EDT
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I seriously miss the days of Chief Thunder's $8 7.62 waffle mags and ORF's $4 Bulgy 5.45 mags. 
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Posted: 11/20/2017 5:22:13 PM EDT
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Those days are over and the AK-74 has fallen out of favor in most markets. The 47 has stayed strong. Look at most of the war footage you will see more 47's over 74's. I have a friend who purchases weapons outside of the US. He recently toured most of the Eastern Europe AK factories. I asked about the 74 and that was his response. He stated most of the world was a 47 over a 74.
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Posted: 11/23/2017 1:38:36 PM EDT
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While you could beat someone to death with a steel-tabbed Bakelite 74 mag, realistically a Magpul 5.45 will work indefinitely (or at least until all the 5.45 is gone)
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Posted: 11/25/2017 3:17:55 PM EDT
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Those days are over and the AK-74 has fallen out of favor in most markets. The 47 has stayed strong. Look at most of the war footage you will see more 47's over 74's. I have a friend who purchases weapons outside of the US. He recently toured most of the Eastern Europe AK factories. I asked about the 74 and that was his response. He stated most of the world was a 47 over a 74. |
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Posted: 11/29/2017 8:33:59 AM EDT
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Did he say why? The 30 years of support that the countries have in support of the AK-47 are the biggest driver. Countries have years of magazines , ammunition and repair parts. Many secondary markets never saw AK-74's in any quantity to make an impact. Remember guns last a long time. 30+ years is not an unreasonable life expectancy. |
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Posted: 11/29/2017 4:44:46 PM EDT
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I had heard the 74 ammo and mags were taken up by conflicts around the world involving Russia.
I got a bunch for like $8 from Aim Surplus in the early 2000s. But even if I didn't, I would prefer them and pay more versus all-plastic mags. Has Magpul made a metal-reinforced 74 mag for less than a Bulgarian or Russian surplus mag yet? Until that happens, I don't see the Magpuls being desirable versus Bulgarian/Russian surplus. |
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Posted: 12/3/2017 7:24:06 PM EDT
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I had heard the 74 ammo and mags were taken up by conflicts around the world involving Russia. I got a bunch for like $8 from Aim Surplus in the early 2000s. But even if I didn't, I would prefer them and pay more versus all-plastic mags. Has Magpul made a metal-reinforced 74 mag for less than a Bulgarian or Russian surplus mag yet? Until that happens, I don't see the Magpuls being desirable versus Bulgarian/Russian surplus. |
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Posted: 2/5/2018 4:06:58 PM EDT
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The days of a dozen Bulgy 74 mags for $38 from Todd and the Ohio Rapid Fire Crew are long gone.
The sealed 4 packs of East German Bakelite's with a mag pouch from What a Country for $9.99!!! Cheapest I remember was after the Ban sunset in 2005. I just returned from Iraq in March and everything was stupid cheap. That deployment stash of cash went a looooong way! S/F Al |
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Posted: 2/10/2018 11:15:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm sitting on stacks of 99¢ Bulgarian mags from CDNN form the early 1990's. Absolute tons if those were sold back then. Hell I have 5 or 6 40mm ammo cans full. That ship sailed 30 years ago. |
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Posted: 6/20/2018 12:11:30 PM EDT
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I seriously miss the days of Chief Thunder's $8 7.62 waffle mags and ORF's $4 Bulgy 5.45 mags. |
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