Interesting find!

[VacuumReactor 0]

I dunno if this is groud-breaking info, but here it goes.

 

I was messing around with my 30 rnd 7.62x39mm mags for my AK when I had this dumb idea. So I got out the Saiga .223 and the AK mag clicked right in! I know that sounds dumb, because there is no way they would work. BUT I know they make .223 AK mags. So all I would need are some of these:

 

.223 mags

 

and a bullet guide from K-Var...

 

No grinding here and there, just a bullet guide and some mags...

Edited December 1, 2003 by VacuumReactor

[VacuumReactor 0]

Silly me to think that no one tried this already.

 

I went to the gun store and compared the .223 AK mag to the 7.62 mag. The .223 mag was slightly longer. I guess that's why everyone had to grind down the reciever and/or the release lever.

 

DOH! I assumed the mags had the same dimensions.

[Messiah Jones 2]

What you need is the East German "Weiger" .223 mags. Some places call them SAR-3 mags, but ask them to be sure you are getting the Weigers.

 

You have to add a feed ramp and file the front of the mag a little bit in the right spot and that's it.

 

Keep in mind you have to win the 10-or-less game for it to be legal. If you're interested I sell a Saiga conversion CD on Ebay which explains everything and the legalities of it.

[Sheik Yerbouti 0]

Wow. That FGW price is pretty steep. I paid around $15 each for mine from AIM Surplus and they were rand spankin' new, still in the wrap. Now they are yup around $18.

 

http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/Rifle_Magazines.html