mags

[bmanrkg3 0]

i put a down payment on monday for a saiga .308 rifle, and was wondering if i can use ak mags without modification to the mag or the receiver?

 

and whats the measurement for 308? 7.62 correct?

[grizzlybigbore 0]

it cannot use standard AK magazines because:

 

308 is 7.62x51mm-----standard AK is 7.62x39.

 

it is a lot longer, so naturally, regular AK mags wont fit. some guys have ways to modify mags instead of the gun to make it work. Some of the guys on this forum have converted galil mags, some have swapped out galil mag parts to make the factory mags hold 12 rounds instead of 8. A guy named rick-16 was working on g3 mags a while ago. He was trying to modify them so that all you would need to do to the gun was widen out the reciever a tiny bit with a dremel. BattleRifleG3 has a mag adapter that requires a small amount of modification, but it wont affect the function of the gun, and you can fit standard g3 mags in it.

 

hope this helps---

 

griz

[chris410 0]

.308 = 7.62x51mm An ak mag wont fit, different caliber ""x39. Mags are an issue with the 308's, look around on this forum, you'll see. Battlerifleg3 makes an adapter that allows use of HK mags looks pretty tempting. Its on the 308 forum somewhere.

[bmanrkg3 0]

isnt this the 308 forum?

[grizzlybigbore 0]

yeah it is. what do you mean? this is the 308 forum, and i think chris meant that on this forum, by searching the different topics, you can read about other peoples' mag solutions. hope this helps

 

griz

[bmanrkg3 0]

on another note, is there a place we could get to make (metal) magazines as a group buy?

[BattleRifleG3 16]

Groooaaannnn.....

 

Check other threads on hi-cap mags. It seems every month someone knows someone who's going to make and offer S-308 hi-caps, and nothing ever happens. Each time loads of people jump on the bandwagon and say how many they'll take. Then somehow the prospect vanishes into thin air.

[bmanrkg3 0]

gotcha