Where did all the AK74 Magazines go?

[rifletex91]

I'm trying to look all over the internet and can't find any reliable source for surplus 5.45 AK74 magazines. AIM and Centerfire Systems have been out for a while and the last time I checked at a gun show their was only 2 vendors selling them and that was at 25 and 30 dollars a pop. Have they dried up completely or are we in a temporary drought? Anybody knows where I can get some of these mags?

 

[Dcav]

Heres a few. I found the circle 10 mags to be about the best out there.

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[Younggun]

Does it have to be surplus, i was in the Waco Academy last sunday and thay had three different brand Ak mags, too bad i was looking for AR mags. Think thay were all around 20 bucks

 

[rifletex91]

I'll check and call cope's.

 

[rifletex91]

Never seen 74 mags at academy. You sure you talking bout the mags for the 5.45x39 and not the 7.62x39?

 

[rifletex91]

Heres a few. I found the circle 10 mags to be about the best out there.

Cope's Distributing
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Just called, said they were out of the Polish and Bulgarian mags. And I'm not looking for tapco or 45 dollar bakelite mags. Thanks, I'll keep looking.

 

[codygjohnson]

Wow! I had no idea they were drying up but I see what you mean. I just ordered 3 Tantal mags just in case I can't find any more 74 mags down the line.

 

[Younggun]

Never seen 74 mags at academy. You sure you talking bout the mags for the 5.45x39 and not the 7.62x39?

My bad, saw what i wanted to see in the OP and not what was written. They were 47 mags.

 

[AKM]

probly all in some guys basement

 

[Texas42]

Now tell me. They are the same case, why wouldn't the AK47 mags work for the AK 74. Ithought the case was just necked down to a smaller bullet. . . . was I wrong?

 

[Dcav]

Now tell me. They are the same case, why wouldn't the AK47 mags work for the AK 74. I thought the case was just necked down to a smaller bullet. . . . was I wrong?

Not even close to the same. 7.62x39mm on the left, 5.45x39mm in the middle, and 5.56 on the right. Totally different mags as well.

 

[rifletex91]

Here is a comparison of a steel 47 mag and a steel polish tantal AK74 mag.

 

[hkusp1]

probly all in some guys basement

Yea mine. I bought a ton of them when I bought my 74, couldn't say no at $7 a pop.

 

[rifletex91]

Yea mine. I bought a ton of them when I bought my 74, couldn't say no at $7 a pop.

$7!& You lucky S.O.B.

 

[Texas42]

Not even close to the same. 7.62x39mm on the left, 5.45x39mm in the middle, and 5.56 on the right. Totally different mags as well.

Thanks. Learn something new every day!

 

[Dcav]

Rifletex how are the steel '74 mags? For a while copes had the Tantal Polish mags for 7 or 8 bucks.

 

[rifletex91]

Rifletex how are the steel '74 mags? For a while copes had the Tantal Polish mags for 7 or 8 bucks.

Just as good if not maybe a little better then the polymer Bulgarian and Russian ones. But they do fit a little different in other 74 variants.
Might be a little tighter or a little loose depending on you rifle.

 

[Dcav]

Just as good if not maybe a little better then the polymer Bulgarian and Russian ones. But they do fit a little different in other 74 variants.
Might be a little tighter or a little loose depending on you rifle.

thanks for the info will pick up a few next time I buy something from copes.

 

[drummingchevy]

J&G also carries them, and the 3 that I've bought from them were all circle 10's.
AK-74 style 30 round polymer magazines. For Tantal and NDS-2 similar rifles.

 

[jake75]

Some dude under the name cagunsngear was or still is hitting up all of the forums and online storesand is buying up EVERYTHING AK74. He got banned from some other forums for non payment. 74 mags, parts kits, and parts are hard to come by now.