10 rounds magazines
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Funny how that works, huh? Go figureClaven2 said:
"If it saves one life..."I've got a couple of the metal 5-round duckbills (dunno who the manufacturer is), but the follower is plastic. They feed fine, but since the plastic follower can't reliably activate the hold-open latch, installing or removing the mag to/from battery is a three-handed operation (or two hands + teeth!). Pull back bolt carrier + depress mag catch + pull mag out of mag well =
This has been discussed about a million times, whether the LCF of a duckbill is worth the hassle. Personally, I use the fixed mag w/stripper clips now, after the novelty of the duckbill mags wore off and I realized what a PITA they are. I'll probably put them up for sale in the EE soon, for that matter. However, I agree that they look WAY cooler, and to be fair the larger mags are probably easier to use due to the extra leverage from all that empty magazine space sticking down there
Being the law-abiding citizen and function-over-form guy that I am though, I just don't see the point of having a 30-round magazine that's pinned to 5-rounds, it just seems so counterproductive and wasteful and stupid. But hey, whatever turns yer crank...To answer cheeko's question, I don't know of any places in Canada that sell the 10-round duckbills. As Stevo mentioned, individuals cannot import magazines with a capacity greater than 5 rounds, if you were to possess such a magazine for even an instant it would make you a criminal (not to mention the mag in question would be siezed at the border and your name would go on a list somewhere
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Why do you have to open the bolt, when you insert or remove a magazine?
It should be Mag release button...drop mag out, all with the same hand.
If you want to load the magazine when it is not in the rifle from stripper clips then try this...
h ttp://www.leapers.com/pages/parts%20and%20tools/ak-sks-tl-k060-c.htm
Mind you this is build for the AK mags so prob' best with the SKS D.
It should be Mag release button...drop mag out, all with the same hand.
If you want to load the magazine when it is not in the rifle from stripper clips then try this...
h ttp://www.leapers.com/pages/parts%20and%20tools/ak-sks-tl-k060-c.htm
Mind you this is build for the AK mags so prob' best with the SKS D.
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- Surrey, BC
[PROFESSOR MODE] Duckbill magazines have feed lips (just like the standard fixed mag) that wrap around the bolt. Try this; pop out the trigger group and remove the SKS action from the stock. Without the trigger group to retain it, try to remove the fixed mag with the bolt closed. You won't be able to, because the fixed mag has feed lips that wrap around the bolt. Open the bolt, and you can easily pull the magazine out of the mag well. Duckbills are the same basic setup, except they don't have the notch that fits in above the trigger group.[/PROFESSOR MODE]Calum said:Why do you have to open the bolt, when you insert or remove a magazine?
It should be Mag release button...drop mag out, all with the same hand.
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cheeko said:
Nope. You would be breaking Canadian magazine capacity law if you had one shipped to you from the US. You can go to the US, buy one, plug it and hope Customs accepts the form of plugging, otherwise it gets destroyed.
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hahaha forgive me, but when u said 'plug it', for some sick reason i pictured someone hideing a mag inside his...ahem... yeah. Reading too fast and not thinking... yeah thats it.
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