5/10 Type 81 Magazine Possible

The Croatian/Romanian AK mags needed hardly any material removal. The Pmags were a bit more involved. I'm a Bubba at the best with a Dremel and I figured it out.
Actually thinking back on it, I used a belt sander on its side to change the feed lips profile on the Pmags.
 
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Slipnslide said:
LOL charging $65 for 5 minutes of dremel work is a joke.

Just buy an AK mag and hit it with a dremel. It’s not rocket science guys, your way over complicating this.
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wow!!!! you are highly skilled, you can shorten a type 81 mag in 5 minutes.
how about offering your skills to us, say charge $10 to do the work. (that is $120 per hour).
 
2 things here: one is offering an expensive t81 mods to get 5/20 why not 5/5 or 5/10 ... and then others made from ak47 mag that will fit into the t81 and it is working very well.

the easiest way would have been getting the t81 with ak47 mag version but this is not what get got so find a way that works for you.
 
Here's a couple of pics of what I had to trim to get the Pmags to work. Bubbalicious!
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Chumlee Bumsnag said:
Here's a couple of pics of what I had to trim to get the Pmags to work. Bubbalicious!
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that is great but a few of us were worried about the strenght and durability. i do know that some metal mags got an hard life and still running and i do not know if those will have done the same at all in the same conditions, but thanks to show what can be done. i imagine yours are now $110 ... lol
 
medvedqc said:
2 things here: one is offering an expensive t81 mods to get 5/20 why not 5/5 or 5/10 ... and then others made from ak47 mag that will fit into the t81 and it is working very well.

the easiest way would have been getting the t81 with ak47 mag version but this is not what get got so find a way that works for you.
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my expensive mod to a type 81 mag takes almost 2 hours to do. why not 5/5 or 5/10 is because they are too short. this mag needs to be rocked home and you want to be able to grip the mag easily. and why not use a AK mag, is as far as I know it does not lock the bolt back when empty.
 
phats said:
my expensive mod to a type 81 mag takes almost 2 hours to do. why not 5/5 or 5/10 is because they are too short. this mag needs to be rocked home and you want to be able to grip the mag easily. and why not use a AK mag, is as far as I know it does not lock the bolt back when empty.
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the lock back when empy is it a system you need? i had to discard to t81 mags that were not doing it ...
 
medvedqc said:
the lock back when empy is it a system you need? i had to discard to t81 mags that were not doing it ...
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of course lock back when empty is important, other wise I would grind a AK47 mag to fit a type 81.
most semi autos ( hand guns and rifles ) lock back when mag is empty. if not needed why would the manufactures make them lock back.
the only popular gun I can think of that does not lock back is the Ruger 10/22
 
phats said:
my expensive mod to a type 81 mag takes almost 2 hours to do. why not 5/5 or 5/10 is because they are too short. this mag needs to be rocked home and you want to be able to grip the mag easily. and why not use a AK mag, is as far as I know it does not lock the bolt back when empty.
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The 5/10 mags are too short you say? My ass…easy to work with and a nice length for shooting off a bench…They’re my favourite mag for my LMG…pro mag…easy to modify..
 
Ian's latest Forgotten Weapons video showcases a Type 63 20 round magazine which I read elsewhere has the same bolt hold open mechanism as the magazine for the Type 81. Unfortunately, these are extremely rare, or else pinned they would make a nice shorty Type 81 magazine.

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Got some 5/10 steel mags from DoctorDeals (they still got some) a long while back and gave 'em the ol' whirr-o-bubba treatment without issue.
I don't mind not having a BHO on and empty magazine all that much. If I were doing matches or comps, maybe, but as it is that's not a problem. Between the folder and LMG O gpt later, I have more than enough original mags to carry me in the unlikely event I need it.
 
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