Hi-Cap Mags for SKS

[Gramreaper]

Can anyone shed some light on the issue of hi cap mags for this rifle? I keep looking and I can't find anything. What is the legal issue on this, is it not kosher to have a 30 rounder clipped to 5? Please give me any and all feedback on this. If they are around and I just keep missing them, let me know. If it is a legal issue, let me know.
Thanks gang!

 

[Teapot]

Kosher is for Jewish food. An SKS-D is required to be able to take advantage of the 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov magazines. It is legal to have those magazines when they are pinned to hold no more than five rounds.

 

[Gramreaper]

Thanks, but it's not a D, it's a regular Russian refurb. I'm looking for a Zytel or similar "banana" style magazine; the duckbill style. I just heard that they are hard to find, but I keep seeing them. It's not a big thing, I just like the look. My AR-15 has a 30 round mag clipped for 5, but if the mag was a 5 rounder it wouldn't even extend from the magwell. that just doesn't look right.

Simonov say's Danke for the culture lesson though, caio' mon ami.

 

[marshall]

You are much better off with the factory mag, they always work,
the aftermarket one some times work and you will not have any hold open
on the others, I had a couple duck bill ones, they where a POS,
Thou there may be good one out there.
And of course you can't have more than 5 shots so why bother.

 

[sunray]

"...is it not kosher..." Yep, but unless it's been altered, a real Russian SKS' comes with 10 round internal mags that aren't detachable. They're fed with stripper clips. The internal mag must be pinned to 5 as well.
Marstar lists pinned 30 round AR mags as sold out.
"...Kosher is..." Blessed by a rabbi.

 

[Gramreaper]

Thanks Marshall.
I just like the look, it looks like an Ak-47 when it has a larger mag, other than that I don't really care. I'll keep looking till I find one though.

 

[grayrc]

Closest thing I'm aware of that appears to be in stock, in Canada, and from a contributing dealer is a 5/10 for $45 from Marstar:
http://www.marstar.ca/ac-magazine/mag-lg(m-z).shtm

John mentioned recently he's sold 1000+ and never had any returned.

Otherwise, for the Zytel 5/20's, assuming you're willing to risk some cross-border shopping and that you can get them pinned to 5 rounds before importing, the most common suggestion seems to be sksman.com

/gc

 

[shootemup]

I'm waiting for the law to change before I bother to replace the integrated mag on my SKSs.

 

[5440fight]

The problem, as I heard it from marstar last year, is that no-one south of the border will pin before shipping. I assumed other mags were shipped intact to authorized individuals, who pinned them , but I guess not. A few mag makers in the usa make a great mag, but good luck getting one. Of my 30/5 mags one works perfect, the other two needed work. crappy, but I got 'em working in the end. Seemed reasonable until I bought my ar and cz858

 

[firemachine69]

Closest thing I'm aware of that appears to be in stock, in Canada, and from a contributing dealer is a 5/10 for $45 from Marstar:
http://www.marstar.ca/ac-magazine/mag-lg(m-z).shtm

John mentioned recently he's sold 1000+ and never had any returned.

Otherwise, for the Zytel 5/20's, assuming you're willing to risk some cross-border shopping and that you can get them pinned to 5 rounds before importing, the most common suggestion seems to be sksman.com

/gc

Is that "tongue" (for lack of a better word) permanently affixed to the rifle? Or are SKS mads not a simple push-in-pull-down-and-out affair?

 

[5440fight]

More of a "notch and clip" motion. The sks front tab is way up there.

 

[Calum]

The originals are not detachable for a very good reason...ie to keep ones peasant-farmer soldier from loosing it.

Methinks the detachable after market ones are a waste of money as in my experience they seldom work, and especially given that in Kanuckistan we are limited to 5 rounds anyway.

Yet more junk made for the SKS market.

Folks with too much money can send me their money and I'll pit it to better use.

 

[Gramreaper]

Thank you for the reply's. I have researched and understand the laws and relyability of the mags in question. Sh*t, I am an international broker; I've imported a bumper, winch, lockers and gears for my jeep from the U.S.A. I've exported a 22LR conversion kit for a Kimber 9 mil to Thailand for Chr*st sake. Everything was legal and above board, but now it's like the government doesn't dare fart for fear of sh*tting it's pants, nor will it let you. I'll settle on the 5/10 rounder from Marstar, but my point is the senselessness of the "parental control" of the powers that be. A person could have a 100 round mag verses several 5 rounders; slower going perhaps, but what is the difference? I guess the fear of someone "unpinning" one may scare some people and they look more fearsome, but in the end, it is still one shot, one kill. All in all, I just like the look of the banana mag. Sorry to offend the masses, I'm not David Koresh, I can live with 5 rounds. I just would like the look of a larger mag on the rifle, without it, it looks like a truck with a lift and tiny tires.
Simonov say's: The government will tell you the right way to wipe your *ss if you let them, and it'll only cost you 5%GST; lucky you, it used to be 7% (just wait).