Who has tried the new Gevarm magazines?

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There have been some new Gevarm magazines available for the last year and a bit. 8 rounders and I think 15 rounders.

Who on here has actually tried them?

Do they actually fit and lock in to a Gevarm rifle with no alterations?

Do they feed rounds well?

Do the rounds eject properly?

No jams?

Impressions re quality?

And, what model(s) have you tried them in? (*important*)

E1/E2 takedown?

A3/A6 steel receiver series? (which won't accept the 20 round factory mags- they come with an 8 rounder which has a narrower nose than the 20 rounders had, thus the 20's won't fit into the housing)

A7 closed bolt model? (which had different proprietary magazines)

Please Gevarm fans, let's put our heads together and get to the bottom of making these rifles work!
 
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Gevarm mags are pretty crude from what I've seen so I think if you need mags the aftermarket ones are just as good as some random used one.....the mags are the ejector with this design so some tweaking may be needed and also the aftermarket mags may require some filling of the notch that mates with the mag well latch.
The ones I tried did not need any filling to lock in place and preformed the same as the factory 20 round mag(not well) I got with one of the new/old stock guns Trade Ex was selling last year.
The gun turned out to be a bit of a lemon and overall I was not impressed enough with the Gevarm to try to get it to work properly.
Trade Ex wasn't much help either as far as returns or exchange or any attempt other then a suggestion that I fiddle with the feed lips to get it to run better and mount a scope to deal with the iron sights that ran out of adjustment and still shot several feet to high at 25 yards.....

Bottom line if you need mags and you like Gevarms I'd say order some from Western. They aren't crazy expensive and if your gun runs good now with your current mag you can at least replicate the angle of the feed lips from that if you need to.
 
Bought 2, 8 rounders last year, they didn't have 15's at the time. Wasn't cheap, it was around $120 to get them home. I was under the impression they were $40 each.

Fit and finish isn't too great, but they function good if you have them inserted to the right depth. Hard to get them out of the guns, they're a little fat. Also, the notch isn't very big and probably has to be filed to fit. The mag catch doesn't work at all, it's the fatness that holds them tight in the magwell. They can also be pushed in too deep.

I didn't bother filing them as I have a few different rifles and have 20 round mags that already work good. If I need them one day, I'll do some work on them.

I tried them in 3, E1 takedowns and a Voere 2005, which is the exact same as a full stock open-bolt Gevarm (smaller magwell so 20's don't fit).

If you want me to try an more test, let me know.
 
Excellent post Drillbit! Just what we were looking for, hands on experience.

Hoping for more comments as well from others.

I'd like to know if they will fit into an A series gun.

ps Drillbit: Is the Western Gun Parts mag narrower at the nose than in the middle? The 8 round original mags are, the 20 round originals are wider at the nose.

Drillbit said:
Bought 2, 8 rounders last year, they didn't have 15's at the time. Wasn't cheap, it was around $120 to get them home. I was under the impression they were $40 each.

Fit and finish isn't too great, but they function good if you have them inserted to the right depth. Hard to get them out of the guns, they're a little fat. Also, the notch isn't very big and probably has to be filed to fit. The mag catch doesn't work at all, it's the fatness that holds them tight in the magwell. They can also be pushed in too deep.

I didn't bother filing them as I have a few different rifles and have 20 round mags that already work good. If I need them one day, I'll do some work on them.

I tried them in 3, E1 takedowns and a Voere 2005, which is the exact same as a full stock open-bolt Gevarm (smaller magwell so 20's don't fit).

If you want me to try an more test, let me know.
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triple k gevarm mags

triple k also sells aftermarket gevarm mags. i believe they'll ship to canada.

remove the blank in the address for the link... although i don't believe in posting this, i would be competing with any cgn-approved dealers/sponsors.

htt p://www.triplek.com/Products/id/38/grp/412/prd/1494/
 
nntw said:
triple k also sells aftermarket gevarm mags. i believe they'll ship to canada.

remove the blank in the address for the link... although i don't believe in posting this, i would be competing with any cgn-approved dealers/sponsors.

htt p://www.triplek.com/Products/id/38/grp/412/prd/1494/
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I suspect that the Western Gun Parts magazines are actually from TripleK. Seems a coincidence that the capacities are the same.

Always better to support a Canadian company and trying to import large cap mags, even rimfire, is complicated to say the least, thus not recommended.
 
cantom said:
I suspect that the Western Gun Parts magazines are actually from TripleK. Seems a coincidence that the capacities are the same.

Always better to support a Canadian company and trying to import large cap mags, even rimfire, is complicated to say the least, thus not recommended.
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i think they are triplek; i looked into it a while ago.

i prefer to buy from a canadian source... but sometimes the premium to do so is ridiculous.... and not just for firearms or accessories.
 
nntw said:
i think they are triplek; i looked into it a while ago.

I prefer to buy from a canadian source....
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So do I! We need to support Canadian gun businesses!

Okay, got the scoop. The Triple K magazines were developed in consultation with Western Gun Parts. Thus they are a Canadian influenced design and were manufactured in the US.


They are universal fit, will fit both A series and E series. :) That's what I wanted to know.


BTW, the price is just about the same both sides of the border.

So there is little if any point in ordering from Triple K. Lots of downside and little upside. Same product, but a hell of a lot harder to get.

IMHO, they can't be worse than the factory Gevarm 20 rounders, which I had little luck with when I owned one back in the day.
 
ps Drillbit: Is the Western Gun Parts mag narrower at the nose than in the middle? The 8 round original mags are, the 20 round originals are wider at the nose.[/QUOTE]

They are narrower in the front, yes. I very sure my Voere 2005 is the same as a Gevarm A series. It even has interchangable parts. The magwell on this gun is narrow at the front and the 20 round Gevarm mag won't fit in it. 8 round gevarm mags work good in it, and the aftermarket one fit in it, but needs some tweaking.

The after market mags look like good quality at the feed lips and the body, they just have a larger bottom plate that is sharp that I didn't like for finish.
 
The Western Gun Parts magazines are tight to insert. Of 2, 1 goes in smoothly and locks into place with the latch. The other goes in very tight and locks into the latch, but as was said before you can push it up too high, it can need a slight pullback.

I compared the WGP mags with the original Gevarm 8 rounder. The feed lips and ejector setup looks exactly the same as the stock magazine.

The mags are universal and will work in A or E Gevarms. This is a big step ahead for Gevarm mags.

The magazines look nice in the rifle, look the right length vs the ridiculously long 20 round factory magazines.

Next on the agenda...try them at the range! Function is the acid test.

$128 and change shipped for 2.
 
The gevarm mags can be adjusted with a rubber mallet. Give it a few light taps to make it fit. Watch the feed lips when you do it!New Factory mags are tight to begin with and this works.I imported mags and guns from gevarm before they closed down.The 8 round mags seem to need less adjustment. The 20 round one's need more. I think that TripleK might need a few original magazines of various age classes to make a more perfect magazine.In 100's of 8 magazines I had different looking factory magazines...some with round count holes, some without. Mags were blue or park. 20 round magazines were mostly blue. Another idea would be to have them made in china or Tiwan because of the labor costs and what tech can do . The Argentine copies of the gevarm don't need much adjustment at all. 8 round or 20 round.
 
I still have a 15 rounder, tried it once and it didn't feed well enough to convince me that I needed the additional 7 rounds. I shelved it and run the factory 8 round mag soley now. You've convince me maybe some mallet time could be in order

BVK
 
Blasty Von Kablasm said:
I still have a 15 rounder, tried it once and it didn't feed well enough to convince me that I needed the additional 7 rounds. I shelved it and run the factory 8 round mag soley now. You've convince me maybe some mallet time could be in order

BVK
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Uh, not really. The mallet thing is to get it into the rifle. Some of them are too tight out of the box. That's to try to get it inserting easier.

But as for function...on a Gevarm magazine, the left feed lip should be longer than the right lip. As the shell recoils out of the chamber, the rim hits the left lip first, thus tipping it over to the right and ideally out of the receiver.

If the 2 lips are even with each other, you could mash the thing flat with a mallet and never accomplish a thing.

Do you own a Dremel or die grinder?

Look at post 3 in this thread. See the lip length difference? Match it.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...or-pics-of-your-functional-Gevarm-22-magazine
 
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