SKS Detachable

gandog56 · 06-28-2008, 04:15 PM

Is there a single detachable mag out there that is reliable and needs no fitting? I don't want to go full Bubba, keep my wood stock, and want a higher capacity mag then the stock 10 rounds. I have heard some people say no, others that say theirs has always worked fine. Brands and sources would be appreciated.

Oh yeah, It's a Yugo M59/66.

gandog56 · 06-30-2008, 08:52 PM

Gosh darn it. 25 of you looked at this topic, and not one answer?

Mike Franklin · 06-30-2008, 09:03 PM

I don't know of a reliable one. Someone else might?

bkcraun · 06-30-2008, 09:32 PM

Only one is consistently mentioned as reliable, that's the Tapco 20 round magazine.

gandog56 · 07-01-2008, 09:53 AM

I've also heard you have to modify something for the Tapco to work in wood stocks. I am the original Mr. All Thumbs.

gandog56 · 07-02-2008, 03:47 PM

Hmm, beginning to look like I just better become adept at using stripper clips.

KGunner · 07-02-2008, 06:26 PM

I have two Tapco 20 rounders and neither one of them has had a problem through about 2000 rounds going through them. I also have an ATI Fiberforce stock, and they work great together.

Mike Franklin · 07-02-2008, 06:38 PM

If you buy an SKS and then a replacement stock then extra mags aren't you close to the price of an AK?
I would like an SKS Paratrooper, the one that uses AK mags.

jmp8927 · 07-02-2008, 06:58 PM

Some people have been able to get the tapco to fit in a wooden stock without modifying it. I don't know for myself because I've never owned an original stock. I do know that the tapcos are very reliable. Also, my 30rd steel mags are reliable. However, I seemed to have lucked out on them. Most won't work well without fitting them with pliers and a little filing.

KGunner · 07-02-2008, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Franklin

If you buy an SKS and then a replacement stock then extra mags aren't you close to the price of an AK?
I would like an SKS Paratrooper, the one that uses AK mags.

Very true. I have probably $350-$400 invested in mine, not including Ammo. But, if I would have bought a $400 AK I would have had to spend another couple hundred to make it how I wanted it. And when you think about it, with all the money spent on ammo on our guns, we may as well just stop shooting and save up for a tank or jet...

F1609 · 07-02-2008, 10:47 PM

well, pretty much every mag is going to fit every gun differently. People have had great success with tapco's others haven't. I use some thing i bought at a gun show for ten bucks and I have never had to do and filing for it to fit. It cycles the rounds well, but only loads 20 in a 30rd mag because after 20 the spring gets caught on something.

billy · 07-03-2008, 04:35 AM

this topic comes up a lot.
i myself have never seen one work.
out of maybe a dozen rifles not one was reliable with an aftermarket mag.
people are going to come out of the woodwork and tell me how wrong i am but come over to my house .
hand me one that actually works
and i will beleive it.

lefty o · 07-03-2008, 10:01 AM

no ones gonna believe you billy. having an opinion gained thru experience is not well recieved around here.

gandog56 · 07-03-2008, 12:44 PM

Like I said. Maybe I just better get good at using stripper clips.

KGunner · 07-03-2008, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billy

this topic comes up a lot.
i myself have never seen one work.
out of maybe a dozen rifles not one was reliable with an aftermarket mag.
people are going to come out of the woodwork and tell me how wrong i am but come over to my house .
hand me one that actually works
and i will beleive it.

If you have an SKS, PM me your address and I'll ship you one of my Tapco 20 rounders happily. Not trying to be a smartass, I'm serious.

billy · 07-03-2008, 06:56 PM

KGunner · 07-03-2008, 07:27 PM

You will have to send it back of course...

. But I'd be more than happy to loan one to you so you can see that at least one works the way its supposed to. Or I have a video of me shooting my SKS rapid fire, one round didn't eject properly but that wasn't the mags problem, it had had about 1,000 rounds of Wolf HP already fired through it that day and was dirty...I'll try to find it.

gandog56 · 07-05-2008, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KGunner

If you have an SKS, PM me your address and I'll ship you one of my Tapco 20 rounders happily. Not trying to be a smartass, I'm serious.

Can I have it after him?

billy · 07-05-2008, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gandog56

Can I have it after him?

YOU CAN HAVE IT.
nobody beleives us anyway.

billy · 07-05-2008, 04:36 PM

when i wanted a high cap sks.
i bought 2 ak's

06-28-2008, 04:15 PM	#1
gandog56 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montgomery, IL. Posts: 3,440 Trader Rating: (0)	SKS Detachable Is there a single detachable mag out there that is reliable and needs no fitting? I don't want to go full Bubba, keep my wood stock, and want a higher capacity mag then the stock 10 rounds. I have heard some people say no, others that say theirs has always worked fine. Brands and sources would be appreciated. Oh yeah, It's a Yugo M59/66.

06-30-2008, 09:03 PM	#3
Mike Franklin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Poteet, Texas Posts: 1,277 Trader Rating: (0)	I don't know of a reliable one. Someone else might? __________________ Aim real good we're nearly out of ammo.

07-02-2008, 06:26 PM	#7
KGunner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 422 Trader Rating: (0)	I have two Tapco 20 rounders and neither one of them has had a problem through about 2000 rounds going through them. I also have an ATI Fiberforce stock, and they work great together. __________________ Kel-Tec P11 Mossberg 500A Tactical 12 ga. 1947 Mosin Nagant M44 Yugo SKS 59/66

07-02-2008, 06:38 PM	#8
Mike Franklin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Poteet, Texas Posts: 1,277 Trader Rating: (0)	If you buy an SKS and then a replacement stock then extra mags aren't you close to the price of an AK? I would like an SKS Paratrooper, the one that uses AK mags. __________________ Aim real good we're nearly out of ammo.

07-02-2008, 06:58 PM	#9
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,104 Trader Rating: (0)	Some people have been able to get the tapco to fit in a wooden stock without modifying it. I don't know for myself because I've never owned an original stock. I do know that the tapcos are very reliable. Also, my 30rd steel mags are reliable. However, I seemed to have lucked out on them. Most won't work well without fitting them with pliers and a little filing. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

06-30-2008, 08:52 PM	#2
gandog56 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montgomery, IL. Posts: 3,440 Trader Rating: (0)	Gosh darn it. 25 of you looked at this topic, and not one answer?

06-30-2008, 09:32 PM	#4
bkcraun Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 17 Trader Rating: (0)	Only one is consistently mentioned as reliable, that's the Tapco 20 round magazine.

07-01-2008, 09:53 AM	#5
gandog56 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montgomery, IL. Posts: 3,440 Trader Rating: (0)	I've also heard you have to modify something for the Tapco to work in wood stocks. I am the original Mr. All Thumbs.

07-02-2008, 03:47 PM	#6
gandog56 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montgomery, IL. Posts: 3,440 Trader Rating: (0)	Hmm, beginning to look like I just better become adept at using stripper clips.

07-02-2008, 10:47 PM	#11
F1609 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Medina, Ohio Posts: 201 Trader Rating: (0)	well, pretty much every mag is going to fit every gun differently. People have had great success with tapco's others haven't. I use some thing i bought at a gun show for ten bucks and I have never had to do and filing for it to fit. It cycles the rounds well, but only loads 20 in a 30rd mag because after 20 the spring gets caught on something.

07-03-2008, 04:35 AM	#12
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 10,865 Trader Rating: (0)	this topic comes up a lot. i myself have never seen one work. out of maybe a dozen rifles not one was reliable with an aftermarket mag. people are going to come out of the woodwork and tell me how wrong i am but come over to my house . hand me one that actually works and i will beleive it. __________________ i'll keep an eye out for ya!

07-03-2008, 10:01 AM	#13
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,695 Trader Rating: (0)	no ones gonna believe you billy. having an opinion gained thru experience is not well recieved around here.

07-03-2008, 12:44 PM	#14
gandog56 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montgomery, IL. Posts: 3,440 Trader Rating: (0)	Like I said. Maybe I just better get good at using stripper clips.

07-03-2008, 06:56 PM	#16
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 10,865 Trader Rating: (0)	ok! __________________ i'll keep an eye out for ya!

07-03-2008, 07:27 PM	#17
KGunner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 422 Trader Rating: (0)	You will have to send it back of course.... But I'd be more than happy to loan one to you so you can see that at least one works the way its supposed to. Or I have a video of me shooting my SKS rapid fire, one round didn't eject properly but that wasn't the mags problem, it had had about 1,000 rounds of Wolf HP already fired through it that day and was dirty...I'll try to find it. __________________ Kel-Tec P11 Mossberg 500A Tactical 12 ga. 1947 Mosin Nagant M44 Yugo SKS 59/66

07-05-2008, 04:36 PM	#20
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 10,865 Trader Rating: (0)	when i wanted a high cap sks. i bought 2 ak's __________________ i'll keep an eye out for ya!