I went a took a stab at doing the double stack conversion, I'm very happy that I did. Took a bout 5hr of dremeling a little bit at a time and fitting then re-fitting. I ended out with a perfect cut in the mag well with absolutely no wobble what so ever. As for the mag seating the front trunnion I did shave just a little off the front of the mag to get a nice tight fit and consistent feeding of the rounds. I also dremeled all the way across the feed ramp too. This is necessary in order to properly feed rounds from the double stack.

 

I took her out for a test run on Sun and was amazed at how well she fired. I didn't have one jam or failure to eject threw the 100 rounds I put threw her. I've attached some photos of the process. I'm going out the weekend too, so I'll get some video also.

 

http://robenglish.com/Zastava_PAP_Double_Stack_Conversion/

Very cool.

 

C

Rob I have a Zastava PAP also. Did you have any issues with getting the mag off the gun? I had to force it off with another mag. I tried filling a bit off the mag, seems to work.

Wow, amazing what a little dremel tool can do!

Nice Job! I just bought a pap myself. I'm excited to do some mods too. I love this rifle.

Rob I have a Zastava PAP also. Did you have any issues with getting the mag off the gun? I had to force it off with another mag. I tried filling a bit off the mag, seems to work.

 

No issues at all. She works like she came factory with the new mag. Ingages and dis-angages without any problems.

great job.. nice write up..

I have a PAP. I had to dremel a bit of the mag where it meets the disconenct to make them remove cleanly. I just sanded them lightly until they came out without breaking your finger on the mag release. The area that you have to sand is thick but I still recomend taking it slowl with the Dremel.

I used a small file on the mag and now she works fine.

for the people looking for a PAP, PK90(Paul) has one in stock

Alright, guys, I have some questions. I'm kind of a newbie when it comes to firearms and I'm having trouble understanding somethings. I recently purchased a Zastava PAP online, and although I love the weapon, the whole single stack mag thing just erks me. Not only are the mags a sort of plastic that I believe will crush if I so much as sit on them, but they're hard to find, expensive, and look stupid. I was hoping to do what Rob did and get the magwell widened to accept standard AK mags. Firstly, doesn't doing this mod make it required to be 922r compliant? I can't seem to find a list anywhere of the parts in a stock Zastava PAP to look up their origin. Secondly, how hard is the actual modification to physically do? I'm a nervous dude when it comes to doing something thats irreversible... I've emailed a couple of local gunsmiths around where I live (Burlington County) about it, and every single one has emailed me back refusing to do the project (most of them being rather rude in the actualy response). Anyone know of any gunsmiths in south Jersey that are actually willing to do this for me???

 

Sorry if I posted this in the wrong thread or forum, I'm kind of new to forums as well.

Good info, I just got a Zastava myself. Got six mags in the deal with the gun, so I'm in no rush to do the mod, but I'll save this.

Thanks!

 

Excellent and clear photos, too, btw.

Alright, guys, I have some questions. I'm kind of a newbie when it comes to firearms and I'm having trouble understanding somethings. I recently purchased a Zastava PAP online, and although I love the weapon, the whole single stack mag thing just erks me. Not only are the mags a sort of plastic that I believe will crush if I so much as sit on them, but they're hard to find, expensive, and look stupid. I was hoping to do what Rob did and get the magwell widened to accept standard AK mags. Firstly, doesn't doing this mod make it required to be 922r compliant? I can't seem to find a list anywhere of the parts in a stock Zastava PAP to look up their origin. Secondly, how hard is the actual modification to physically do? I'm a nervous dude when it comes to doing something thats irreversible... I've emailed a couple of local gunsmiths around where I live (Burlington County) about it, and every single one has emailed me back refusing to do the project (most of them being rather rude in the actualy response). Anyone know of any gunsmiths in south Jersey that are actually willing to do this for me???

 

Sorry if I posted this in the wrong thread or forum, I'm kind of new to forums as well.

 

It's not that hard to do, but does take a lot of patience and a steady hand with a dremel. Now that I have one done, I at least have some specs to go by, which would make the process a little less time consuming. I spend about 8hrs total on the job threw a Sat and Sun. It would also be much easier to use a mill or drill press with a milling bit to hog out front trunnion.