Hi, is anyone using these magazines? How are they? Thanks. C.

So-so. You'd be better off with metal surplus mags. If you plan to use Tapco mags in a Saiga, you will need to install a bullet guide in the Saiga for reliable feeding.

actually the mags are for a sar 1

they work great in every gun i used them in...sar1 included

I've never had any issues with Tapco's.

They work great, I have a few of them. No, they aren't war-ready like surplus mags, but they're cheap, hassle free, and don't involve needing special expensive pinned magazines. At $10 a pop you really can't beat em! I wish they would make them for the 5.45

 

EDIT: I just looked online....looks like they now make them for the 5.45 too....oh man....it's on like donkey kong!

Their okay for the range, but that's it. Too much plastic in the most important locations.

They work great in a WASR 10. I get a nice tight fit and they appear to be pretty durable to me.

As far as tapco mags go, they fit in my 5.45 saiga with out bullet guide and fire well

Ive heard that you can modify these to be 15rd. Is this true?

Can be done by shortening the follower

to accept 15 instead of 10.

I recall seeing a thread where folks were questioning the legality though, can't recall what the reasoning was..

As far as fit and function, I've had positive results, I'm not able to recreate a battlefield condition at cherry ridge, so it's hard to say what the long term hard use may do.

I'm not sure exactly why Tapcos polymer mags get treated dubiously, and a brand like magpul is the choice of "operators"

( more like mall ninjas, but whatever)

I have a suspicion people's opinions on these types of products are due more to marketing, than actual field testing, and the fact that Tapco in general provides ALOT of products to turn a classic firearm into a plastic abomination turns alot of purists off.

Ive heard that you can modify these to be 15rd. Is this true?

tapco also manufactures a +5 follower for their mags, costs as much as the mag though...

http://www.natchezss.com/brand.cfm?contentID=productDetail&brand=TV&prodID=TVMAG0605&prodTitle=TAPCO%20-%20AK%20MAGAZINE%20FOLLOWER

Just go with these. They come in 15 rounders for us nj peeps. Very nice mags.

 

http://www.sgmtactical.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=29&zenid=a56bd74b47e71a5b18ee849095160981

 

 

Someone from NJ has decided to make some cash on this

 

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=302136221