AK Question

gdmoody · 10-17-2012, 12:30 PM

A friend in Florida just send me a text message with this question and I don't know the answer. I am sure someone here can answer it for me.

Can an AK with a single stack mag be converted to take a double stack mag?

carver · 10-17-2012, 12:45 PM

I don't know, but I'm thinking about that mag well! Something would have to done to make it accept the double stack mag, and then it wouldn't take the single anymore.

soundguy · 10-17-2012, 12:51 PM

what's he got a wasr?

45Auto · 10-17-2012, 01:00 PM

I'm no AK expert, but I can't recall every seeing an AK with a single stack mag. Does your friend have a real AK or a .22 caliber AK look-a-like?

Alpo · 10-17-2012, 01:01 PM

Yes. It was a "legal" question, I'm presuming, and not a mechanical question. So, yes, there is no Florida law preventing it.

As for a mechanical question, I'm 95% sure that is also yes. I'm pretty sure I've heard of others doing it.

Alpo · 10-17-2012, 01:02 PM

45auto, during the ban, many were made to take a single stack, which were only made in ten-round capacity. As soundguy implied, I'm pretty sure it was only the Romanian WASR, but there were bunches of 'em.

Maine04657 · 10-17-2012, 01:34 PM

Yes it is quite easy. I believe there is a utube vid and several web sites with the instructions.

gdmoody · 10-17-2012, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soundguy

what's he got a wasr?

I don't know, I sent hem a text asking but no answer yet!

gdmoody · 10-17-2012, 02:05 PM

It is a Misr-10 made in Egypt. He just texted me a picture of the receiver with name.

nmckenzie · 10-17-2012, 02:11 PM

From a mechanical point of view it can be done. CAI modified quite a few WASRs from single to double stack mag capability. I had one in 5.45x39mm, and while the double stacks functioned well enough, without the supporting "dimple" in each side of the receiver they wobbled around rather annoyingly. CAI wasn't too neat in cleaning up the resulting larger mag well opening, and I damn near sliced the end of my thumb off on one of the sharp edges. Wobbling mags and self-surgery aside, the single to double stack mag modification worked.

gdmoody · 10-17-2012, 02:59 PM

Thanks guys. I passed on the comments ya'll made and sent him a link to a youtube video I found. It is all up to him now as to what he is going to do with it.

nmckenzie · 10-17-2012, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gdmoody

Thanks guys. I passed on the comments ya'll made and sent him a link to a youtube video I found. It is all up to him now as to what he is going to do with it.

P.S. to previous. Another thought you might pass along to your buddy with the single stack AK; just for the heck of it I hopped on Google and tapped in "Single Stack AK Magazine". A bunch of sites popped up, but I only read the first few, which in essence said single stack mags are nearly impossible to find these days. He might want to bear this in mind while contemplating the modification to his rifle.

JLA · 10-17-2012, 08:06 PM

I was gonna post the same thing. They are fairly rare, exceedingly so since the expiration of the assault weapons ban. I bet he could list it on Kommiefornia 'AL' and get enough to buy 2 regular AKs.

10-17-2012, 12:30 PM	#1
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,306	AK Question A friend in Florida just send me a text message with this question and I don't know the answer. I am sure someone here can answer it for me. Can an AK with a single stack mag be converted to take a double stack mag? __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant) -->

10-17-2012, 12:45 PM	#2
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,220	Re: AK Question I don't know, but I'm thinking about that mag well! Something would have to done to make it accept the double stack mag, and then it wouldn't take the single anymore. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

10-17-2012, 12:51 PM	#3
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,406	Re: AK Question what's he got a wasr?

10-17-2012, 01:00 PM	#4
45Auto Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,116	Re: AK Question I'm no AK expert, but I can't recall every seeing an AK with a single stack mag. Does your friend have a real AK or a .22 caliber AK look-a-like?

10-17-2012, 01:01 PM	#5
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,648	Re: AK Question Yes. It was a "legal" question, I'm presuming, and not a mechanical question. So, yes, there is no Florida law preventing it. As for a mechanical question, I'm 95% sure that is also yes. I'm pretty sure I've heard of others doing it. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy, and taste good with catsup - George of Lod, Year of Our Lord 297 I always take precautions. Beware the Evil Bullet Fairies.

10-17-2012, 01:02 PM	#6
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,648	Re: AK Question 45auto, during the ban, many were made to take a single stack, which were only made in ten-round capacity. As soundguy implied, I'm pretty sure it was only the Romanian WASR, but there were bunches of 'em. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy, and taste good with catsup - George of Lod, Year of Our Lord 297 I always take precautions. Beware the Evil Bullet Fairies.

10-17-2012, 01:34 PM	#7
Maine04657 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 329	Re: AK Question Yes it is quite easy. I believe there is a utube vid and several web sites with the instructions.

10-17-2012, 02:05 PM	#9
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,306	Re: AK Question It is a Misr-10 made in Egypt. He just texted me a picture of the receiver with name. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

10-17-2012, 02:11 PM	#10
nmckenzie Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Sitka, Alaska Posts: 1,921	Re: AK Question From a mechanical point of view it can be done. CAI modified quite a few WASRs from single to double stack mag capability. I had one in 5.45x39mm, and while the double stacks functioned well enough, without the supporting "dimple" in each side of the receiver they wobbled around rather annoyingly. CAI wasn't too neat in cleaning up the resulting larger mag well opening, and I damn near sliced the end of my thumb off on one of the sharp edges. Wobbling mags and self-surgery aside, the single to double stack mag modification worked.

10-17-2012, 02:59 PM	#11
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,306	Re: AK Question Thanks guys. I passed on the comments ya'll made and sent him a link to a youtube video I found. It is all up to him now as to what he is going to do with it. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

10-17-2012, 08:06 PM	#13
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,294	Re: AK Question I was gonna post the same thing. They are fairly rare, exceedingly so since the expiration of the assault weapons ban. I bet he could list it on Kommiefornia 'AL' and get enough to buy 2 regular AKs. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!