WTH!!! Duckbill mag won't fit SKS wood stock. Chinese, Russian, Yugo. Magazine

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Жыл бұрын

Of the Baur Arms, Promag, Tapco, Archangel and Triple K Duckbill mags, only one fit all three of my woods without fixing. Your mileage may vary.
The duckbill should be inserted smoothly if not, it could bind the feeding lips out of shape, resulting in misfeeds. Therefore, my Russian and Yugo woods require a bit of filing.
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@goosejohnson3197 7 ай бұрын

I thought I recognized the CPS... Canadian Pin of Shame. Thank you for the review. Contemplating trying out a magazine mod on my late 50s Russians.

@gnutzguy 7 ай бұрын

Yup, the liberal government is planning to do away with the CPS by banning all high cap mags, 😞

@BaconSlayer69 4 ай бұрын

@@gnutzguythese are standard capacity magazines high capacity is 40 and more

@gnutzguy 4 ай бұрын

@@BaconSlayer69 nope, 20 and more. You can guess by looking at the length.

@BaconSlayer69 4 ай бұрын

@@gnutzguy standard capacity for most semi automatic rifles is 30 rounds dude 😅20 to 30

@duncanclarke8028 Жыл бұрын

Thanks big time for this video. I have a Chinese Sks and recently bought the archangel LVX20 mag. I was super disappointed that it didn’t for the Chinese model. Especially since I was assured by retailer that it would. Well with 20 file strokes on back of mag it fits snug. Thanks so much! You saved my wallet and spared me some major headaches. 👍

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

ya welcome. assurance from retailer? well, some knows nothing or just sales to them. lol

@Nicolas-lo8db 11 ай бұрын

@@gnutzguywhere is that video?

@gnutzguy 11 ай бұрын

@@Nicolas-lo8db this vid? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mc-enaWbyauco6M.html

@LeeThule Жыл бұрын

Intersesting test. On a Tulla 1951 I found that I always had to shave down edges of the mag to make plastic mags fit the reciever. Because of that I never tried metal replacement SKS mags.

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

like i said rifle variation from year to year and from factory to factory. thats why most people who mod the mag experience issue with the mags cos the plastic is rather thin to begin with. please watch my range test vid

@TheGeo793 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very helpful video! SKS is a very beautiful and reliable carbine.

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

You bet!

@Paul-qf2hm 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, shaved stock in mag area as per your utube vedio and pro mag 5 shot clip. Fit right in. Easy to do

@johnscreekmark 10 ай бұрын

Dremel out the magwell in the Chnese and the Tapco fits perfectly. I wouldn't butcher a Russian for a removable mag.

@gnutzguy 10 ай бұрын

it depends, some unmatching BBQ russians are not worth saving.

@kaylamarie8309 4 ай бұрын

I did the bolt mod, some fitting etc , the mags all fit great. I have promag and tapco mags. The fitment is great but the bullets will not feed. They jam into the lower part of the receiver and do not get into the chamber.

@markbroad119 6 ай бұрын

I have a 1969 triangle 26, had to use my Dremel on the sides of the wood

@gnutzguy 5 ай бұрын

i used razor blade.

@bobstupaksvegasworld4098 4 ай бұрын

Great video. My mags fit but, not buttery smooth. Going to check it out today. Those pinned (?) mags are giving me anxiety though.

@sarge12212 8 ай бұрын

Unless you have the now-defunct Texas Weapons SSR mag release on your gun, you may as well trash all BUT the "fancy" Archangel LVX mags. Only way to go, in my option. I had to make room on the stocks where the duckbill fits in. The stocks kept the duckbill from going forward enough. Both the original Norinko stock and an ATI Strikeforce stock, on Norinko SKSs. I also opened up the original non-matching number Chinese stock to flare like an AR mag well. These are straight-up Bubba's, lol.

@jjjr.1186 4 ай бұрын

Spectre ballistics makes an ak style magazine release for the SKS. I have one and it works perfectly.

@ishnifusmeadle Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I have a yugo, but only have a promag, a handful of intrafuse and a couple archangels. Luckily they all fit decent,but i prefer the fit of the tapcos/archs most. Obviously they fit better with bolt locked back and now theyre broke in feed great. One thing i did find with the polys is on a couple i needed to sand/shave some plastic flash from the feed lips as it was causing bolt drag n not chambering but now sall good. I do with they offered a steel reinforced feedlip as ive found that they all show signs of the lips starting to crack however so far even the one thats missing a chunk still works fine and suprisingly doesnt drop rounds when you load n drop to shock it, but i dont know if thatll last.

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

I liked the polymers too but I would like them better if it came with steel reinforcement feeding lips for durability.

@kingryan69 Жыл бұрын

great video I hope trudope doesnt succeed in banning them

@Factory_Muff Жыл бұрын

They’re already banned in. Canada. They can only have 5 round max pinned mags. Edit: ok, you were talking about the SKS, not the mag. My bad.

@kingryan69 Жыл бұрын

@@Factory_Muff yeah its ridiuclous,we already had such ridicuous limitations on our guns now they are trying to steal the guns

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

thanks. yup, we need to get rid of the liberals.

@Factory_Muff Жыл бұрын

@@kingryan69 Canada is near and dear to my heart because my wife and her parents and siblings are from/in Ontario so I have vested interest in their rights. I’m upstate New York and we’re not too far behind that tyranny.

@ogloc6308 Жыл бұрын

Canada is pretty much done. America soon to follow at this rate

@canuckguns Жыл бұрын

Have you faced any issues with installing the blue steel pro mag in the jungle stock sks?

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

I haven't tried jungle stock but they are meant to be hand file to fit

@BrazeauOutdoors 9 ай бұрын

My steel mag fits in the original wood stock but not the fab defense stock 🤔

@gnutzguy 9 ай бұрын

yup, metal is skinnier. strange about Fab.

@BrazeauOutdoors 9 ай бұрын

@@gnutzguy it seems like it's way too loose in the fab defense stock

@mrkhristybuy 3 ай бұрын

I do have a type 56 with 6 archangel mag and they fit like original

@jahunterplus2809 Жыл бұрын

Nice video and sks are great

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

Yes they are... thanks

@japbike736 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Solved my problem...

@gnutzguy 10 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

@Denver1976Man 2 ай бұрын

The metal mags work ok. I have wittlled a few of the cheaper plastic ones to run smoothly but they are too much of a pain. I use 1 sks with stripper clips and an sks with 30 rd mags.

@gnutzguy 2 ай бұрын

The problem I have with metal mags is failure to feed due to the feeding lips can easily be bent out of shape bcos they are too thin so if I ever dropped them or in this case arrived from the dealer bent. I'm SOL. I've tried bending them back but it got worst so I don't buy after market metal mags.

@Christopher19990 Жыл бұрын

how they can sell the first one?

@retired1822 Ай бұрын

It’s an SKS, if you want an AK by an AK.

@gnutzguy Ай бұрын

lol. i live in canada and AK are prohibited. you should go pick on an american gun youtuber, lol.

@retired1822 Ай бұрын

😳. If we were restricted, I would be doing the same. Enjoy and I hope you get a good functioning magazine.

@gnutzguy Ай бұрын

lol. i actually dont use duckbill , i did the vid for my viewers in the US (mostly). in canada we are retricted to only 5 rds in mags, even less reason to use duckbill but still popular.

@markjamison4256 Жыл бұрын

I have a Chinese sks in excellent condition with a spike bayonet it has light colored wood what is cheapest best and best fitting clip/magazine would you recommend I don’t want to modify any thing on the gun and would like a metal one

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

have you check out this vid? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mc-enaWbyauco6M.html

@carllarosa7475 Жыл бұрын

File down the sharp edges on your Promag and Tapco mags. Locate the side of the duckbill and the sharp edges by the feeder and round those off with a file, and in like 30 sec they fit like a charm on the Chinese SKS.

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

thanks for your suggestions

@lomparti Жыл бұрын

Real question is how do they feed when shooting?

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

The answer is in the shooting video you haven't checked. Lol

@kelseyfabrications6452 9 ай бұрын

Where is the video???

@bc1953 4 ай бұрын

is there any that are plug in play. I have the Chinese version and converted to the ark angel stock . I have the Archangel mag it doesn't fit very frustrating.

@gnutzguy 4 ай бұрын

really? archangel mag wont fit archangel stock?

@jamesmachado2258 Ай бұрын

That’s crazy I do have a foldable stock but I can’t put any of my mags unless I have the receiver open/ pulled back

@AL-rh7ih Ай бұрын

That’s just the way the gun is designed, the bolt HAS to be open in order to change duck bill mags

@gnutzguy Ай бұрын

james: AL is correct , unless you mod the bolt which means you have to grind pieces off.

@BaconSlayer69 9 ай бұрын

What magazines fit in the archangel stock ??

@gnutzguy 9 ай бұрын

all duckbill.

@AmarHallab 7 ай бұрын

هل صحيح ان عندما تقلب نابض الارجاع في بندقية السيمينوف تصبح ترمي رشاش اريد التاكد من المعلومة من فضلكم 🇩🇿

@gnutzguy 7 ай бұрын

لا، ليس صحيحا. يؤدي عكس زنبرك الارتداد إلى فشل التغذية والإخراج la, lays sahihan. yuadiy eaks zinbiruk alairtidad 'iilaa fashal altaghdhiat wal'iikhraj

@samsen201 8 ай бұрын

looks highly Cali legal!

@gnutzguy 8 ай бұрын

yup, if its legal in canada then its pretty legal everywhere in the US (with SKS).

@user-fb7ij4pt1e Жыл бұрын

How can I get a new Sumnov Sks rifle system in Iraq

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

no idea. can you buy AK47 instead?

@wazeerijlal1262 9 ай бұрын

Is it posible to make it to operate on automation....?

@gnutzguy 9 ай бұрын

lol

@MrMcCartney Жыл бұрын

I think that it is the dealers choice with any SKS and factory mags even very from one print to another. You can get an off brand Dremel for really cheap these days, cheaper than a magazine even. Just saying.

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

im not quite sure what you're saying, lol.

@bigbub2118 29 күн бұрын

Are u trying to fit them with the bolt in the open position?

@gnutzguy 29 күн бұрын

bolt???? it doesnt reach the bolt bcos it couldnt pass the wood.

@bigbub2118 29 күн бұрын

@gnutzguy I'm just asking because on mine if the bolt is open it will take the mags if not the mags do not fit so I'm trying to see if it's something going on with my gun

@gnutzguy 29 күн бұрын

@@bigbub2118 no, yours normal and no issue with the wood. all mags, duckbill or AK mags require the bolt to be in the rear position before you can insert. SKS bolt has extra wide bottom. some people delete (by grinding) the extra width so they can insert without the bolt in the rear position.

@bigbub2118 29 күн бұрын

@gnutzguy thank u I appreciate the information

@lanceschaerer6875 4 ай бұрын

Good video but in all honesty the rough machining on sks rifles makes mag fitting an individual rifle by rifle affair. Ive owned and fixed up plenty of them and every gun is different as are the mags. The sks i run now i have 6 baer 30 rd mags that are flawless but wont feed proper in my very first one ive had for 15 years. Gun by gun mag by mag if you want em running properly

@chanceblevins6682 4 ай бұрын

So you won't spend $150 on a polymer stock. But you'll spend $25-$50 a piece on 7 magazines? 🤔

@gnutzguy 4 ай бұрын

Hello???? Poly stocks would be a different review. Btw I have several poly stocks but missing the fab one to begin a review. Those bloody thing cost almost as much as a rifle. 🤬

@mattmclain1994 3 ай бұрын

The wood is just what makes the sks the sks rather change the mag over that anytime

@deankidd1743 6 ай бұрын

Had to shave mine in order to fit.

@gnutzguy 6 ай бұрын

to which wood? russian or chinese?

@deankidd1743 6 ай бұрын

@@gnutzguy tapco synthetic stock. Had to shave the bills on the clips

@gnutzguy 6 ай бұрын

@@deankidd1743 well, im surprised the synthetic stock was shaved,

@deankidd1743 6 ай бұрын

@@gnutzguy just the magazine duck bill tip

@gnutzguy 6 ай бұрын

@@deankidd1743 still, I thought they made to fit their own but I'm guessing different manufacturers made different sizes. Thank's for letting me know. I assumed they made the duckbill bigger so it wouldnt fit wood so you would had to buy their synthetic stocks.

@williamschlosser77 3 ай бұрын

Don't use them. It's faster to just load the built-in well; either with a strip or loose fed. It's also easier to carry strips or loose rounds than those ducky-thingys because they won't fit into a pouch.

@gnutzguy 3 ай бұрын

longer banana mags looks coooool, lol.

@stellarjay1694 3 ай бұрын

Not to but in but just wanted to point out, i believe these are still meant to be used with stripper clips, you can just fit three in instead of one, and when you shoot ten you just simply top up the mag as you go. Technically you should be able to carry MUCH more ammo loaded up and ready to fire because you are dealing with a strip of steel that weighs grams instead of a full magazine. Thats how i rock anyways and i van carry more ammo ready to fire than my buddies shooting. 223 loaded into ar15 mags.

@bigtrev761 Жыл бұрын

🇦🇺😎👍 Hey mate back in the 1990s to the best of my knowledge ( I wasn’t interested back in the time ) , the only SKS released in Australia was the SKS 10 shot & the SKK. The SKK was the model sold with 3 /30 shot AK magazines upon sale from the gun dealers. Apparently they costed a little more than the SKS rifles. Mainly I think most people sore the rifles as more of a novelty as down here most people use scopes which the SKS’s didn’t have. Lots of people down here brought them for feral control in tight scrub or use at the military rifle club shoots. In 1996 a young man who was mentally handicapped somehow acquired the shooting skills of an elite SAS soldier and murdered about 35 people in Tasmania with an AR 15 .The government at the time locked him away forever without a proper trial and the result of all innocent lives being lost was the banning of all semiautomatic rifles. .Bit of a mystery that but down here we aren’t allowed to talk about that just in case it offends or scares anyone. . . Any how great video. Interesting information in history which Australians will probably never see again . Thank goodness for KZfaq yeh😉

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

in north american we have a different name for the SKK, we call it SKS-D . D stands for detachable mag (ak47 mag). thanks for sharing your aussy history.

@bigtrev761 Жыл бұрын

@@gnutzguy 🇦🇺😎👍

@Oxide4000 Жыл бұрын

Having the bolt removed really is not going to tell you much even if it does fit you really need to get to see if the bolt will ride through the feed lips had this problem 2 weeks ago with KCI 75rd drum in Chinese /26\

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

what it does tell me is the metal ones can get the lips bent way too easily so not recommended.

@Oxide4000 Жыл бұрын

@@gnutzguy truth but the bolt should be set to the rear before inserting. Problem occurs when you ride the bolt forward… will it jam up on the feed lips? Not saying you are wrong and I do see this video very informative and am leaning towards promag because of what you showed…. As far as bending goes I had my gunsmith file and polish the feedlips on my drum and testing this weekend. What I am trying to accomplish is getting the steel mags to work with the wood stock on a Chinese paratrooper….. I’m not sure how filing polymer would work and I do not want to replace my stock with an aftermarket

@nigel900 24 күн бұрын

Then stick with the 100% reliable 👉🏻 ORIGINAL 10 ROUND MAGAZINE 👈🏻

@gnutzguy 13 күн бұрын

correct but some people like to do mag dump and look cool, lol.

@EmphasisontheFFF Жыл бұрын

archangel fit my factory 26 1958 no problem, i got lucky i guess

@EmphasisontheFFF Жыл бұрын

im thinking the later years would deviate from the original russian machinery/design more, mines only second year in so basically russian

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

for sure, like i said differences in spec can occur from year to year. nice piece you got, not too common.

@richardheacock7422 8 ай бұрын

Well I can tell you that if you hold back recever they will fit

@gnutzguy 8 ай бұрын

Lol.... not. It has nothing to do with receivers or bolts or carriers. Watch again.

@Ape76 Жыл бұрын

You simply destroyed them with that mod😂

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

do you have the correct video bcos i never made any mod?

@hvuu1628 Жыл бұрын

😂😂 bunch of junk detachable mag. fix mag all the way. the 20e rounds 20 star mag is the only next option.

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

not true... you didnt see my other vid

@hvuu1628 Жыл бұрын

@@gnutzguy yup. still don't trust them.

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

@@hvuu1628 fair enough

@o9rgeronimo979 2 ай бұрын

Star mag is aftermarket junk , never type56 issue.

@richards.mchardy3556 2 ай бұрын

Nope, not for me I'm not going to ruin my Sks

@peterchilds9309 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much !!

@gnutzguy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching