Identification of unknown magazine

[Aragorn243]

Anyone have any idea what this goes to. Found it in an antique shop today, didn't buy it but $8.00 seems reasonable if it's some obscure rifle magazine I might pick up someday. Has a Warsaw Pact look to it but could be anything Heavier steel than just something cheaply made. Looks military but no markings whatsoever on it.

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[Woodsy]

It looks like any other AK 10 round magazine I have seen.

[Aragorn243]

Thank you. I was trying image searches with no matches. Figured it was AK related, never saw one that small. Is this a 5 round or 10 round? Found a 5 round Romanian online that looks pretty close.

Appear to be 10. Not a bargain in the condition they are in.

[Flying10uk]

I purchased a couple of these 10 rnd AK mags at a UK Militaria fair last year.

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=69237

[USGI]

These magazines don't look exactly the same. Will they both still fit the same gun? - Bob

[browningautorifle]

Will they both still fit the same gun

I think so.

[oldfoneguy]

All combloc AK magazines are Interchangeable and function equally. For some reason US made AK mags are junk.

[jonnyc]

Perhaps a Galil grenade blank mag? Which fits better, 7.62x39 or 5.56x45?
I remember seeing them, but never used one.

[Aragorn243]

I may pick it up next time I'm up there. I do have a WASR-10 I could use it in. Not a high priority trip however. Might now be closed anyway. I think it will clean up fine, wasn't pitted or anything.

[Aragorn243]

Will a standard AK mag fit and feed in a WASR-10????

Yes. A WASR-10 is an AK. Some are single stack and some are double stack. I have a couple of the plastic MAGPUL magazines for mine, they fit very nice. Metal mags tend to rattle around a bit.

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I actually have another unknown magazine to identify and I actually own this one which makes it more intriguing. I've been checking ammo, firearms and magazines since I have nothing better to do and this magazine was found, not buried but with my normal stuff. I figured it was a second magazine to either my M-57 or my Star B but it won't fit either. It's just a bit "longer" cartridge wise. I'll get some photos up at some point, probably in a new thread but if you can think of a cartridge longer than a 9mm Largo or 9mm Tokarev but about 9mm in size, that's what it appears to be. I even dug out my Astra 400 thinking it was for it but it isn't, again won't fit.

No memory of purchasing it and then being angry it didn't fit what I bought it for either. Not buying I might forget, being angry about it not as likely.