I HAVE MENTIONED THE 300 SAVAGE IN THE PAST. THE MORE I LOOK AT THE MORE I LIKE IT. A SAMMI LIMIT OF 47,000 PSI IS ONLY 2000 PSI MORE THEN THE 7.62X39. IT IS SLIGHTLY SHORTER THAN A 308 BUT A 308 MAG WILL LIKLEY WORK AND WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR LONGER BULLETS SEATED OUT. THE PERFORMANCE IS LOTS BETTER THAN THE X39 AS WELL MY BOOK SHOWS HAND LOADS PUSHING A 150 GRAIN BULLET AT 2741 150 GR LOAD FPS. THIS IS 500 FPS FASTER THAN A X39 AND ONLY 175 FPS SLOWER THAN A 308 WIN. IT WILL ALSO HANDEL 180 GRAIN BULLETS UP TO 2500 FPS! THIS BLOWS THE DOORS OFF THE X39 ROUND AND WILL TAKE DEER AND EVEN ELK IF PROPERLY HIT. IF LOADED TO 308 PRESSURES IT WILL DO EVERY THING A 308 CAN DO AS WELL.
A MAG COULD BE SHORTEND TO ALLOW SLIHTLY MORE TRIGGER GUARD SPACE AS WELL.
WHAT I LIKE IS FACTORY LOADS WOULD LIKELY BE SAFER. THE DOWN SIDE IS MORE EXPENSVIE AMMO AND BRASS IS MORE EXPENSIVE. ANY 308 OR 30-06 AND POSSABLY NON CHROMED 7.62X39 BARREL COULD BE RECHAMBERD ( WOULD RECOMEND .310 BULLTES FOR THE AK BARREL) .
I HAVE A LINE ON A REAMER I MAY PURCHASE. THE 250 SAVAGE IS ANOTHER ONE, THERE ARE VARIOUS WILD CATS AS WELL INCLUDING A 6.5-300 SAVAGE THAT WOULD OUT DO A 6.5 GRENDAL ANY DAY.
So, I finally connect the dots and think, "why do all this jerking around modifying G3 or other .308 magazines when a Yugo .308 magazine will pop right in?
Then I searched for Yugo .308 magazines, and found out how much the cost. Um. Erm. Right.
8mm Yugo magazines are much cheaper than .308 mags, and should work with the Savage, but the 8mm is almost as long as a .30-06. Probably works great in a PSL-length receiver, though.
For some reason Galil .308 magazines are almost reasonable in price by comparison. The Galil has the front locking lug set a bit higher than a standard AK due to the "slant cut" front receiver, so a Galil mag will position the front of the bullet a bit lower. Worst case would be you'd have to modify the lug some, or maybe fiddle with the bullet guide, or both.
I use the GS because there cheap enough that I can weld, cut grind etc. I like tht there not tapered i the front so the can be used with differant bullet diamiter with out much work. Tray getting a 35 gal or bigger round to run through a steped mag like the fal, m14, yugo 308, galail you cant because the mag narrows down to guide the bullet to the center and a bigger bullet will not fit in them. Im not married to the AK mag retention system. It not my favorite. it requires the reciver to be over a 1/4 longer than it needs to be an IMOO the AK reciver is to long to begin with.
Most of my conversions are one of a kind and I dont need a dozen mags for eachweapon or need them to interchange. on sime thing like a 308, 243, 260 etc a normal 308 mag is fine and it would be nice to use them if there less work.
On the GALIL i really dont like the shortend trigger clearance because they use the original AK style latch. I have a couple ideas for a ar type deal that will allow a center support as well as normal finger clearance.
Im working on this project today I also really wish I could get spell check to work on this site ERRRRRRRR
The other plus is there are also CETME 5 rounders dirt cheap as well and many of my conversions are for hunting and most states only allow a 5 round mag so its one less thhing to gut down and modify.
In WI there are no mag restrictions for deer hunting I litteraly could walk the woods with a AK pistol with a 75 round drum in a shotgun/pistol only zone an deer hunt. It really shows how stupid some of are laws are. ban every thing but then I could do this if i wanted to be stupid. LOL It is interesting how much less recoil there is on a loaded drum equiped pistol but Im still not huning like that. I have to draw the line some were. I occasional will use a AMD 20 rounder when hunting but its just convinece not a need to have that many rounds. In the last 5 years i ahve only emptied a 10 round mag once and that was a crippled deer. any way back to working on this bad boy 300 jungle ************ express.
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