Arsenal Magwell

[Bflo]

Early this year I picked up an Arsenal SLR107FR. Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to shoot it until today. At the range I discovered that the magazines were extremely tight, so much so that took a lot of effort seat the mag and some mags didn’t even fit.

Has anyone had this issue? Any advice on how to proceed?

 

[snorko]

What kind of mags were you using? I've used surplus steel, circle 10, tapco and magpul in multiple slr-107s and never had a problem.

 

[Bflo]

Steel surplus and a Bakelite. The steel mags were tighter, but the Bakelite barely went in.

 

[03A3]

You should be able to see where the problem is.
With some Chinese and Romanian AK's I've had to remove some metal from the back corners of the magwell.

 

[kawtech87]

My SLR 107 is a little loose with steel surplus mags. Circle 10 and P mags fit perfectly. Never tried Bakelite

 

[Bfish]

If I'm not mistaken the bakelite mags are just a touch thicker than others and that could be some of your issue... If you don't want your AK anymore though, I'll gladly take it off your hands

 

[Bflo]

At this point, I don't really consider the rifle usable. It seems like my only options are to take a file to the magwell or get into contact with Arsenal. Any other ideas?

 

[tradertator]

At this point, I don't really consider the rifle usable. It seems like my only options are to take a file to the magwell or get into contact with Arsenal. Any other ideas?

^ I'd give them a call before taking a file to it

 

[jhelm]

Was anyone here got the chance to try the new magpul gen2 ak mags. I can't find any for sale on the Internet and was wondering how much better they were than the older ones. I know they supposedly add steel in them to make them stronger.