Military Surplus AK Magazine Score!!! Need Help With Identification! ?

We scored some nice Surplus AK magazine’s fresh out the crate! We need some help with ID on them. Pretty sure we have some black phosphate East German 5 rib mags. The rest are 2 rib, BHO (Bolt Hold Open) that we think are Yugo or Serbian mags, but we can’t rule out Croatian at this point. What say you?
The article I referenced in the video:
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[@ivaniuspilla7452]

The crate if for surplus M53 machine gun with a tripod (Yugoslav copy of MG42). It came from army stores in Kneževac, Belgrade, Serbia. The newspaper is Pobjeda from Podgorica, Montenegro, pre - 2010, since it is still in cyrillic alphabet. Since one of the ads is for a ericsson mobile phone from 1995, it is quite possible that 999 you found is a part of the date, 1999. That implies further that those magazines are seized/captured during Kosovo conflict (KLA would use gear and weapons obtained from everywhere possible, especially former Warsaw bloc weapons, which were abudant on the black market during the nineties), than brought to Belgrade, conserved and dumped in surplus warehouses. That icky-thicky-yacky paste you have on some of the magazines is dried out grease that Yugoslav army of the era would use for long term weapon conservation. Now, how it ended up in the U.S. is maybe a slightly more interesting question, isn't it? How do you like this theory?

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

Ivanius Pilla Thank you! Sounds very interesting! Very, very cool to say the least.

[@MarioJurjevic]

@@HillbillyNitroUSA those mags are luthed or captured from serbian army and many of them have seen fight. Kosovo liberation army vs serbian army. They have historical value. Who kows who have been killed with the bulled fired from one of these mags....

[@user-pj2hp4ig4o]

Great score and video, I wouldn't mind the Yugo w/ the S/N if you'd sell it. The prefix is probably a 'C' as that was a common prefix for Yugo M70's.

[@michaelbirdsong196]

The 1 is an inspector stamp which in the earlier types were prevalent also there’s a Cyrillic letter electropenciled at the top . I have over 300 yugo magazines and no one is the same . Also the plum magazine it’s a blood stain . You have history in your hands

[@user-jc5ov5ts2b]

Them east German mags look pretty killer! Ak mags are like solving a riddle, loads of fun! Safe shootin! OKC ✌️

[@tominva4121]

Interesting to see a link to an article I wrote. You were right about the East German mags - the first one shown being a very late example (note the distinctive floorplate). Those two digits stamped on the right side of the rib of the Yugo mags are most likely an inspector stamp. Kind of hard to have made one in 1929 or 1966 when the rifle they were used in was adopted in 1970. Very nice mags though, and I would have purchased some of them for my collection given the choice.

[@davidbarnhart6228]

Real nice! Love that plumb patina mag!

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

Thanks brother! I think it’s my favorite out of the bunch. 👍🏻👍🏻👊🏻

[@smoore2422]

His lady found that one! 😄

[@1331RECIPROCITY]

Man this station would be bad ass if not for the middle of the show ad drops. Thanks none the less

[@smokiesleather]

You lucky dog. They still have some? I’m down in Athens. And yes, that one is an EG. Love my EG mags. Edit: just called and they said they still have some. They said they are all Yugo. $19.99 is about average, but it’d definitely be worth it if there are actually some of the EG’s and others in the mix. May go check it out . Good to see someone that gets as excited about them as much as I do though haha I have around 100 various combloc mags from all over the world.

[@lukedawg357SIG]

What a great deal and score thanks for sharing.

[@historian2394]

If the back end only is ramped on the follower it’s East German. I can’t really tell on yours, but Hungarian ones have nice crisp lines too.

[@slr7628]

The mag at 3:00 is def a rarer East German. you was right, if you look at the bottom of the mag on the base plate it has a oval that’s beveled on the end.only that version of EG mag has that. I have 1 and they are perfect looking. Yugo mags are good too but I’ve had bad luck with getting surplus ones that have broken spring inside. I’ve never heard that mentioned anywhere else so maybe it was just me

[@flakogonzalez2884]

I want a few mags for research purposes

[@workingclassless84]

I got a whole bunch of surplus scratch and dents from apex recently and they fixed up nicely. I can't come up with a conclusive origin for most of them. Lol...One has up to 10 stamps on the rear spine and I have yet to figure where its from. Definitely gonna order more.

[@kingshanethe1st]

what was the ratio on workable vs no good on those? i was thinking of getting some to.

[@workingclassless84]

@@kingshanethe1st Most either had a little rust to very pitted, but fully functional. There was a handful with pretty deep dents. I used a piece of wood just under 7/8" and placed it at the dent supporting both sides if the mag. Then used a some woodworking vise grips applying more pressure on the dent till the follower moves freely. You'll never get the dents out fully, but they'll work. Arms of America has romys on sale right now for the same price and they seem to be fully functional.

[@cowboycandyvending1574]

@@workingclassless84 I ordered 5 hope I can clean them up

[@michaelbirdsong196]

I got some straight GEMS from apex out of those . and ive gotten some straight garbage

[@michaelbirdsong196]

great score brother!!!

[@GregoryStevens42069]

Ever considered shipping some? I would probably buy a few if you did

[@damianbigelow9511]

Pretty sure those were def east German just cause of the very defined weld marks on the top of feed lips. Usualy a dead giveaway. Edit: That brown/plum color one might be Egyptian but don't quote me on that

[@smooth247fyi]

Yugos are my lease favorite variant of surplus magazine. I really dislike the bho feature and they are horribly unreliable.

[@firedcase]

I agree with Ya on that. Only Exception however is a Serbian Mags . Get one compare it to the Others and IDK , It just pulls Me In, Much like a brand new unissued Hungarian Mag ! lol frfr

[@tacticoolgent1784]

Surplus mags are so cool but I HATE cleaning them. No more for me unless they're super rare.

[@Tula1940_LB]

Does said shop still have magazines for sale?

[@heathersharps3575]

Very cool find!

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

Indeed! Thank you, I really appreciate it! 👍🏻

[@landonbutler4097]

Sell me 10 lol

[@chrissmith2247]

Get these from harveys pistol and pawn!? I live an hour out from Knoxville and still stop once a weekend to buy some! I bought the last of the chinese mags but they have another crate of yugos! A few polish as well

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

Yep, these were at Harvey’s!

[@chrissmith2247]

@@HillbillyNitroUSA they've still got another full crate! $14.99 a mag. 99% are yugo bho but still a great deal. Anywhere else run $20-$22 a mag

[@humans4targets2]

Nice! I need some of those! LOL

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

Thanks brother! I wish you were here so you could snag a few! 👊🏻

[@AKking530]

These cosmoline soaked Yugos are available all day long for less than $19/piece at gunpartscorp.

[@tunakandan995]

Sounds like it’s polish.

[@abelpereyra7041]

Are this still for sale?

[@flakogonzalez2884]

What a steal i wish I was that lucky

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

Thanks brother! 👊🏻

[@Michaeldckry1]

Lol I know exactly what pawn shop your talking about I seen the crate there good old Harvey’s good video

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

Red skeleton tactical Yep! Thanks brother! 👊🏻

[@sors1599]

Are you selling any by any chance?

[@MrFreddy61]

The language is Serbian not Russian.

[@historian2394]

Its Ottoman Vassal, not Serbian

[@darrellk60daniel45]

How much and what’s the address?

[@Johnyrocket70]

1969 mag with a bolt hold open?

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

Yep.

[@shockwave6213]

A bunch of those are Vz 58 magazines.

[@jwl1278]

No they aren't.

[@astig7135]

you selling these?

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

No. I just heard about them being at a local gun shop from a friend.

[@AKking530]

You can get them online for cheaper.

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

@@AKking530 link...?

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

@@AKking530 $18.75 + $6.50 shipping...

[@AKking530]

@@HillbillyNitroUSA if you buy 1 haha. Free shipping over $75. You bought more than 4 magazines. That’s a steal in today’s market and $18.75 per yugo mag is also a steal. It’s also less than you paid which is what I initially said.