Like Jim, who emailed me these photos, it makes me want to cry to see these magazines abused in this way. I would pay top dollar to buy them by the ton!
See more of these photos at English Russia.
Thanks to Jim for sending me the link.
You don’t fuck with the country that fills potholes with magazines.
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0If you look close, all those “pot hole fillers” are empty!! No, I don’t mean cartridges, I mean springs, followers, etc..
Yes, they could be defective, but they are probably left overs or an over run at the last minute when the Russians switched to the ALL BLACK mags. Though if not defective, you’re right, I could just cry seeing these things abused like this 
On the “theAKforum.net” it was reported that a guy/company in the UK was selling these and mailing them to buyers in the US for $11 a piece + shipping.
I got 11 of them for $121 + shipping. They were all Tula made, still had ink stamps on them and one was even a long top!! WOO HOO!!!!!!! I now have 4 complete sets of bakelite mags.
1. 3 x Izhevsk flat back mags in the correct Russian mag pouch + one mag for the rifle
2. 3 x Izhevsk ridge back mags in the correct Russian mag pouch + one mag for the rifle
3. 3 x Tula flat back mags in the correct Russian mag pouch + one mag for the rifle
4. 3 x Tula ridge back mags in the correct Russian mag pouch + one mag for the rifle
Plus I have a few extra that I take to the range and shoot with, just to SHOW OFF!! hahahaha
1 0thats some funny stuff right there but hey it works
1 0I’m guessing these were defective or heavily used. The garden path would have cost a few hundred easily. The road would cost thousands. However, it is an interesting idea.
1 0Those are upsetting photos. I hate seeing abused equipment, especially firearms related.
1 0“Hmmm, I could get ten American Dollars for each of these, or I could use them to make a slippery foot path…. decisions decisions.”
No wonder they lost the Cold War!
2 1I would think those magazines suck for traction.
1 0Yeah, but its a great deterent-you going to mess with someone who’s got a garden path made from AK mags?
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If you look close, all those “pot hole fillers” are empty!! No, I don’t mean cartridges, I mean springs, followers, etc..
Yes, they could be defective, but they are probably left overs or an over run at the last minute when the Russians switched to the ALL BLACK mags. Though if not defective, you’re right, I could just cry seeing these things abused like this
On the “theAKforum.net” it was reported that a guy/company in the UK was selling these and mailing them to buyers in the US for $11 a piece + shipping.
I got 11 of them for $121 + shipping. They were all Tula made, still had ink stamps on them and one was even a long top!! WOO HOO!!!!!!! I now have 4 complete sets of bakelite mags.
1. 3 x Izhevsk flat back mags in the correct Russian mag pouch + one mag for the rifle
2. 3 x Izhevsk ridge back mags in the correct Russian mag pouch + one mag for the rifle
3. 3 x Tula flat back mags in the correct Russian mag pouch + one mag for the rifle
4. 3 x Tula ridge back mags in the correct Russian mag pouch + one mag for the rifle
Plus I have a few extra that I take to the range and shoot with, just to SHOW OFF!! hahahaha
You don’t fuck with the country that fills potholes with magazines.
thats some funny stuff right there but hey it works
I’m guessing these were defective or heavily used. The garden path would have cost a few hundred easily. The road would cost thousands. However, it is an interesting idea.
“Hmmm, I could get ten American Dollars for each of these, or I could use them to make a slippery foot path…. decisions decisions.”
No wonder they lost the Cold War!
Those are upsetting photos. I hate seeing abused equipment, especially firearms related.
I would think those magazines suck for traction.
Yeah, but its a great deterent-you going to mess with someone who’s got a garden path made from AK mags?