Thread: My 'A CAT' SKS holds 8 rounds??

I bought a norinco sks that is sold as an A-CAT Firearm but the magazine accepts 8 rounds and is fully functional with this many rounds, is this normal?

Mine can hold seven max but it causes feed problems, if I only put 5 in it's ok. If your worried take it back for an exchange or go to a Gunsmith and get the mag made smaller.

"whoops"

Not normal, return it to the shop or fit a spacer so it can't take the eighth round

Should be 7, skinny ammo?

I dont think 'skinny ammo' exists haha

Some conversions retain the std mag and have a lug braised onto the bottom to limit capacity, if it was misplaced you could possibly get in an extra one i guess. I always wondered why 7, made an A class m1 with the en bloc clip a bit awkward.

Gun City advertise it as a 5 shot so think they mucked up a bit.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Some conversions retain the std mag and have a lug braised onto the bottom to limit capacity, if it was misplaced you could possibly get in an extra one i guess. I always wondered why 7, made an A class m1 with the en bloc clip a bit awkward.

An inbred counted the fingers on his left hand when he made the submission?

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

I always wondered why 7, made an A class m1 with the en bloc clip a bit awkward.

My understanding is that 7 was chosen deliberately to stop a m1 being a cat

Are we talking 7 in the mag and the 8th round can't be depressed and goes straight into the chamber? I would have thought if you can't depress the 8th round to slide the bolt over the top then it doesn't truly hold 8 in the mag. M1 is tricky in that I don't think you can have 8 rounds in the mag as the bolt strips the top one straight into the chamber and is therefore only ever 7+1. I wouldn't want an A-cat M1 anyway however, as it would mean cutting bits off =)

I bought a 7 round Spears AR mag a few years ago from a reputable Auckland shop (not GC), just to test them out, and on my first use managed to get 12 rounds in it!
Later I figured out they gave me a 10 rnd one accidentally...

Originally Posted by tommygun

Are we talking 7 in the mag and the 8th round can't be depressed and goes straight into the chamber? I would have thought if you can't depress the 8th round to slide the bolt over the top then it doesn't truly hold 8 in the mag. M1 is tricky in that I don't think you can have 8 rounds in the mag as the bolt strips the top one straight into the chamber and is therefore only ever 7+1. I wouldn't want an A-cat M1 anyway however, as it would mean cutting bits off =)

Nope 8 in the mag, so it would be 9 with one in the chamber

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