MAG ARSENAL AK 545X39 BULG 30RD

Description

The Arsenal M-74B is a factory-pattern 30-round magazine built for AK-platform rifles chambered in 5.45x39mm — the cartridge used in the AK-74 and its derivatives. If you run one of those rifles, feeding it with a magazine that was designed alongside the platform rather than reverse-engineered from one removes a meaningful variable from your reliability equation.

The body is ribbed black polymer, which keeps weight down compared to steel while providing enough structural rigidity to maintain consistent feed-lip geometry under repeated loading cycles. Feed-lip geometry is where most magazine failures originate: if the lips flex or wear unevenly, rounds present at the wrong angle and cycling becomes erratic. Arsenal reinforces this area to resist that kind of deformation over time. The steel floorplate adds durability at the base, which takes punishment every time the magazine seats hard or drops onto a range surface.

The magazine is Bulgarian-made and carries the “Circle 10” designation, a reference to the Bulgarian factory marking associated with Arsenal’s production. That origin matters to shooters who distinguish between Arsenal’s domestic production and licensed or pattern copies, since the Circle 10 mark indicates the same manufacturing source that supplies Arsenal’s own rifles.

This is a straightforward, purpose-built feeding device. It does not introduce new features — it delivers the geometry, material, and construction that the 5.45x39mm AK platform was designed around. For shooters who want their ammunition supply to run as predictably as the rifle itself, that consistency is the point.

Shipping and availability: This item cannot be shipped directly to California, Rhode Island and Washington. It cannot be sold into Illinois and Oregon. Check your state and local requirements before ordering.