"Czech" AK mags: probably VZ-58 mags?

[Ignition Override]

A lady with many types of rifle/handgun mags was at the small Memphis gun show today.
She told me that some were "Czech". This was a new origin to me, having read about Pol., Hun. (I have three "Tankers"), Bulgarian, maybe Romanian.

If the Czechs and Slovakians replaced their AKs with the VZ-58 Decades ago, there is very little chance that these "Czech" mags are actually AK mags (?).

Everybody should remember that AK/VZ mags are Not interchangeable.

 

[marine6680]

They look very different as well, so a quick look should tell you.

 

[Pond James Pond]

I know the CZ ones have that ridge running down the back of the mag for the last-shot-open function in the receiver.

That would be the clearest give away...

 

[Destructo6]

Aren't all military VZ-58 magazines aluminum? That would be a sure tip off...

 

[Fishbed77]

vz.58 mags are very easy to identify. Aside from the already-mentioned aluminum construction and large ridge accommodating the bolt hold-open tab on the follower, military surplus mags are almost always painted with a glossy grey paint.

 

[P71pilot]

The question is, did czechslovakia ever use kalashnikov rifles? I think not

 

[navajo]

From every thing i have read, no.