They’re not clips they’re magaz–
Oh.
Waiting for the Forgotten Weapons video on it
Is there really not one?
of course there is: https://youtu.be/iCqElIDUzeI
It is totally not forgotten though. Actually pretty popular.
After you shoot those bullets and need to reload, what happens to the old clip? Does it pop out the bottom of the magazine part when you put in the new clip?
Its a stripper clip. Starting from the position in the picture, you would push down on the bullets and they “strip” (or slide) off the clip into the magazine. You’re left with an empty clip sticking out the top of the gun which you lift away and throw at the enemy or your buddy or whatever. If you want to look up a video, they’re commonly used on the SKS.
En-bloc clips also exist. Those do go into the gun like you’re thinking, but they actually eject out the top when you fire the last round. Like the M1 Garand from any WWII game.
there are also many rifles where the en bloc clips fall out of the bottom of the magazine after firing the last round
I personally prefer ARs over AKs, but nothing beats the sex appeal of redwood grain on a classic AK
I hope you are 8th dimensional trolling.
No? I like the look of wood grain (especially red) on most things. I know this isn’t an AK, but the aesthetics are clearly inspired by the AK.
Vz.58s don’t normally have wood grain to speak of, the furniture is made of Bakelite that has wood shavings mixed in. Commonly called “beaver barf”. That is what is in the opening picture.
Ah til thank you.
I’m curious about how reliable that method is
Very reliable. Strip clip loading into (fixed and detachable) magazines was common in WW2. The Vz. 58 is unusual for carrying on the feature into the assault rifle era.
You may already know but just to add to things, they were extremely common because machining tolerances weren’t quite there yet to make cheap reliable interchangable magazines. Even once they were starting to be designed to be interchangable soldiers would still need to find a particular magazine that works reliably in their specific weapon. Stripper clips were far cheaper to make and while not quite as fast as changing a mag in a modern firearm but once you are used to it it’s not that big of a disadvantage.
And it takes 3 clips to fully load it.
You can still buy 5.56mm rounds on 10 round stripper clips. You just need a little accessory called a “spoon” to load (detached) AR mags with them.
Yes, this is still the ideal way to refill magazines. Though the unique part of the Vz.58 is being able to refill with the clips directly into the rifle, rather than detaching the magazine to refill them. The rifle has a built in clip guide.
Perhaps I’ll show off a handheld 5.56mm clip guide at some point.
