I tried some 7.62x39 ak mags in my saiga and they didn't quite fit. As far as I know you can make them work with some grinding and fixing up but I don't like to mess with that type of stuff. I really wish they had hi cap mags.
The mag well opening is designed to have a magazine the same dimensions as a double stack/standard AK mag. With a little filing of the rear locking tap on the magazine you can get a standard hi cap magazine to fit. The single stack AK magazine is much thinner than a standard mag.
Getting it to feed correctly is another story. You would have to modify the gun slightly by welding up a feed ramp to get the magazine to work correctly.
I'm sure you could use a single stack AK mag if you built up the sides of the mag or put a block in the reciever, but in the end you probably wouldn't save much money in mags. I've found the single stack to be more expensive than the double stack.
I would direct you over to the Saiga-12.com forum, but I see you have already found the site.
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