[WASRfan]

has any other company imported romanian guns and converted them? Ive always heard wasrs were made of excellent parts but put together poorly by drunk monkeys at century. A ompetent smith may make a killing making good romys.

Yes, several companies have brought in Romy-made AKMs over the years.

Most recently, M&M out of Colorado - their M-10 series. Same guns, same fundamentally-sound arsenal-grade builds. But...

What I suspect is that unlike the hurry-up-and-sell-them Century (like what they tend to do with all their subcontracters - witness their C93 for example), M&M may possibly be forcing higher build standards - via rejections - on the Romy factory.
Maybe if Cent rejected some of the turds, we wouldn't have WASRs with canted FSBs or gas-blocks.

 

[collim1]

My dad bought one a while back and I was impressed with it. The stock looks horrible and will probably be replaced with a polymer in the future.

His is reliable and suprisingly accurate. Lots of fun. He paid $450 for it about a year ago.

 

[WASRfan]

My dad bought one a while back and I was impressed with it. The stock looks horrible and will probably be replaced with a polymer in the future.

His is reliable and suprisingly accurate. Lots of fun. He paid $450 for it about a year ago.

My suspicion is that the factory is taking the heavily-shellac-dipped milsurp wood and belt-sanding it back to a raw surface and assembling guns. That would explain the pallet-grade butts.

Might also explain the heavy traces of shellac in the nooks/crannies.

I just did this to my last WASR; soaked the stripped furniture in bucket of scalding water heavily treated with Clorox and Simple Green. Degreases and bleaches wood.

Don't let it set in this water too long; 20-30mins max.

When bone dry, finish sand and then stain as desired. I'm blonding these... The upper HG at the bottom of the pic is a single thin coat of clear shellac over the "bleached wood".

 

[mjkeat]

Had a guy shooting a WASR yesterday. The trigger pin kept walking out causing it to go F/A. I have had a WASR in the past and never experienced such a thing. Anyone else experience this?

 

[DaleGribble]

Had a guy shooting a WASR yesterday. The trigger pin kept walking out causing it to go F/A. I have had a WASR in the past and never experienced such a thing. Anyone else experience this?

Yep.

Here's my two cents without actually examining the gun...

The shepherds crook was probably not installed properly, causing the pin to walk. A properly installed crook will almost never cause a problem but if it's not in right the gun will malfunction sooner rather than later.

 

[WASRfan]

yep.

Here's my two cents without actually examining the gun...

The shepherds crook was probably not installed properly, causing the pin to walk. A properly installed crook will almost never cause a problem but if it's not in right the gun will malfunction sooner rather than later.

+100.

 

[ChuteTheMall]

Although I have a couple of better AKs from Vector I really dig my WASR 10/63, even with it's unique wood and it's Klingon personality. It's a tomahawk, not a scapel.

It's the one I grab first when doing something rough in a class in the rain and the gravel and the sand, so it might be the one I grab first for a fight. I wouldn't hesitate to use it as an impact weapon.

Best $330 I ever spent of a gun, and they are almost twice that price today, and still worth it.

 

[Restless28]

I would rather have a commie WASR than an American abomination.

 

[jakebrake]

Welcome to the 90s. Most of us who actually possessed and used a WASR, found that they may have not been a perfect AKM, but very little stood in the way of making them an inexpensive and hardy bullet hose. If you can't straighten out a misbehaving WASR out at home with simple tools and instructions available on the web, you are going to have problems with firearms in general.

style points to el ron for this. poignant, accurate, and mildly insultive in the same post.

i submit, el ron1 is the dr House of glocktalk.

 

[Teej]

I too bought one and it is an underfolder. NO issues at all. A little magazine wobble. But with Yugo mags, No wobble at all.

Feeds fine, no misfires or jams. Sights are in line. Everything functions as supposed to. I couldn't be more please. I would like to shoot a "higher end" AK side by side with mine just for comparison.

 

[HKLovingIT]

I got one too. I made it even uglier with an East German wire side folder. We love it and it's a hoot to shoot. It's never goofed up on me and it shoots straight. I'm glad I bought it and I'd do it again.

 

[wasrm]

I just 10/63 WASR'ed a nice whitetail deer for my family freezer. Couldn't see the entry hole from cheep steel case full-metal ammo, the exit hole was like from a 12 gauge. Did the same thing last year. This shot was about 120 yards down thru a heavy timber ravine. The buck dropped in its tracks in the creek, because I hit the spine, and a lung, and the kidney.

 

[adamg01]

I would rather have a commie WASR than an American abomination.

I agree. Romanian barrels are far better than American barrels IMO. I would much rather have a number of different Ak variants that are more refined and better built but a well assembled Wasr will run like a raped ape. The older Wasr10's are the main reason that CAI got such a bad rep. and it was well deserved. They got their act together of late, the newer Wasr 10/63 is a solid rifle. Tapco trigger standard and a slant brake. The older Wasr10 had neither.

 

[Walk Soft]

I bought a WASR about seven years ago.I must have got a good one.The sights weren't canted and I've put a case of Wolf ammo through it without issue. A month ago I went to Bud's to buy an Arsenal and ended up buying a WASR 10-63.The newer ones have a much better fit and finish,no gap between stock and receiver,almost no mag wobble,the lettering more uniform and legible.It seemed like a different gun than the first one I bought.
I have since sighted it in and put 300 rounds through it and can consistently put up two inch four shot groups at 100 yds with Wolf ammo and iron sights.

 

[Walk Soft]

I agree. Romanian barrels are far better than American barrels IMO. I would much rather have a number of different Ak variants that are more refined and better built but a well assembled Wasr will run like a raped ape. The older Wasr10's are the main reason that CAI got such a bad rep. and it was well deserved. They got their act together of late, the newer Wasr 10/63 is a solid rifle. Tapco trigger standard and a slant brake. The older Wasr10 had neither.

I noticed the Tapco trigger allows me to put up smaller groups at 100 yards than my Colt LE6920.

 

[DaBurna]

I love mine.... Research, buy, & enjoy!

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