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Posted: 12/3/2025 8:14:50 PM EDT
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I’ll start by saying I’ve never owned any style AK Variant and I know absolutely nothing about them, other than the early Russians are more desirable. My specialties are the Early Colt AR Platforms, Rare Variants of SKS’s, and 1900’s-1940 Double Barrel Shotguns…. I’m not looking for a collectible grade of AK, I’m just looking to dip my toe into the market due to years of packing 7.62x39 ammo back during the salad days and now most of my SKS collection are of the collector’s grade versus a shooter grade. Sure I could sell off the ammo but I would rather have a cheaper reliable AK to enjoy. I have a friend that looking to sell his Wasr, currently it’s dressed with a plastic folder stocked & some kind of cheap railed Handguards. I’ll post some pictures but a couple things I noticed while handling it yesterday. It does have a small spot weld at the end of barrel to some type of small muzzle device, I’m guessing to make the length of barrel legal. It also has rail on the side of the receiver to mount an optic. Lasting it comes with two original mags and the original set of polymer stock and Handguards. Tell me a value of what you think it’s worth or what I should expect to pay, I doubt he’s put a box of shells through it. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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spot weld was importation reasons, needed to be in sporter config and welding a cap over the threaded muzzle was a way to get past the restrictions. You may, or may not have threads under that cap. As for the rail and stock, mhe. Seen worse, seen better. Good news is there were a ton of them imported and I see wood stocks for these for sale all over gunjoker. Many here will tout the WASR as a great rifle, and from the standpoint of what is available today, they're not bad. For a shooter grade rifle they're pretty good. Biggest thing to look for in the Romanian AKs is canted front site. As for price, I have no idea. WASR's were never my thing, but someone will come along and help with that. |
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That's a very early model WASR-10/63 - the early imports can be spotted by the sloppy electropenciled model/importer markings on the receiver. Trunnion is likely scrubbed - meaning that the original markings were milled off and new ones applied - but could be new. The reason I would say it's scrubbed is that it has the same serial number format as one of the original Romanian trunnions, including the 1968 date code. It also looks like it has some light cosmetic damage from the barrel pin being pressed out during the demil process - WASRs were imported during the MG barrel import ban and were supposed to receive new barrels as part of the process of being rebuilt from former military parts kits. Check for canted barrel components and mag wobble - the earliest WASRs were known for commonly having pretty loose fitting magazine wells, as they were milled out stateside to accept standard double stack AK magazines, and the early imports seemed to be ground out by hand rather than with a proper mill. It shouldn't affect function but some people don't like it. Value? I'd think $500-600 would be fair based on the condition. The 10/63 models are a bit more desirable because they are built from former Pm Md 63 military rifles, but usually part of the charm is having the original military arsenal and serial markings on the front trunnion, which this WASR doesn't have. If you want a nice wood stock set for it, the WBP Polish AKM laminate stock sets are a great deal ($120-150) and look fantastic on a WASR - not my photo but I have the same set on my WASR. 
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Some WASR rifles are 10 round single stack, and worth less than those that use double stack 30 round mags. Most have been milled to accept 30 round mags. Mag wobble after a mag is fully inserted should be checked by the potentoal owner of a used WASR. Most have a good mag fit, however, lots of wobble is considered a negative. |
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Originally Posted By Hiker1911: Some WASR rifles are 10 round single stack, and worth less than those that use double stack 30 round mags. Most have been milled to accept 30 round mags. Mag wobble after a mag is fully inserted should be checked by the potentoal owner of a used WASR. Most have a good mag fit, however, lots of wobble is considered a negative. It doesn't appear that the one in the OP is single stack, but if it is... another pitfall you have to look out for on the early single stack WASRs is that many of them had single stack bolts as well. The bottom "lug" on the bolt is ground down to fit between the feed lips on the single stack magazines. Once converted to accept double stack magazines, they would often require a new bolt as the single stack bolt may not feed reliably from a double stack magazine. I remember when people were buying the single stack WASRs and converting them, because they were cheaper. It was more of a headache than it was worth. |
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