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Posted: 10/28/2014 4:33:47 PM EDT
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Seeking opinions on the value of using a recoil buffer on my new WASR...
I'm a 1911 guy and I never found them to be worth a damn, but I have no clue if it's worthwhile installing one in a AK... Help? Paul |
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You can spend hundreds to "fix it properly" or $15 on a buffer so it will work properly. GARY Quoted:
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not unless the bolt carrier is popping off the rails while you are firing it. Even then. Fix it properly. It'll cost you hundreds of dollars for a little bead of weld? |
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You can spend hundreds to "fix it properly" or $15 on a buffer so it will work properly. GARY Quoted:
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not unless the bolt carrier is popping off the rails while you are firing it. Even then. Fix it properly. If you bought a brand new car and discovered that the muffler had a large hole in it would you wrap it with a muffler bandage? The rest of us would return the car and insist that the dealer repair or replace it. If you buy a new WASR which has a problem with the receiver which causes the carrier to leave the rails, the intelligent thing to do is to return the rifle to the retailer or to send the rifle to Century, not install the functional equivalent of a muffler bandage. |
| If you buy a Wasr that's new to you, & it was built over a year ago whether you're the first owner, or not, there's no warranty. Century's 1 year warranty starts the day they ship the gun from their factory, not the day the first owner buys it. I see many "new" Wasr's on dealer's tables at gun shows where the warranty has already expired. The "correct" way to fix these guns is to replace the receiver. Welding on the receiver, or using a buffer is just a band aid, but does work. Funny thing, my .308 Saiga which I bought brand new came with a buffer. So do Mini Draco's. All my AK's, & FAL's have buffers & work perfectly. Do I need them, I don't know, but I feel much better knowing they are there. GARY |
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If you buy a Wasr that's new to you, & it was built over a year ago whether you're the first owner, or not, there's no warranty. Century's 1 year warranty starts the day they ship the gun from their factory, not the day the first owner buys it. I see many "new" Wasr's on dealer's tables at gun shows where the warranty has already expired. The "correct" way to fix these guns is to replace the receiver. Welding on the receiver, or using a buffer is just a band aid, but does work. Funny thing, my .308 Saiga which I bought brand new came with a buffer. So do Mini Draco's. All my AK's, & FAL's have buffers & work perfectly. Do I need them, I don't know, but I feel much better knowing they are there. GARY Consumer Warranty Policy, see #1. Must have changed that policy. |
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The "correct" way to fix these guns is to replace the receiver. Welding on the receiver, or using a buffer is just a band aid, but does work. How do you figure that welding the receiver is a band aid? Last I checked, weld doesn't need to be replaced (if done properly), and furthermore you can't even tell it was done when properly blended. |
| So if a store buys the gun from a distributor, the warranty expires 1 year after the gun ships, but yet if the gun is sold retail, the warranty starts again & lasts for a year after the retail sale. That's confusing. How would a store, or distributor know the gun was bad, since it is never shot until the retail sale is made? Unless Century thinks their products are so desirable they get sold 3 days after the store receives them. GARY |
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So if a store buys the gun from a distributor, the warranty expires 1 year after the gun ships, but yet if the gun is sold retail, the warranty starts again & lasts for a year after the retail sale. That's confusing. How would a store, or distributor know the gun was bad, since it is never shot until the retail sale is made? Unless Century thinks their products are so desirable they get sold 3 days after the store receives them. GARY Demo guns, guns that have obvious defects...just brainstorming. |
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