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Posted: 6/21/2006 9:17:49 AM EDT
Hello, could someone please tell me what they think of the Romanian WASR .223 Ak's. Are They any good? Also, for what it's worth, I'm a real neat freak, and I appreciate quality, so my question is, would I be happy with one of these WASR .223 AK's. Thank you for your time.
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True but then again ammo prices for the foriegn calibers are only affordable as long as they are in supply which has been shown to be otherwise. |
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I've had one for about 6 months and despite what you are about to read, I like the rifle. But I'm an AR man and this allows me to dabble in the dark side without stocking different ammo. Bad - When my wife saw it she asked if the stock was home made. - It had a problem feeding bullets from the right side of the magazine. So I added a spacer. This fixed that problem and it has feed 100% since them. - The rifle was sighted in when I got it. The front sight post on mine is pretty far over to the left. I doubt it could go much further. But it does hit were I aim. - The rifle is neutered. So if you want a bayonet lug and flash hider you'll need to add them. The barrel is 14mm in diameter like a 7.62 not 13mm like a 5.45 and this makes that harder. - I've not done much in the way of accuracy testing. IIRC my groups were 8 to 10 inches at 100 yards with WWB. Good - The trigger is good. I let a guy at the range shoot it. He said it had a very good trigger for an AK. But it's not as good as my Bushmasters. - If you pull the bolt back and gently ease it forward it will hang up on the hammer and it act like a bolt hold open. I like this "feature" even though I now know that it is a design flaw in this model. - Once I got the feeding issue corrected it has been totally reliable. Other - Magazines are not easy to find. Century has the Weiner mags but they are $25. I got 5 from Interordinance for $15 each before they sold out. I just ordered some Ak-74 mags and will put RobArms followers in them. (I didn't list this under bad because good solutions are available. But I can't list expensive or modified magazines as good either.) ETA: 1) I think of WASR's as being a kit that comes preassembled. You have to be willing to tinker with it to work out any bugs. 2) WASR stands for What A Shitty Rifle |
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