picked up a new in the box GP Wasr 10 / 63 at the Las Vegas gun show by trading in another gun of equal value. The sticker was listed at $499, it came with 2 high cap mags, ammo pouch, oil tin, cleaning kit, sling, but no bayonet :(
The sights nor gas tube don't seem to be canted, or if they are its to hard for my young eyes to tell. I bought 60 rounds of WOLF hp mc and took the gun home and started researching.
The barrel came with a muzzle nut welded on, I have since learned that if u file that weld spot off there might be threads under there.
There seems to be a little mag wobble. More so with 1 mag than the other. The stock is about the same finish as other wasr i see on here. The trunnion has no markings on it, and looks like markings were filed/sanded off.
I cleaned the gun because I noticed a lot of metal shavings prob from when the receiver was milled out.
Yesterday I decided to go out into the desert to see how accurate she is. First problem I noticed I could only fit 20 rounds in each mag until the mag malfunctioned. If I tried to add any more the spring/plate would get suck and then all the rounds would fall out loose and I would have to bang the side of the mag to get spring to pop back up.
I disassembled one mag and the spring was covered in rust covered slime. I plan to soak the mag in mineral spirits, then perhaps oil with motor oil or wd40, then see if it will take the full 30 rounds. Anyone else with this problem have any solutions?
Thankfully this was my last problem with the gun. I loaded 20 rounds in 1 mag and test fired her at paper target from 73 yards away. First shot went a bit right, I'm guessing it was be being nerves and jerky trigger pull. Second shot bullseye.
I then headed out to a distance of 200 yards, I adjusted back sites accordingly. I fired off 4 rounds and then went just shy of 300 yards. At 300 yards I fired off remaining rounds and went back to check accuracy.
Unbelievable, I hit the paper target 20 out of 20. Some of the shots hit up and to the right, which I'm guessing was cause of me having sites set at 300 but really being at 280, and they were out to the right.
All in all I was just as accurate with wasr at 100-200-300 yards as my AR. Any man/animal sized target would be in a world of trouble at these distances.
The gun is obviously more accurate than I am with open sights. I'm guessing shots went right cause of my trigger pull.
IM thinking of buying a scope/side rail mount. I want something cheap yet very reliable/survival type situation which I can unmount if I wish. I would like to be able to test the gun at 400-500 yards with a scope. Anyone else have good results at this range?
I plan now to fix mags, and refinish wood before I shoot again. Anyone know where to buy that RIT red dye stuff?
Thanks for reading, here's some pics below.
-Proud new wasr 10 63 owner
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