Finally took the plunge into the AK platform. Grabbed one while on sale at Atlantic Firearms over Christmas but did the installment plan. Payed the last installment a few weeks ago and got it from my FFL-01 last week. Took it out to the range and it's definitely a good time with the short length and relatively mild recoil. Sharper than the SKS with it's increased length and weight but still mild.
These WASR-10s had a reputation of being poorly assembled, and by all accounts that was well deserved in the past, with canted sights quite common. I'm impressed with the build on mine with good riveting and straight sights. It shoots well, though perhaps a bit right. Next time out to the range I'll bring my sight adjustment tool for a couple of tweaks.
I'm not so enamored with the US made blonde furniture, unlike my blonde wife :)) I may have to strip the wood and mix up some dark brown with a bit of red stain...but I'm not in a big hurry.
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thumb1 congrats, have fun with it. have a wasr 10/63, luv it. seems like normal progression, first an sks then a wasr. watch out they are addictive just like the sks's, one is not enough. :o
Thanks man!
Gave up on fighting the addiction a while ago rofl
I would like one with original furniture...maybe a Polish :P :)
Nice... Stock is fairly blonde eh?
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on January 24, 2016, 09:22:55 PM
Nice... Stock is fairly blonde eh?
Yeah, looks a little too new and non-traditional :)) But it functions well tommy1 and I wouldn't feel bad about refinishing it down the road
Perhaps a nice "G" stock set with dong... :P
Welcome to the AK club!
Good looking WASR gun :o congrats.. Aloha snakbar !!!!!
Thanks guys! :)
Quote from: Stoned_Oli on January 25, 2016, 10:17:36 PM
Perhaps a nice "G" stock set with dong... :P
Welcome to the AK club!
You know, that's an idea... Decent price on the set at Apex too think1 I was also contemplating picking up a bakelite pistol grip and refinishing the American made stock set. Gotta figure out this 922r stuff for the first time ever ???
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on January 25, 2016, 11:24:39 PM
Thanks guys! :)
Quote from: Stoned_Oli on January 25, 2016, 10:17:36 PM
Perhaps a nice "G" stock set with dong... :P
Welcome to the AK club!
You know, that's an idea... Decent price on the set at Apex too think1 I was also contemplating picking up a bakelite pistol grip and refinishing the American made stock set. Gotta figure out this 922r stuff for the first time ever ???
Gotta say... palm swell hand guards are the bomb!
I just recently installed my first dong and haven't shot it yet..
You have 16 countable parts, BTW.
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on January 24, 2016, 09:27:02 PM
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on January 24, 2016, 09:22:55 PM
Nice... Stock is fairly blonde eh?
Yeah, looks a little too new and non-traditional :)) But it functions well tommy1 and I wouldn't feel bad about refinishing it down the road
some stain and clear coat on the furniture looks good. not hard to do, plenty of vids on u/tube showing how to do and the results.
Yeah... I sense a new addiction coming thumb1 I always said one Ak was enough, somehow I got like 6 variants and a pair of Maks. Aks are like Oreos, you can't eat just one and walk, it don't work that way. nea1
Even GM had to go more traditional, I left one MAK90 in the original bunghole stock, the other.....over summer became fair game. Thats a Romy stock and a buncha red shellac. The Romy stock took quite abit of fitting.
still not as cool or light as a Vz58 rofl :P
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Quote from: Greasemonkey on January 26, 2016, 12:39:11 PM
Yeah... I sense a new addiction coming thumb1 I always said one Ak was enough, somehow I got like 6 variants and a pair of Maks. Aks are like Oreos, you can't eat just one and walk, it don't work that way. nea1
I have found myself looking at other AKs already didnt do Too many addictions: SKSs, Mausers, Mosins, Enfields, US military... ...AKs? :o rofl
Quote from: Greasemonkey on January 26, 2016, 12:39:11 PM
Even GM had to go more traditional, I left one MAK90 in the original bunghole stock, the other.....over summer became fair game. Thats a Romy stock and a buncha red shellac. The Romy stock took quite abit of fitting.
Nice job GM. She's a beauty thumb1
Quote from: Greasemonkey on January 26, 2016, 12:39:11 PM
still not as cool or light as a Vz58 rofl :P
Yes Jimmy :)) I really like my VZ58 too...very light and compact
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Are they still single hook triggers?
I just love watching up and coming addicts, specially when an experienced junkie finds a new fix, brings a real tear to my eye rofl rofl2
And since you mentioned Jimmy, he said he wants one of them thar Vz wrappy rifle blanket thingies. :)
It has a double hook trigger. It's actually got a good feel. I've only run two mags through my new baby, but it functions flawlessly so far.
Bummer Jimmy, I only bought one of the VZ blanket thingies :)) Someone on the "other boards" had a few extras a couple summers back shortly after I got my VZ so I jumped on it. The bipod I picked up in a group buy on the CZ forum tommy1
Quote from: Greasemonkey on January 26, 2016, 03:16:20 PM
And since you mentioned Jimmy, he said he wants one of them thar Vz wrappy rifle blanket thingies. :)
I got mine from the same guy P32 did, but they pop up on ebay every once in a while.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-VZ58-SA58-Paratrooper-Jump-Case-For-Folding-Stock-Version-Unused-/262129341705?hash=item3d08205509:g:6isAAOSw5ZBWO4M3 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-VZ58-SA58-Paratrooper-Jump-Case-For-Folding-Stock-Version-Unused-/262129341705?hash=item3d08205509:g:6isAAOSw5ZBWO4M3)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Issued-Paratrooper-Jump-Case-For-Folding-Stock-Version-Vz-58-Unused-/301748484771?hash=item46419c7aa3:g:Ss4AAOSwqu9U6K2y (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Issued-Paratrooper-Jump-Case-For-Folding-Stock-Version-Vz-58-Unused-/301748484771?hash=item46419c7aa3:g:Ss4AAOSwqu9U6K2y)
Nice WASR P32 thumb1
Quote from: Greasemonkey on January 26, 2016, 12:39:11 PM
Yeah... I sense a new addiction coming thumb1 I always said one Ak was enough, somehow I got like 6 variants and a pair of Maks. Aks are like Oreos, you can't eat just one and walk, it don't work that way. nea1
Weird... I also had 6 variants and two MAKs... until yesterday when that became 7 variants and two MAKs... dance3 shooting1
I know what you mean on the furniture too; both sides, the bottom, and that funky shoulder in the front.
Still don't have a WASR though... I have to make do with a SAR... (now with DONG!!)
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on January 26, 2016, 03:44:06 PM
It has a double hook trigger. It's actually got a good feel. I've only run two mags through my new baby, but it functions flawlessly so far.
Is the trigger notched on the second hook, or is the receiver cut for it?
Quote from: Stoned_Oli on January 26, 2016, 11:00:03 PM
Quote from: Greasemonkey on January 26, 2016, 12:39:11 PM
Yeah... I sense a new addiction coming thumb1 I always said one Ak was enough, somehow I got like 6 variants and a pair of Maks. Aks are like Oreos, you can't eat just one and walk, it don't work that way. nea1
Weird... I also had 6 variants and two MAKs... until yesterday when that became 7 variants and two MAKs... dance3 shooting1
I know what you mean on the furniture too; both sides, the bottom, and that funky shoulder in the front.
Still don't have a WASR though... I have to make do with a SAR... (now with DONG!!)
I don't have a WASR yet either.. :-[ I looked at the the first ones way back when that had the funky trigger slap, never really returned to them. I would like either a Yugo M76 or an Arsenal..maybe when I get rich... rofl
Sorry, I ain't a dong type guy, I don't mind the swelling sitting in my palm, but grabbing the dong nea1 rofl
Quote from: Greasemonkey on January 26, 2016, 03:16:20 PM
I just love watching up and coming addicts, specially when an experienced junkie finds a new fix, brings a real tear to my eye rofl rofl2
chuckles1 chuckles1 chuckles1 rofl clap1 I had a sneaking suspicion that "The Enabler" got a new fix from
gentle nudging/hooking others to other milsurps chuckles1. Well....not like you tried to hide it :)) and my growing mosin and Tokarev collections thank you and keep coming back for more. ( Phos...don't think you get outta part of the blame either now. My Tokarev addiction can be directly traced back to a "seemingly" innocent convo between you and GM on a Yugo mauser thread. fineprint )
Congrats on the new WASR thumb1 and as I'm sure you've already figured out....AKMs are very addictive as well rofl Wasr's get a bad rap. Sure there was QC issues back in the day and some will still pop up...over all, The WASR 10 and 10/63 are some downright fine AKM's. Untill I got my Wasr 10, all my AKs were during AWB or just bayo lug neutered. A fellow gave me an East German AK bayo and....Well, most people get a bayo for their rifle, I got a rifle for my bayo rofl
I love the classic AK look and feel of mine. Its wood is still bare ( laminate butsttock and solid hand guards). When ever I get around to it, I'll be posting up for suggestions on finnishing it.
Soon you'll find that you've unintentionally started collecting surplus AK mags as well thumb1
How do yall like the double hook triggers? All of mine are single hook. Gotta couple of G2 single hook triggers also, I love 'em.
Hippie is a crack whore... Uuuummmm smell that, smells like storage grease... I got ya a Mosin.... silly1
The early WASRs are the ones that left a bad taste in my mouth, the trigger slap, that was something.....special. I made it through half a mag on one and went back to my MAK crying and hugging it like a little sissy girl. Granted, now I might try a newer one, way back then, it woulda made a nice parts rifle to me.. :)
The double hook triggers in the Mak90s are super sweet, I also replaced the trigger in my PSL with a Red Star adjustable... OMG :o, movement maker right there, major difference between stock and the Red Star thumb1 I left the Saigas stock, they are shotguns and worked pretty decent for what it is..
AH, I'm really offended...ambivalent...proud that you put me in the enabler category rofl
Nobody likes to collect milsurps etc. alone, that might indicate I/we had a problem nailbite1 chuckles1
The double hook trigger seems to be solid and releases cleanly.
Wondering about 922r so I contacted Atlantic Firearms (no response; they're at Shot Show) and Century. The Century rep told me that all of the internals are US made, the rest (except the muzzle brake and pistol grip) is Romanian. That leaves me a lot of latitude to replace the furniture if I want to. I had heard that the blonde furniture was American made so I was concerned about my parts count if I started going retro original, but it looks like that's not a worry.
Went the cheap route to start :)) Picked up a "bakelite" Romanian pistol grip for $7 from Desert Fox Sales and a leather Romanian sling using my eBay bucks plus $6. I stripped the furniture of finish and applied a base of Minwax Red Mahogany followed by English Walnut to make it a bit more brown. The ash, or whatever this wood is, didn't like to soak up stain very well. I already had a couple of Romanian bayonets in the bayo bucket, so that accessory was easy. I may need to dull that lacquer finish with another rub down from the steel wool. Not a perfect match to the medium dark reddish-brown color I had in my mind but fairlyl close, and I like it better than the blonde look.
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Got some better lighting conditions later in the day....
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I certainly like the dark look over the blonde on this one Jon! Looks like it's shaping up nicely. thumb1
Having the pistol grip a different color/material than the stock would drive me nuts though, my OCD would force them all to be the same! chuckles1
Quote from: running-man on February 19, 2016, 10:02:51 PM
I certainly like the dark look over the blonde on this one Jon! Looks like it's shaping up nicely. thumb1
Thanks Joe :)
Quote from: running-man on February 19, 2016, 10:02:51 PM
Having the pistol grip a different color/material than the stock would drive me nuts though, my OCD would force them all to be the same! chuckles1
rofl I can understand that...but I'm good with it. ....Although, I may have to take a look at it with the black plastic grip think1 chuckles1
Looking good with the darker color. I keep telling myself I don't need one but the everyone seems to like the newer ones.
Quote from: MEBears on February 20, 2016, 09:23:14 AM
Looking good with the darker color. I keep telling myself I don't need one but the everyone seems to like the newer ones.
Thanks!
I put it off for a long time, but I always knew I'd get at least one AK :))
Dude.....Aks and Oreos....Jimmy has told ya..you can't have........ just one. :)
Looks good, take a blond to a red....nice thumb1