Century Romanian AK-47 WASR 10

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camelshark69

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Have a friend that is really thinking of getting a WASR 10 at the BX here on base for $500. I have one and love it, no problems at all and feed wolf and Brown bear through it all day. For those that have had good or bad experiences with this exact rifle, would you mind giving some of your own reviews?

Thanks!
 
Had a WASR 10/63 that I traded away. Almost the same thing. Never had any problems with it, but I did get to inspect in person before buying. It was, of course 100% reliable and all around great gun for what price, something like $425 is what I paid. Had a few rough/sharp edges, for example along the receiver cover, along the mag well, and all over those pieces of steel they welded on to serve the same purpose as the "dimples" in most other AK receivers. My Saiga is better made, and slightly more accurate, but the WASR can be a good starter AK for the money.
 
i started with sar-1's and 2's. moved to vepr's, norinco's and polytech's and sold off the romanian's in the process. then i realized i was shooting the russian and chinese ak's less, probably due to not wanting to bang them around. just got 2 wasr 10's last week to use as range toys. they are cheap, they work (in most cases) and i don't care if they get banged up
 
Back when I bought mine in 2008, the QC was a little hit or miss. 2/3 had problems. One would not cycle, another's trigger wouldn't reset--I got the 3rd one.
 
I haven't had a single hicup with mine yet. It gets about 2-3 Moa and I generally hit what I aim at, including prairie dogs. It aint easy, but it is possible. For the money, you'll be hard pressed to find something better. I love mine and won't ever sell it.
 
Got my WASR10/63 in 2007, an early one with the bayonet lug filed off and a muzzle nut. Fortunately it does have the upgrade Tapco trigger that some early ones don't have and the sights have very little cant. Steel mags fit all right too.

It supposedly has military reject parts but never has malfunctioned even once over thousands of rounds. Only things I've done are hacksaw off the nut, screw on a flash hider and rub tung oil into the stocks. And buy magazines and ammo.

I'm 100% satisfied.
 
I got mine from a friend before I knew the different AKs out there. got lucky, no canted FSB and it seems to shoot better than one would expect an AK to. the hogged-out magwell is a hair loose but not very bad. I don't remember the last time I cleaned it and it runs like a champ on only russian steel-cased ammo like wolf and brown bear. I had an issue with trigger slap when I got it but I replaced the group with a tapco unit and that fixed it right up.
 
Like others mine has not given me any problems. I think out of 1000+ rounds I've had maybe 1 FTE. It dosent have the best fit and finish but I really don't care.
 
I have a 10|63 with the Chrome-lined barrel, It's been reliable. My only complaint is the Tapco hammer that hangs up the bolt. Maybe I'll pull it out and put something better in but most likely I'll sell this and do another Saiga in 7.62x39 instead.

To me, the WASR is fine if it's a 10|63. Why pay more for that though when you can get a Russian one cheaper though? The Saiga is tighter for sure.
 
Bought a WASR 10/63 for my thirteen year old son last summer for his first rifle.
Equipped it with a POSP 4x...

While I expected "Kalashnikov" reliability, I didn't expect the accuracy...
It's the only one we've owned, and don't know if it's an aberration, but the damn thing is accurate. Not a precision rifle by any means, but it has no problem with 6" steel at 200 meters if we do our part- and that's with cheap Wolf ammo...

Plus, they're just a blast to shoot. His older brother finally grabbed it up a few weeks ago at the range...prone, offhand... he couldn't believe the reliable accuracy (he owns a precision 700 in .223 as a frame of reference).

I would tell your friend to get a 10/63 instead of the 10, high capacity double-stack mag is the difference (and there may be others- can't recall).
 
I have an early WASR that I picked up shortly after the "ban". It looks like my SAR, and not so much like the WASR's you see today.

I cant ever remember seeing a WASR with canted sights, or trigger slap, etc, all the things the SAR's were notorious for. My SAR has "slightly" canted sights, and had a good trigger, but the slap was terrible. I replaced it with a Red Star Arms trigger, and never regretted it. They are pricey, but they do make a nice trigger.

My WASR has always been reliable, and accurate. My SAR has been the same.


To me, the WASR is fine if it's a 10|63.
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Correct me if Im wrong here, but arent the 10/63's assembled here from parts kits with US made receivers by Century? At least thats been my understanding. The WASRs are made in Romania, imported as "10 rounders" using a proprietary mag, and Century just opens up the mag wells and puts them in compliance.

My personal experience with the US assembled AK's hasnt been good, and after being bit a couple of times, I quit buying them. To be fair, that was back about 10 years ago, so I cant say about the newer guns. Hopefully, they got things worked out.

My "accurate" AK's, all were made/barreled in the country of origin, and not made here.

My only complaint is the Tapco hammer that hangs up the bolt.
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I put a Tapco trigger in my WASR after reading how great they were. Mine wasnt. It was crunchy, and would hang if you pulled it and let off, making it go off at the slightest touch the next time you touched it or gave the gun a sudden jar. I put the one that came with it back in. It wasnt bad at all anyway.

While I expected "Kalashnikov" reliability, I didn't expect the accuracy...
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Inaccurate AK's are one of the big internet myths, right along with AR's are unreliable. :)

With ammo they like, and if you can shoot (the biggest problem for any of them being accurate :) ), the AK's wont let you down.
 
WASR's might be low-end AK's, compared to SAR's, milled, or Arsenals, but that doesn't mean you can expect inaccuracy, unreliability, or any other problems. Sure, there are some lemons here and there with trigger slap and sight problems, but for the most part, they are fine shooters for people that don't care about an AK being all pretty and having nice wood.

My friend has a WASR and it shoots great. Accurate, reliable, he has never had a problem with it and he probably has shoot more than 10k rounds through it.
 
can you guys tell me what 10/63 means?
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WASR-10 refers to the 7.62x39 caliber instead of others like WASR-2 which is 5.45x39. The 63 refers to the Romanian model that was introduced in 1963.

I'm not sure if anyone knows what WASR stands for.
 
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