What is an acceptable price range for WASRs now adays?
I see them around for 700 but I know they used to be cheaper. Anyone remeber these days and their prices?
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Nathan Perry
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Jaxon Howard
Mid 600-700 is average now. Cheap good AKs have been gone for a while
Jaxon Nelson
Yes
Blake Davis
Acceptable price is $300-400
Actual price is $600-700
Caleb Rodriguez
This isn't 2007. You want a decent AK, you're going to pay 6-700 for the gun, and another 50-150 for decent furniture to replace century balsa wood and Pmags. Scour Armslist for some decent deals. I found a GP WASR with 7 mags and 500 rounds for 500 bucks. Now is a good time to look because people need Christmas money.
Jackson Clark
Is it worth picking one up new or should I save 100-150 with an older one?
Are arsenals or the new polish ones worth a few hundred extra?
Carter Ortiz
>Acceptable price is $300-400
Hello friend are you aware that expecting an imported AK to remain the same price as it was a decade ago following the political and economic turmoil that has thrown the gun market into chaos since then is sisterfuckingly stupid?
Jaxon Long
They did use to be cheaper. I bought mine like 2 weeks before Sandy Hook and it was somewhere between like $480-$520. You can't really find any under $650 anymore. I mean it could be worse but yeah $700 is what you have to expect and deal with in the current year. Probably not going to get better as time goes on. Honestly it will probably only get worse so if you are looking to get one I would say suck it up and get it now rather than saying in 2024 "What is an acceptable price range for WASRs nowadays? I see them around for $1,100 but I know they used to be cheaper. Anyone remember these days and their prices?"
Hunter Evans
This.
Joseph Thompson
Damn. I bought one right before trump got elected for like 625. And that was only because I felt bad for missing out on one I saw for 500.
AK's are a 300 dollar peasant gun how did it come to this?
Parker Carter
I just bought one on Gunbroker for 480$
Austin Lopez
Matthew Sullivan
$539 last year. They come into the country in batches every couple months. When they’re plentiful, the prices come down. When they’re scarce, you’ll be paying more.
Josiah Green
I got mine about 6 years ago for $500 shipped from Cheaper than Dirt, because I was 18 and an idiot and knew nothing about AK's back then. Still love it though, never given me a single problem or malfunction.
Jordan Flores
They seem to be around $650700 now. Is this a scarce price or a plentiful price these days? I haven't followed the import schedule of them.
Christian Parker
$650-700, I mean.
Also is it true that the furniture they come with out of the box is trash?
Joshua Ortiz
I just bought one from Atlantic Firearms for 700.
Eli Ramirez
Yes
Liam Ross
they arn't though
>ak's require a skilled workman to forged and machine trunnions and bolts
>ar's require some dude to program a cnc and watch BLACKED.com while eating nachos
because america has little skilled labor the way ar's are made are optimized for it, it's why traditional gunsmithing is dying in america
Nathaniel Peterson
literally any furniture set on the internet is better than the fucking plywood they send you
Logan Walker
Which wasrs are shit? I know some were converted from single stacks. And what about new ones that arent made from surplus kits, are they just as good?
Luis Cruz
literally all of them are converted single stacks
Caleb Ross
Every AK in the US after 1989 is single stack due to import laws, only difference is after the AWB they convert to double stack and add an also imported regular bolt while in the US
Kevin Gonzalez
500 is a fair price, but what happened to mosins is happening to entry level Ak's. Go ahead and get a nicer one - like an Npap - that'll probably run you ~600 b/c boomers havent caught on to the fad yet
Angel Bailey
>bakelite
mfw
David Thomas
that i didnt know. i know that not all wasrs are the same but wasnt there some year or batch that was particularly bad?
Zachary Jones
Tell us about how you won't pay more than 30 for a Garand next, Grandpa.
Caleb Taylor
>CAI
Say goodbye to your fingers friend!
Bentley Mitchell
Bakes are love annon
Carson Howard
i woudlnt do over $450 for one, if you are going to spend $500+ get an SKS, much better build quality
Asher Scott
Don't they import all WASRs? They're still made in Romania.
Brody Lee
That’s the scarce price, and yes, you’ll want to replace the furniture. Fortunately the shit it comes with will come off really easily. I think if you watch gun.deals for 2 months, you’ll find them available for $550-579 for sure. New production is slightly more desirable than old production, but build quality is still a little iffy. The sight post will probably be a little canted, BUT it will come zeroed from the factory, so it’s an aesthetic thing only.
Brandon Ward
how do you replace the handguards without riveting equipment to seal it back up again?
Matthew Ward
Do a Youtube search. It's really easy to replace the handguards and you don't need any special tools. If you have a toolkit (it should come with every WASR), there should even be a tool that makes it easier.
Christian Williams
akfiles.com
Daily reminder for wasrfags.
Elijah Wright
Daily reminder that posting this total nonissue shitpost time and time again will not make it relevant.
Robert Nelson
just make sure CAI weren't very drunk when they reopened the magwell.
Parker Hill
In for the poorfag rage and denial
Landon Howard
>short magazine catch that causes failure to feeds and a rak 1 hammer that destroys bolt carriers is a non issue
wew
Cooper Harris
Where is the best place to cop steel lipped, polymer mags that aren't $100 a peice? Is no one making these things anymore?
Jaxson Richardson
akfiles.com
>b-but this is an isolated incident
Lucas Morales
>it's why traditional gunsmithing is dying in america
There is a local gun shop that claims to have "gunsmithing services" but when I went in to talk about getting a barrel chopped they guy didnt know jack shit and all he really did was assemble ARs
Luke Garcia
"aah, 2005 those were the days"
*sips*
Isaiah Clark
>canted ironsights
>shit furniture
>headspace issues
>cheap steel
Wasrs are a meme, enough poor fags bought them and told everyone they were great that /noguns/ believes it. Stay away op. If you already have one quit lying to yourself and admit you got fucked