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HTOWN stunna · 05-28-2008, 12:03 PM

i found a few places online to buy mags, the one that came with the rifle is a modified 5.45 mag with a 5.56 follower.

**einheit 13** · 05-28-2008, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HTOWN stunna

i found a few places online to buy mags, the one that came with the rifle is a modified 5.45 mag with a 5.56 follower.

You sure?? That looks like a Weiger mag to me in the pic....

**agalindo** · 05-28-2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by einheit 13

You sure?? That looks like a Weiger mag to me in the pic....

The Weiger mags are bakelite right?
This one is metal.

blefferd · 05-28-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by einheit 13

You sure?? That looks like a Weiger mag to me in the pic....

arent the Weiger mags top of the line mags in the surplus mag world?

HTOWN stunna · 05-28-2008, 04:58 PM

not positive, i just read that when you ordered from j and g sales that the mags that came with the rifle were modified 5.45. is there a way to tell? i couldnt find and markings anywhere on the mag

**einheit 13** · 05-28-2008, 07:28 PM

Weiger mags are steel and made in Germany-best ones to come out of Europe. Romania made steel 5,45 mags that were converted (forgot about those, use to seeing just the Century converted bakelites). You can try ProMag mags, som people have good luck, some don't. Bulgarian Poly mags should work as will Yugo mags, but Yugo mags are expensive. Converted mags will work great, but there is more to it than just changing the follower....

HTOWN stunna · 05-28-2008, 08:03 PM

i just looked up the wieger mags, looks like the one i have so it may be. know if there is any way to convert a drum mag to work with 5.56?

i was reading around on arf.com and other sites and the wasr3 seemed to be getting some bad publicity. luckily mine ran thru 20 rounds with no problems at all. i didnt even have to adjust the sights. i even found some norinco mags for like 65 bucks. lol

hardwarz · 05-29-2008, 10:53 AM

I hated my wood on my WASR. Instead of replacing it, I went to Home Depot, got a can of stain and a can of poly.

I took 220 grit paper to it before staining and polying it.

Stained it with Red Oak (Not red enough in my opinion) and then put several thick coats of poly on it.

I didn't even take the furnature off the AK. Just taped off the areas that needed it.

While refinishing my stock, I thought that it would have been cool if I was good at wood burning or making a brand. A hammer and sickel burned into the wood or a burned in red star, painted bright red would have been cool. Heck, even putting a sticker underneath before putting on a THICK coat of poly would be kinda cool.

Hope this helps.

Hardwarz

HTOWN stunna · 05-29-2008, 11:22 AM

yeah me and my dad were talking about how the wood was rough. i was just gonna rub it down with some linseed oil and put some poly on it, but i think i will stain it after all.

hardwarz · 05-29-2008, 11:45 AM

You won't regret the WASR. It's not the best out there, but it's an AK. It'll shoot whatever you put in it.

The butt stock plate comes off with 2 screws. Take that off before you stain and poly. It's an easy process, just make sure you wait between coats of poly or you'll end up with runs that you'll have to deal with.

If you get runs, you can use finer and finer sand paper to get them out and then buff out the scratches last.

Hope that helps.

Hardwarz

05-28-2008, 12:03 PM	#11
HTOWN stunna XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alpine Texas Posts: 1,534	i found a few places online to buy mags, the one that came with the rifle is a modified 5.45 mag with a 5.56 follower. __________________ The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist. - George Bernard Shaw

05-28-2008, 04:58 PM	#15
HTOWN stunna XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alpine Texas Posts: 1,534	not positive, i just read that when you ordered from j and g sales that the mags that came with the rifle were modified 5.45. is there a way to tell? i couldnt find and markings anywhere on the mag __________________ The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist. - George Bernard Shaw

05-28-2008, 07:28 PM	#16
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,679	Weiger mags are steel and made in Germany-best ones to come out of Europe. Romania made steel 5,45 mags that were converted (forgot about those, use to seeing just the Century converted bakelites). You can try ProMag mags, som people have good luck, some don't. Bulgarian Poly mags should work as will Yugo mags, but Yugo mags are expensive. Converted mags will work great, but there is more to it than just changing the follower.... __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

05-28-2008, 08:03 PM	#17
HTOWN stunna XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alpine Texas Posts: 1,534	i just looked up the wieger mags, looks like the one i have so it may be. know if there is any way to convert a drum mag to work with 5.56? i was reading around on arf.com and other sites and the wasr3 seemed to be getting some bad publicity. luckily mine ran thru 20 rounds with no problems at all. i didnt even have to adjust the sights. i even found some norinco mags for like 65 bucks. lol __________________ The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist. - George Bernard Shaw Last edited by HTOWN stunna; 05-28-2008 at 08:07 PM.

05-29-2008, 10:53 AM	#18
hardwarz XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ak-Rowdy, North side Summit County (Akron, OH) Posts: 378	I hated my wood on my WASR. Instead of replacing it, I went to Home Depot, got a can of stain and a can of poly. I took 220 grit paper to it before staining and polying it. Stained it with Red Oak (Not red enough in my opinion) and then put several thick coats of poly on it. I didn't even take the furnature off the AK. Just taped off the areas that needed it. While refinishing my stock, I thought that it would have been cool if I was good at wood burning or making a brand. A hammer and sickel burned into the wood or a burned in red star, painted bright red would have been cool. Heck, even putting a sticker underneath before putting on a THICK coat of poly would be kinda cool. Hope this helps. Hardwarz __________________ Always remember the Menendez brothers legal defense, "Sometimes I miss my mom, but then I reload."

05-29-2008, 11:22 AM	#19
HTOWN stunna XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alpine Texas Posts: 1,534	yeah me and my dad were talking about how the wood was rough. i was just gonna rub it down with some linseed oil and put some poly on it, but i think i will stain it after all. __________________ The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist. - George Bernard Shaw

05-29-2008, 11:45 AM	#20
hardwarz XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ak-Rowdy, North side Summit County (Akron, OH) Posts: 378	You won't regret the WASR. It's not the best out there, but it's an AK. It'll shoot whatever you put in it. The butt stock plate comes off with 2 screws. Take that off before you stain and poly. It's an easy process, just make sure you wait between coats of poly or you'll end up with runs that you'll have to deal with. If you get runs, you can use finer and finer sand paper to get them out and then buff out the scratches last. Hope that helps. Hardwarz __________________ Always remember the Menendez brothers legal defense, "Sometimes I miss my mom, but then I reload."

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