The only problem I have had with the wasr I purchased last October(my first ak style riffle) is that it seems to reproduce once per month. Last time I checked my safe now has the wasr, an arsenal conversion Saiga 7.62x39, a couple of Mosin-Nagants, a newly converted Saiga 12, and a soon to be converted Saiga .308 that is do next week.
The wasr has never failed to fire, never really shot it for accuracy, but it is fun.