dinzag 31 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Anyone else have one of these??? I didn't know where to post this. It's not a Saiga, It's not a non-AK, It's not a Handgun It sleeps in with the Saigas, so it is posted here. This is a Romanian WASR-22 in .22lr Blowback action, 2 - 10 round mags & a laminate thumbhole stock. These rifles are cool because they are standard stamped receiver design. There is no gas piston and the gas tube is just for looks. Would be a neat place to stash a green laser... Came with cleaning rod, leather sling, tube type cleaning kit & oil bottle. The barrel o.d. is identical to a normal WASR or Saiga x39. Also the muzzle isn't threaded. (yet) Bayo lugs are milled off the gas block. Easy swap. This one, the GB & FSB are canted a little, but that will be fixed. I don't know anything about parts count in these but I assume it is similiar. 5 U.S. needed. Assuming it is compliant to begin with, I removed the thumbhole stock & added a romy buttstock & FSE pistol grip. One part added and it's a U.S. one. It has century stamped FCG - +3 Also has a handmade floorplate - made by me. I also swapped out the factory Romy HG's for the purdy Russian ones. I took an armscor 25 rounder, removed it from it's fake plastic case and installed it in the galil mag body. I was going to use a bakelite, but the curvature was too much. The Orlite body was perfect. I cut a plastic top piece and bottom piece and plastic welded them in the body. The top of the orlite mag needed to be sawed off as well. The factory 10's for these are identical to plastic AK-74 mags on top with the feedlips cut off. The then have a straight 10 round stick mag inside them. Well with this one mag I made, the first 50 rounds I only had one jam and it was due to an ejected shell bouncing around in the receiver. Had a couple do that with the factory ones so I was pretty happy. I have 3 more to make. Just have to refinish the buttstock, thread the barrel & swap out the gas block - maybe put a laminate grip on it. Thanks for looking! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scoutjoe 276 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 gAh! I knew somebody would come up with a way to extend that mag. The only complaint I have with mine is it sometimes ejects shells up inside the cover, get enough of them up there the gun will jam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunboy69 50 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 (edited) sweet Dinzag, where do I get one? I'll go check RSR right now. Yup just checked ...can't find one. But they are stocking the AK bullpup now I noticed. Which being a lefty would be painful to shoot. Edited March 30, 2007 by gunboy69 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dinzag 31 Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 (edited) centerfire systems had 'em in the last flier. That is where I got the 25 rounders too... Part # for the rifle is: AKAGUN22 - $249.97 Part # for the mags: #37MAGAK-AC22-02 - $29.97 If you want to get those mags, you need to call them. They were shown in the flier, but when I called they couldn't find them. I later got the # out of the flier & they went and looked for them. They didn't have too many, but they did have some. Give them that part # on the phone. These are made for the ARMSCOR rifles only - they will not lock in the WASR rifles without doing something similiar to what I did. BTW, it rips them off as fast as you can pull the trigger. GB69 - since you have a FFL, try Century... Edited March 30, 2007 by dinzag Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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MD_Willington 11 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Very cool.. looks WAY better than the armscor version... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pointer 21 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 I almost bought one but heard there were feeding problems and only 10rd so i held off.Of coarse leave it to you to solve that Its gonna look killer when you put the finish on it. You could shoot all day for just a few bucks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dinzag 31 Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 (edited) Only problems I've seen with this one are occasional empty shell caught in the bolt or bouncing around inside the receiver. I just took it out again & shot up a bunch of old lead ammo. I had 3 empties in there at once, but never jammed today. I need to get on them other mags now. Looks like the bulgie 223 mags will work the same as the orlites. This is a pretty cool little gun! Edited March 30, 2007 by dinzag Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scoutjoe 276 Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Only problems I've seen with this one are occasional empty shell caught in the bolt or bouncing around inside the receiver. I just took it out again & shot up a bunch of old lead ammo. I had 3 empties in there at once, but never jammed today. I need to get on them other mags now.Looks like the bulgie 223 mags will work the same as the orlites. This is a pretty cool little gun! So...any ideas on how to fix it so the shell casing ends up outside the reciever? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dinzag 31 Posted April 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Seriously, I don't know, but the receiver cover window is pretty small. Maybe try using a regular x39 cover & see if it still traps 'em. That or cut a big drain hole in the bottom of the receiver... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scoutjoe 276 Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 I was just thinking about shooting it upside down with the cover off...ya know homeboy style Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uzitiger 193 Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Dunham's also have these WASR-22 and sometimes they go on sale for $199 instead of $249. They look like AK-47s or 74s and you don't have to worry about .22 LR ammo availability unless the anti gun DemonRats outlaw them. It's nice that you were able to fabricate a 25 round magazine and get it to work. This is a lot cheaper than buying a Ruger 10/22 and a Krinkov looking stock although the 10/22 has the advantage of hi cap magazines. I tried an East German AK-22 a few years ago at a shoot at Miller's Campground. It only takes East German magazines and won't work with mags made in other countries. It felt like an AK with a recoil of a .22. I also saw an Italian made AK-22 at the OGCA show but the seller wanted $450 for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dinzag 31 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Good one scoutjoe! Hadn't though of that Yeah, the Italian ones are the Jager AP-80's I believe - my buddy had one. I'd say those are the best of the non-stamped receiver ones. He also had a Philipino one that really sucked. Some of 'em imported pre-94 were .22 mag. Would love to have one of them. Might be possible with this WASR - plenty of room in there for the longer action. I got mine at Dunham's for $229 OTD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rs39 0 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Thanks again!!! http://www.tacticalinc.com/blackdog-ar15m1...kits-p-578.html I have been looking at the above as well, with thoughts of modding the top for proper placement in the AK mag well. Probably a cut/epoxy job with this and a 74 mag top for both location of the feed and latching. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dinzag 31 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Thanks again!!! http://www.tacticalinc.com/blackdog-ar15m1...kits-p-578.html I have been looking at the above as well, with thoughts of modding the top for proper placement in the AK mag well. Probably a cut/epoxy job with this and a 74 mag top for both location of the feed and latching. The curvature on those seem to be a bit better than the armscor ones I got. Should be able to use with the more curved AK-74 mags just from looking at them. Thanks for the link... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rs39 0 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Thanks again!!! http://www.tacticalinc.com/blackdog-ar15m1...kits-p-578.html I have been looking at the above as well, with thoughts of modding the top for proper placement in the AK mag well. Probably a cut/epoxy job with this and a 74 mag top for both location of the feed and latching. The curvature on those seem to be a bit better than the armscor ones I got. Should be able to use with the more curved AK-74 mags just from looking at them. Thanks for the link... I am hoping the mod can be done and retain the take-apart halves for servicing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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