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Click to expand.When a foreign made rifle (or even handgun- pretty much any gun) is imported to the US for commercial market sale it has to be configured in a 'sporting' configuration and certain parts or features count towards a 'points' scoring system and you need to have enough points to import the gun.Thats why when before Glock made pistols in the US and imported all of them into the US from Austria the Glock 19 trigger was scalloped with tiny ridges while the glock 17 had the normal smooth trigger. The glock 19 was smaller and so to make it importable to the US they put those 'ridges' on the trigger and called it their sporting competition trigger or some BS like that to get it enough points to get it imported.Stupid I know but then again. Most gun laws are.For long guns, like the AKM. AK47/AK74, you cant import in evil looking 'assault rifles' so when the guns are to be imported into the US the exporter overseas will 'sporterize them' by removing the pistol grip and installing a normal hunting rifle type stock, swapping the handguards, changing the trigger mechanism up a bit, getting rid of the flashhider or welding a cover over the barrel threads etc.
To 'demilitarize' them and then import them as hunting rifles.When they come into the country the domestic importer will then convert them back to what they are supposed to be. But they cant just stick on all the foreign made parts because that would just be a work around the first law. So they have to swap them with a certain percent of US Made parts to make the gun a certain percentage 'US made' and thus the foreign import laws will no longer apply.One of the other 'for sporting' requirements on imported guns is a 10 round capacity limit. On 5.45 AK74 series guns the mag well is the same and the mag diameter size is the same for 5,10,30 round mags so nothing needs to be done with it.However for 7.62x39 AK's the single stack 10 round mags wont fit into a normal magwell designed for 30 round mags. So when they get the gun ready for export to the US they 'crimp' the magwell and close it up a bit so it will work with the smaller thinner 10 round mags.When the gun gets to the US, the importer will then uncrimp it and expand it back to its original size.Regarding the conversion back to normal once in the US, some companies put a whole lot more time and effort and quality into reassembling and converting the gun back from it's sporting configuration than others.That's why a converted Arsenal 7.62x39 AK costs a lot more than a Century Arms International converted AK. The time and effort and quality of parts used by one company vs another.
Regarding un-crimping the magwell, depending on how well it was done, determines the amount of slop and play you end up with when you stick your normal 30 rounder in there.For example on my Romanian AK, the thinner steel mags can have a little to a lot of mag wobble (wont affect function but it's there). The thicker polymer Magpul AK mags can fix this to an extent.
But my Russian and Bulgarian 5.45 AKs with normal magwells that were never crimped and then un-crimped have zero play in them with a mag inserted.because thats how its supposed to be and they never had to be never messed with during importation.That and Arsenal uses imports from countries that use better fit and new production finish parts and receivers from places like Russia or Bulgaria where as CAI uses a lot of cheaper surplus parts from usually Romania that got pulled put out of a storage crate from the cold war. Click to expand.you could just ask the buyer, if not, it will say WASR10 on the receiver. Doxa serial number year. The one I have says it on the left side of the receive up near the barrel. Right above the caliber stamp.Or ask him who the importer is, if its CAI or Century Arms, than its most likely a WASR10 conversion.The WASR10s arent necessarily bad. Just make sure you get one that is all put together straight etc. If it's put together good, the fit and finish might not be great but it will work fine.AK Prices have gone up a lot over the past past years, even a WASR10 now is going for like $700-750 new.and the WASR10 is considered one of the cheaper AKs.I remember when they were going for $400-$450 a few years ago. I'd love to find an AK type weapon like the VEPR series in both 7.62x39 ComBloc and 7.62 NATO with the 'American sporter stock.'
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Is anyone in America making such AK stocks, since I can't seem to find the VEPRs thanks to Obozo's ban on Russian imports? Although it may seem like heresy, I find the American pattern stock on the VEPR 223 (the only VEPR I've been able to find; love the fit and feel, hate the caliber it's chambered in - 5.56 Poodle Shooter) a much better fit for me than the standard AK stock. I'd prefer one in 7.62 NATO, but I could live with 7.62 ComBloc. Click to expand.So you have a century arms import.
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But not a WASR10. You have a SAR series which many would consider to be a step up. Regarding the dimples You would have to ask him if it takes double or single stack mags. The SARs could be either depending on when it was imported.It probably just came without a muzzle device. So you can just order a 7.62x39 AK muzzle device and screw it on. Just screw on and it’s held in place by a spring and decent at the end of the barrel threads. You could get either the cheapo traditional AKM slant brake or you could get a higher end comp etc.
I put a 7.62 version of the 5.45 standard issue one on mine.