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Posted: 9/30/2012 2:18:30 PM EDT
Always been an AR guy but also always wanted an AK. Nothing special just a WASR 10/63. Date shows 1976, 2 30 round mags and a bayonet included. I like the wood furniture and will most likely stay with it but am thinking about re-finishing it.
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Nice AK. My first was a WASR 10 and I still love it. Some advice though... Hide you credit cards. AK syndrome is serious. LOL no good purchase though I can promise you it won't be your last. I know it. I was looking to make some room in my safe for another. I decided to get a second safe so I don't have to worry about making room. |
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I know it. I was looking to make some room in my safe for another. I decided to get a second safe so I don't have to worry about making room. You're only kidding yourself now!  The more room you have, the more guns you buy... leading back to needing more room. Buy more room... buy more guns... help...
*waiting on my 3rd Liberty Fatboy to be delivered. |
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Always been an AR guy but also always wanted an AK. Nothing special just a WASR 10/63. Date shows 1976, 2 30 round mags and a bayonet included. I like the wood furniture and will most likely stay with it but am thinking about re-finishing it. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff294/jmannb8/2012-09-28_18-51-18_494.jpg Congrats! I had success with red mahogany Watco Danish oil. Follow directions over the course of a couple to threee days. I like it way better than the over-the-top shiny poly finishes that can melt around the handguards. Makes that wood hard as a rock and looks great. |
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Always been an AR guy but also always wanted an AK. Nothing special just a WASR 10/63. Date shows 1976, 2 30 round mags and a bayonet included. I like the wood furniture and will most likely stay with it but am thinking about re-finishing it. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff294/jmannb8/2012-09-28_18-51-18_494.jpg Congrats! I had success with red mahogany Watco Danish oil. Follow directions over the course of a couple to threee days. I like it way better than the over-the-top shiny poly finishes that can melt around the handguards. Makes that wood hard as a rock and looks great. i refinished mine with minwax red mahogany, and put amber shellac over that, turned out to look very close to the old soviet look. much like a guy on here does. |
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Always been an AR guy but also always wanted an AK. Nothing special just a WASR 10/63. Date shows 1976, 2 30 round mags and a bayonet included. I like the wood furniture and will most likely stay with it but am thinking about re-finishing it. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff294/jmannb8/2012-09-28_18-51-18_494.jpg Congrats! I had success with red mahogany Watco Danish oil. Follow directions over the course of a couple to threee days. I like it way better than the over-the-top shiny poly finishes that can melt around the handguards. Makes that wood hard as a rock and looks great. i refinished mine with minwax red mahogany, and put amber shellac over that, turned out to look very close to the old soviet look. much like a guy on here does. I was looking for that red Russian look. I looked at the TimberSmith stock set but the red looks off to me in the pics. Minwax sounds like the way to go. Thanks |
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Always been an AR guy but also always wanted an AK. Nothing special just a WASR 10/63. Date shows 1976, 2 30 round mags and a bayonet included. I like the wood furniture and will most likely stay with it but am thinking about re-finishing it. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff294/jmannb8/2012-09-28_18-51-18_494.jpg Congrats! I had success with red mahogany Watco Danish oil. Follow directions over the course of a couple to threee days. I like it way better than the over-the-top shiny poly finishes that can melt around the handguards. Makes that wood hard as a rock and looks great. i refinished mine with minwax red mahogany, and put amber shellac over that, turned out to look very close to the old soviet look. much like a guy on here does. I was looking for that red Russian look. I looked at the TimberSmith stock set but the red looks off to me in the pics. Minwax sounds like the way to go. Thanks yup and if you want a darker color, dont wipe the stain off just coat it evenly and let it dry naturally before putting shellac on, like i said there was a guy on here that knows much more than i do and told me how to do it, he incorporated pine tar also though. looked the best and closest ive seen to the soviet look. i think his name was Sinatra on here |
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Mine was a 10/63. Shot the snot out of it. So much so I bought another recently. My 2 shoot great & are every bit the AK the others are. Honestly I see no reason for me to buy something more expensive. I have shot some of the more expensive AK's & functionality there's zero difference. Refinish the wood, touch up some rough spots with some bluing from brownells, & they look every bit = to the expensive ones.
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