VAlue of a SAR-1 7.62x39?
Got someone who might be interested in my CAI SAR-1 7.62x39 but I have no idea what a fair asking price is. Somewhere less than 500 rds down the pipe. Well taken care of. Wood lacquered stock/forend on nice condition. Bought it new back in 2001. It's not the later AK's from CAI that were single stack receivers cut to double stack. Finish is in pretty good condition, though it's not like they came pristine from CAI to begin with. Geographically if near the MN-WI border if that helps. Thanks.
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Lot of the various AK types, along with clones and derivatives on the net auctions. Check out the actual selling prices to get a ballpark value for yours. 0 -
Long story short, the quality of assembly might affect the value of a Romanian gun, as it seems to have been all over the board.
The long story: I bought an SAR-1 directly from CAI which was assembled completely crooked, the hole in the barrel trunnion being bored cockeyed. The barrel pointed right, which the maker tried to compensate for by rotating the gas block to the left in order to keep the gas tube aligned with the piston. It was not enough, and because the rotation also caused the front of the gas tube to drop relative to the piston axis, the piston was binding tightly at 10 o'clock.
I went into a stocking dealer, and looked at five of them in a row, and they were all put together crooked. The sixth one was put together straight, except that the rear sight leaf was crooked because its axis pin hole was bored crooked, and the front sight had been moved way over to compensate for that. I bought that one, because the hole could be straightened and leaf-spring pressure would keep the leaf centered, enabling the front sight to be centered.
At about the same time, I bought two Romanian military demil-kits, which at the time came with everything except the center receiver section. The quality of those was much superior.
One day, I was looking at a Romanian 'WASR' in a store and I noticed that the barrel trunnion had the national arsenal mark and date of manufacture (1974). This indicated a military origin, not commercial. Apparently, when barrels were outlawed from imported kits, the Romanians started to simply re-receiver military guns instead of breaking them down for the few parts that could be still included in a kit. The trunnion number matched the gas tube, bolt, bolt carrier, rear sight leaf, and receiver cover. It exhibited a superior quality of assembly. This gun was marked as a 'WASR 10/63'. I bought it, as it outclassed my other Romanians.0 -
My SAR-1, also imported by Century Arms, has no issues and is one of my favorite AK's to shoot. I consider the value to be $450 +/- $50. 0 -
quote:Long story short, the quality of assembly might affect the value of a Romanian gun, as it seems to have been all over the board
Very true. I've got one more that is a noticeably crooked assembly job.
quote:One day, I was looking at a Romanian 'WASR' in a store and I noticed that the barrel trunnion had the national arsenal mark and date of manufacture (1974).
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quote:Originally posted by TWalker
My SAR-1, also imported by Century Arms, has no issues and is one of my favorite AK's to shoot. I consider the value to be $450 +/- $50.
That's about where I priced it. Guess the potential buyer didn't care for the price since I never heard back from him. [:)]0
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