Suggested ammo

[Nicholas A.]

I'm getting my first rifle which will be a WASR-10 which is a Romanian ak in 7.62x39. So my question since I've never bought the ammo before only shot my friend's ammo, I was looking for what some might suggest for the ammo. I've heard Brown Bear is good by many and to stay away from Wolf brand by some, so I was just curious what the kind people on this forum would suggest since I've always gotten good information by those on here.

 

[JeffW]

WASR's are hearty little guns and will eat anything they can manage to strip off the mag and into the chamber. Most of what I shot was Tula and white box milsurp. Just make sure you clean it up good after. I used a hose, dried it down and then lubed it. Never an issue ever. The better stuff might get you some tighter groups but I don't think it's worth spending the extra.

 

[Warbirds]

Why are you cleaning it with a hose? The only reason I know to do so is if you are shooting corrosive ammo, which Brown bear, wolf and tula are not. If not shooting corrosive a normal cleaning is enough.

And your WASR should shoot anything you throw at it.

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[Skiluvr03]

Warbirds is correct, tulammo is non-corrossive and its my favorite since its only like $4.75 for a box of 20. Love my AK!

 

[Nicholas A.]

Thank you very much for the info. now on to the hard part of finding the ammo

 

[JeffW]

I used a hose down the barrel because I found it was a bit quicker that repeated swabbing and occasionally corrosive ammo made it through my gun

 

[father-of-three]

The "Commie" guns were basically built for the wallet-friendly steel cased ammunition. For the moment, the commercial ammo (Tula,wolf,etc) is cheap and relatively easy to get. I don't think the usually corrosive surplus 7.62x39 ammo is that much cheaper, unless it's in bulk.