Question about AK's?

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Question about AK's?

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What is a decent price for an AK? I see WASR's are running anywhere from $700 on up. Is this the new norm? Shoot, AR's are even coming back down in price. Are AK's the new "fad" now?
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$700 for a WASR? Sounds a bit high to me... I would shop around a bit if your not in a hurry.
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Yeah ... that's gunbroker (which this is the first time I've visited in awhile). I grew tired of the ridiculous prices on gunbroker so, I stopped looking, LOL!!!!
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$700 is high for a wasr in my opinion. I believe it is j&g sales that has had the wasr and yugo ak's for around 600. Thats about what i gave for my wasr after taxes. I found mine locally for 550. I wouldn't have bought it if it was 700. The ak prices have come down a bit too. There are still alot of private sellers and local shops trying to get insane prices of a few months ago. The day I got my wasr for 550 I had stopped by another shop and saw one for 1k :shock:
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I've seen them between 650 and 750 locally. They have slowly dropped from what I've seen, where a few months ago they were in the the 800 to 900 range. Again, there are deals to be found, you just have to look and dig for them.
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That seems to be the norm here too greasemonkey. Thats why I grabbed mine haha. It was the lowest I had seen one in probably more than a year.
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I've considered adding one, but I'll sit and wait till the price bottoms, the 450/550 range would be nice :roll: Guess I'll be waiting a while longer. :lol:
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Greasemonkey wrote:I've considered adding one, but I'll sit and wait till the price bottoms, the 450/550 range would be nice :roll: Guess I'll be waiting a while longer. :lol:
Yeah, that's what I've been considering. My dad bought his before the hype (or hike as I like to call it) ... and paid only $450 for it. I've wanted one but, I refuse to pay AR prices for one ... unless it were a real AK :mrgreen: .
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Its possible :D. Mine is proof of that. I'm still surprised at how nice it is too. I had looked at them before and seen some that were junk. As far as ak's go its a very nice rifle. Works fine and the fit and finish is pretty good in my eyes anyways.
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