WASR Series Rifles - WASR-3

WASR-3

This commercial export version of the WASR is chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO (which can also safely fire the .223 Remington round). It usually comes in the same configuration as the WASR-2. These have known problems with jamming or failure to feed. This may be due to low quality magazines, or their followers. The WASR-3 was originally supplied with surplus 5.45x39 AK-74 magazines, which do not reliably feed the 5.56/.223 cartridge. People have used Weiger magazines with some success. Century Arms eventually began including Romanian copies of the reliable Weiger magazine with these rifles. Some switch the follower of an AK-74 magazine with one from Robinson arms. Israeli Galil steel magazines are also known to work without modification in the WASR-3. Some owners have also modified the rifle to accept Bulgarian Circle-10 5.56 magazines, or Polish Beryl 5.56 magazines. These sometimes require some material to be removed from the receiver center support bar.