Nomenclature: Should WASR-10s be referred to as AK-47s?

What would Obama and Pelosi call it???

"AK" in the generic sense, yes. "AK-47", no. It is an AK-47 lookalike, not a real NFA Title 2 restricted AK-47, just like one would not call a Rock River Arms LAR-15 an "M16".

That goes for all civilian AK's, IMO. I own a Romanian SAR-1, and usually refer to it as simply an "AK".

The WASR-10 is an AKM.

But I call any Kalashnikov variant an AK to keep it short (AK-47, AKM, AK-74, AKS-74U, AK-105, etc. they're all AKs).

If it LOOKS like a duck and QUACKS like a duck --- it must be a AK-47.

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If it LOOKS like a duck and QUACKS like a duck --- it must be a AK-47.

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Except it doesn't quack like the duck. A civilian AK functions like an SKS or Ruger Mini Thirty, not an AK-47.

Again, AK-47 or AKM-47 is a pretty specific designation, just like "M16" or "M16A1". A civilian AK may look much an AK-47 or AKM-47 depending on receiver construction, and it shares some parts commonality, but it is not the same gun, IMO.

AKM-47?

You mean AK-47 or AKM.

I like that- the "k-47" thing