Just a question. Why the WASR? It is the cheapest nastiest of all AKs and you compare it to an M1 Garand.
After all there as the Saigas, Mak90 series, Yugo M70s, Galils, Valmets, VEPRs, the various Bulgarian ones Arsenal uses and so on. Probably over a dozen manufacturers and say 50 different configurations and you choose the WASR 10 most likely to compare because it is the cheapest of the bunch. It kind of makes it a little unfair.