Their US made FCG was badly designed and would display "trigger slap" every time.
Not every time. My SAR did have some slap, my early WASR has none. It wasnt just the SAR's and WASR's that had problems, its the crappy US parts that were the issue. I also had a Arsenal/Global Trades SSR-85C that had some slap. but the disconnecter broke early on and wasnt as bad after it was replaced. A little filing took care of the problem on the replacement.
it really doesn't matter as ya can eliminate TS in about 5 minutes or less with a file, it is caused by the tail on the disconnecter on Century units, ya file it down and the problem is gone
Not always. I removed, filed, and replaced the disconnecter on my SAR a half dozen times and it never went away. There wasnt much left to file, so I replaced it with a trigger from RSA. RSA's triggers are pretty nice, but for a "drop in" unit, it was a fair amount of work and required some filing on the receiver too, but it made a big improvement.
So which is more known for the canted sights?
What exactly does this happen on? the rear or front?
I would say the SAR's were more known for it. I havent seen any WASR's that had canted sights, and I think they pretty much had the problem solved by the time the SAR's stopped coming in.
My SAR has some "slightly" canted sights. Its mainly the front sight, but other than being somewhat annoying at first, it doesnt seem to affect accuracy at all. I've seen early guns where it was very bad. I've also seen guns where the rear sight appeared to be off, but most of the ones I've seen had front sights that were.
Might want to try a RSA retainer plate, to replace the shepard's hook wire. I used one, and it went in quickly.
The shepherd's hook seems to be a major issue for a lot of people. For a simple little piece of bent wire, you'd think you'd need a Phd to learn how it works. Some of the early (and maybe still existing) online directions on how to install and remove them are really amazing and so far off its incredible. A flat blade screwdriver and a downward push is all it takes.
Other than the canted sights and some with crappy furniture, the only real difference between the SAR and the WASR is that the SAR was made to accept a standard 30 round AK mag, the WASR wasnt. It takes a proprietary 10 rounder and is modified to accept the 30 rounders. You can tell the difference by looking over the mag well. The SAR has "dimples" the WASR does not.
I have both. My WASR came with nicer wood (its not laminated like the newer guns), no canted sights, a decent trigger with no slap, and a properly done mag well that has no discernible wobble with most of my mags.
Both rifles shoot about the same, canted sights or not.
