you guys rock.this info has been extremely helpful and exactly what i needed.

a friend of mine got an AK74 clone.problem was it had a 7.62 shell extractor or something.basically they take AK47's and switch the internal parts and barrel.

on the side of the receiver it had 7.62 scratched off and 5.45 scratched into the metal.

another friend had a SAIGA in 5.56 and what i liked was that it didnt look like a traditional AK therefor it wouldnt carry that astigmatism.i am going to look further into the SAIGA high-cap mag mod.

the gun show is coming up here in a couple weeks so we'll see what happens.

so is it safe to say that CENTURY ARMS WASR AK's are a good quality AK??

also,am i correct that as far as country of origin is concerned BULGARIA and ROMANIA are some of the better ones where CHINA and EGYPT arent as good??