I am thinking it will be a keeper
I do believe you are correct, sir! I swapped the handguards out already, I initially wanted to use the Polish palm swelled set I got last week at the gun show; but the upper guard was a bit bigger than the Romanian one so I ended up using an extra set of Romanian ones I bought a few months back. I also replaced the black pistol grip with a Romanian one I took off my Draco when I got it. I also found a leather sling I had picked up at a show and put that on, it looks pretty nice! Here's the finished package...
This set-up looks a lot better, in my opinion; and it's convinced me to hang onto this WASR at least for a while.
You'll also notice that it does have a scope mount on the receiver as well, something I forgot to mention earlier.
For $390 (well, $400 with my "tip"), $10 for the replacement handguards, and another $10 for the leather sling, I think I've done well. Heck, even the wife liked it, and she's aware that I just got another rifle (the Tula M44) this past Saturday! I hope she doesn't do the math! hnoes:
Cheers! M2