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Right. So, if he really wants a "historic" weapon, he needs to go to the effort to get a the right licenses and mechanisms to get a "real" (machine gun quality) weapon.

If he wants a new/modern/Chinese-copy (boy that's sounds funny!) AK-47 just so can say he owns something that looks like an AK-47, that's a different problem.

If he wants a home defense weapon, get a shotgun with a wide choke and lightweight pellets. It won't penetrate walls and kill needlessly, but will kill/disable/remove arms and legs easily and more effective. With much more margin for error in aiming and recoil. And more cheaply to boot.

The AK-47 (regardless of who made what version when) isn't as good a choice.

AK-47 isn't a good choice? How did you reach that conclusion. The man SAID he wanted to buy an AK-47. For someone who wants to buy an AK-47 it seems to me that an AK-47 is an excellent choice. He asked who made the best ones, and some people here have been trying to advise him on what he actually asked about instead of questioning his judgement.

By the way , what exactly is a "machine gun quality" weapon? Are machine guns somehow "automatically" of higher quality than other types of guns with other actions. I have some very nice lever action rifles, for instance, which I rate as being as high "quality" as ANY machine gun.

By the way, AK-47s made in countries other than Russia are not necessarily copies. There were (and are) many eastern bloc armories set up to manufacture the AK-47; just as many companies did (and still do) manufacture the 1911 on the Colt patent. The fact that the gun does not say Colt on it does not mean it is not a "real" 1911 or that its quality is somehow lacking.

You don't know much about guns do you? What the guy is really looking for is a Kalashnikov rifle. I have similar weapons and realize they are a poor choice for home defense in a lot of instances. That being said some of us shoot recreationally and have certain rifles for their "fun" aspect as well as to p*ss off liberals.