Yes, and like I said they are easier to clean and maintain. Get a little dirt into an AR-15 and it might jam, pack an AK full of mud and it will still fire.
For a 5.56mm on an improved AK frame, check out the Galil Golani sporter.
About $700.00 or so on gunbroker.com. Those with bayonet lugs are hard to find, but they do p.o. the liberals so.
Yes, they’re rebuilds. But I just spent most of this past Sunday cleaning my issue M16A2 after range firing, and the Golani cleans up much faster and is more fun to shoot.