[gaijin]

1. Trigger is gritty, lots of slack & creep

2. Makes huge "clack" when taken off safety

3. Weapon/optic interface very unstable

4. Little difficult to accessorize.

Realable as hell, though. Very, very simple. Few moving parts. Simple to train with & maintain.

[eastforker]

I'll stick with my tagline.

[VOA]

As a never-served fat and spoiled civilian, about the closest I've come
to trying a modern military rifle is getting to shot an AR-15.
It was amazingly smooth and rapid-cycling even if it was just semi-auto.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Realable as hell, though. Very, very simple. Few moving parts. Simple to train with & maintain.**

But what's best is it has that really scarry stock! oh! eek!

[300winmag]

Realable as hell, though. Very, very simple. Few moving parts. Simple to train with & maintain.

Let me add:

5. Reliability comes from violent action from oversized gas port. Eventually it produces cracks and broken welds.

6. Sights suck totally. However, aimed fire beyond 50 meters is futile, anyway.

The AK-series was designed for cheap manufacture for use by conscript armies given little training, and a short expected lifetime in combat. It's also handy for terrorists to kill unarmed civilians.

Using slave labor, the Chinese can make an AK variant for about $21. However, the Swiss chose the same operating principles, and refined it. The result is an AK-47 (in 5.56mm NATO) as Rolls Royce would build it. And priced accordingly.

[Thunder90]

AK-74M can be accessorized.