Now here is one of the oddities of AK type rifles. The original Soviet made AK rifles had milled receivers. Only later they used stamped receivers, as I believe most "foreign" made copies were. Soviet weapons had this reputation, perhaps deserved, of being crude, cheaply made weapons, yet the first AKs were anything but. They did not have the finish of a commercial sporting rifle but why would they? It is always something of a problem with military small arms about how good to make them when they are going to receive very rough use and have a good chance of being lost or destroyed in combat. But take a look at any soldier, any army, who is actually on active service and chances are, his rifle would not pass anyone's inspection.
