> The fact that what qualifies as "easy to make" is so different depending on the environment. You can actually see this in the AK itself - you don't even need

> The fact that what qualifies as "easy to make" is so different depending on the environment. You can actually see this in the AK itself - you don't even need to compare it to the AR. The original AK was always intended to be stamped metal construction, but they couldn't get that working reliably, so they used milled receivers for basically a decade until the AKM model was released.