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Everything you said is true, and I’ll add onto that.

From a durability perspective, anything machined from billet steel is going to be exponentially stronger than the same part made from stamped sheetmetal.

However, an AK is more than just a receiver, it’s an assembly of components intended to be used in a myriad of unimaginable environments. A small amount of flexibility in the receiver could be beneficial if the rifle were laterally stressed (ie the rifle were sat on, dropped, or if the operator fell on it while
in a sling, etc.)

A solid receiver would transfer lateral stress to the barrel, and raise hell.
An AK with a tweaked stamped receiver, but intact forward trunnion and barrel, will still shoot straight.

So why do I want a milled AK? Mainly because I don’t have one yet, and they look nicer. I’m a big dude who likes the extra weight not because recoil bothers me, but because a heavy weapon doesn’t jump around as much with repeat shots.

But if we ever had to bug out, the first rifle grab would be this frankenstein AK I built from commie surplus parts that has never skipped once and still shoots straight with irons ten years later.


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You and @superking both. The aesthetics are certainly cleaner on milled receivers but I don't really get the debate where function and use is concerned. Is the extra weight (2.5+ lbs) worth the reduction in recoil? The main point brought up is durability, but how much does that factor when practically every other part of the rifle will give out before the receiver does? lolz. The milled OG 47 actually had a short run and was produced in limited quantities, the vast majority of 762 Kalash rifles ever manufactured are AKM's with stamped receivers -- so yeah, they're definitely less unique and technically "less durable" but it is through them that the platform's real world reputation has been built.

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