Just picked up my own AR (like I used to carry in the Corps) ... fell in love with this rifle all over again.
If I need to go hunting I'll use my bolt action ....
I went the other way. For one of my arms, I wished to have the most reliability possible, with the most firepower per round available, and I envisioned an engagement range of under 100 yards.
Since AKs are reliable, but not particularly accurate bullet hoses, I got the best of both. I got a Saiga 12 shotgun. It’s an AK that’s a 12 gauge shotgun. Great shooter, nice recoil, and with a red dot sight on top, it’s hell on wheels at 100 yards or less. Any of the AK’s inherent inaccuracies are cancelled out (or at least made moot) by the fact that the thing is a shotgun throwing a shot cloud or slugs.