The reason I brought my AK 74. I brought it 3 years ago with 3 magazines less than $350. Now it’s hard to find them at $700
Found a new one at my local shop for $899. WPA classic at around 40 cents a round versus AR at 80 cents and up, not hard to do the math.
An AK at $400 (not going to happen) would really be a no brainer. Watched it get knocked down in 20 seconds, it was all I could do not to buy it right then. Fear of my wife was all that kept me from doing it.
But my local store has WPA classic .223 at $460 a thousand which goes through the AR fine, I think he’s making the real money on cleaning supplies now that I’m using it.