[Sooth2222]

StG 44 (Sturmgewehr 44) designer Hugo Schmeisser is now credited with the iconic appearance of the AK47 receiver and magazine. (As he should be. At least.) (As successful as the AK47 was, the Soviets couldn't even design a telephone system that worked, and the only way to get something to function before the system completely collapsed was to shoot it up into space.)

So a tip of the hat to Hugo Schmeisser, one of the most accomplished firearms designers in history, who was released by the Soviets in 1952 and who died on September 12, 1953.

[yarddog]

Look at a Remington model 8 especially from the right side.

I have little doubt that the designer(s) of the AK had seen one. Of course the Remington is recoil operated but then Browning, who designed the model 8, also invented gas operation.