I was going to post to you about another subject any way. I guess one could use an assault newspaper, golf club, skillet, etc. also but for some reason reporters and the gun grabbers don't do that.
The othe subject. From your previous posts you seem to have some experience with the AK weapons. From my recollection the AK-47 was only made, even for the Russian military, for a very short time. They went to the AKM and the AK-74. A lot of countries affilliated with the Russians at the time made variations of the AK-xx. Seems as if today anything that fires a 7.62X39 round is called an AK-47 just as anything that took pictures was called a kodak.
I went to the web site you mentioned and was refered to the manufacturer of a modern day "AK-47." I notice that they use an RPK receiver and offer them chambered for.223 up to .308 as well as the 7.62X39. Since VEPR and others call theirs AK-47s I'll concede that AK-47s are available today in many variations although they aren't quite like the original.
One can also buy a "Colt" 1873 single action army or an 1894 Bisley of recent vintage but it isn't quite the same as the original.
You're exactly correct! Manufacturing techniques change, of course, as well as "improvements", though I am sure I would get some arguments from the purists concerning the ability to improve on the design of the original AK! Actually, I prefer the .308 "version" of the AK, as produced by Robinsion and VEPR, as well as others.