[stitch1870]

AK is an AK, not gonna find much difference in build quality unless it originated in some horrible 3rd world country (i.e. Afghanistan, the knock-off's they make there are horrendous, but it is still an AK) Nowadays all you really need is an assembled reciever and you can pretty much mod it anyway you want as the AK accessory market is quickly catching up with the AR series market. As far as reliability, the only problem I have found with mine was that it didn't like Brown Bear Hollowpoint ammunition. It was cheap so I wanted to see how my AK would eat the cheap ammo. Problem is I don't have a ramped barrel so the rounds kept getting stuck during the chambering process, so lesson learned on that. Good luck on your endeavors.