I can recommend PSA AKs very easily. My truck gun is a piston AR pistol, which had a bad heat treatment on the piston rod (bent inside the upper). Was out of my AR pistol for a few weeks... so tossed in the AK-P that I picked up for s***s and giggles. Gun doesn’t miss a beat, and is accurate enough for what I needed.
Only issue, and why I couldn’t wait to get the AR back in the truck, is that I’m L/E. Last thing I’d want would be to roll up on an active shooter while off-duty, pull out a short barrel AK, and get lit up by responding units. When I ran that gun, I actually pulled out the reflective yellow Velcro patches off my winter jacket to toss on my body armor (already had Police patches... but wanted more visibility). It doesn’t look like a gun someone in L/E would use.
My other AK is a 2013 WASR (US barrel). I love that gun, being it is a cheap AK that runs... plus my first AK. Actually at the gunsmith, getting the barrel nut removed (un-NJing it). Once that is back, likely going to do Magpul furniture to it for a little better usefulness.
Only thing I’d say to stay away from is anything Century built. They can import ok guns (WASRs, for example), but don’t get suckered on a gun they built themselves. Depending on how the election goes, either there will be a Metric s*** ton of guns going up for sale this holiday season, or people will be scrounging for anything that fires a projectile. Just watch what ends up on your plate.
