Up until fairly recently, AKs were cheap, dirt cheap, and ammo was also dirt cheap. IMO it has little to do with the superiority of the weapon, it appeals to low-budget buyers. And it goes bang. Put cheap ammo and cheap rifle together and you will sell lots of them.
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I guess the key is that the Chinese cannout get their AK's into our market very easily,
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Norinco, the primary manufacturer of AKs in China, is banned from importing them to the US after their troubles keeping full-auto rifles separate from the civilian version semi-autos.