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From a practical perspective, reloading 7.62x39 for an AK is almost a wasted effort.
First, I haven't been able to see any difference in accuracy between the cheap factory ammo and hand loads. That is the only rifle that I haven't been able to improve upon.
Second, it costs as much to reload ammo as it costs to buy the cheap factory ammo so there isn't any savings to cover your effort and no improvement in accuracy to make it worth it.
The first condition might be different if I had a CZ 527carbine and it improved accuracy with hand loads, but with my spray and pray AK, it just isn't worth it.
On the otherhand, my .223 CZ 527 shows marked improvement from hand loads and it costs about 50 cents less a round to load match grade ammo (high grade bullets, match primers, and Lapua brass) over what it costs to buy good factory match ammo. And to make it even better, the hand loads that are matched to the barrel harmonics out shoot the best factory ammo by a large margin.
I would vote yes on reloading .223 and no on reloading 7.62x39.
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