Late to the AK party Art,

if you want the cream of the crop in the AK world, go Valmet

and the AK crowd is probably as picky if not more so than the AR crowd and their Tiers (who is good, who is not, and all in between)



reality is,, it depends on how much you want to spend, and how many rounds you are planning to shoot



re the Century guns, they were poo poo'ed when new, (some, not all, since some are Century imported or made for Century here in the US) but have increased a bit in price in the past year, despite the faults the internet folks find with them