Honestly, whenever I've had both an AK and an AR, I end up shooting my AR way more, and I end up handling it way more in my day to day life doing dry fire and such. An AK can be fun but I have a hard time running one when my AR is only as heavy as a standard AK when I have an optic, light, LAM, and sling attached to it. Plus it feels much more slim and the controls are almost infinitely more intuitive. If the AK had a proper LRBHO it would be a huge benefit, but I don't think it'd be enough to really win me over. That being said, I think that I will end up buying an AK in 5.56 one day.