Kalashnikov was the most influential, if not the most innovative, firearms designer since John Moses Browning. If you had to use your rifle after dropping it in a swamp, would you pick an AR or an AK? He was also an NRA Life member…
RIP: Mikhail Kalashnikov, 1919- 2013
Either would be fine, I'd think.
May you build lawnmowers in the great beyond, grandfather Mikhail.