AK's are very simple guns. For instance a field strip an AK consists of 3 parts that you take out and clean and re-assemble. Also the operation system is easy and quick for any shooter "especially newer ones" to understand. Yes the AK is fairly inaccurate when your past 200 yards unless you pay nearly $1000 for a Krebs AK, but all-in-all AK's are very good weapons that you cant really fuck up and you wont ever go wrong with purchasing.