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I currently own a reliable AK variant rifle - in 5.45. I am considering putting some type of red dot sight on it - will have to get a different buttstock so I can put riser's on it to effectively fire it with a cheek weld - probably an RS regulate or Midwest Industries lightweight rail with a Vortex strikefire - But I am also wanting to get a decent reliably accurate rifle that doubles as a fighting rifle if necessary - so I will probably build an AR 15 and put a Nikon 223 scope on it.

Is this a plan that would work and if you do think it is a bad idea - recomendations on a different set up?

Also - I currently have a M&P45 that I shoot well but I traded my Beretta M9 off for a shotgun recently (nice 16 ga O/U) and I currently have magazines and holsters and I am considering getting another 9mm - trying to decide between a Beretta and a Sig P320 - which my wife has and we are both left handed and we have holsters and mags for it too - I like the DA/SA of the Beretta but the P320 has the nicest trigger of a striker fired gun I have ever shot?

So go back to tried and true 80s technology with a Beretta 9mm or get the Sig P320 Carry in 9mm?

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Texas Weapon Systems makes a pretty good dust cover rail for the AK. I have one on a Polish Tantal that works well. It fits pretty tight so there is little movement. I only use it for a red dot. I didn't know they made a hand guard also.

IMO, a decently accurate AK can be just as accurate as a typical AR. It really depends on the gun and the optics. A good AR can be very accurate, but it depends on what build and what parts go into it. It is easier to mount good optics on an AR and the trigger upgrades are better. You can swap between carbine and target uppers also.