I'm gonna side with the AK crowd too. Especially because you don't have a evil assault rifle yet and it's always fun! They're super easy and cheap to modify even a little at a time. I've got about $500 into mine right now and I got the gun itself for about $250 or so.. I'm only adding about another $75 to it and calling it done. You'll be amazed at the amount of "upgrades and add-ons" you can get for them!