Last night I was cleaning/organizing  my work bench when accidentally I elbowed  an AK mag and an AR mag at the same time, both landing on the floor.

With the AR mag, I thought “I hope I didn’t screw up the mag lips.”

With the AK mag, the thought was “I hope I did not chip the ceramic tile.

And that defines the difference between both.

PS: Yes, the AK  in the rear has rust in it. That was one of the lot of Serbian battlefield pick ups that I bought many years ago. I just cleaned that one (It hat actual dirt and vegetal remains inside), lubricated it and have not touched it in about 8 years, maybe more.  Works like a proletarian champion.