I do not have the answer on the market for the ak74 or other rifles in 5.45x39. I own several 7.62x39 rifles and could never see the advantage for a 5.45 over the 7.62 for my purposes. Until recently military steel core 5.45 ammo was available for the 5.45 rifles that might have been attractive to some. Steel core has not been available in normal commercial channels for the 7.62 for a longer time. In a full auto weapon the 5.45 may have an advantage due to lower recoil, but that does not apply to US citizens that can not own FA AKs. The 7.62 ammo is more available, but 5.45 is not that hard to find. I think the 7.62 is a better hunting round. The 5.45 has less bullet drop due to higher velocity, but AK rifles are not really precision riles and so long distance shooting is not what they are good at and the 5.45 for me is not so attractive. My thought is go ahead and buy a 5.45 if you have the funds and see if you like it. Do not expect a good resale demand for it. For me if I wanted a small caliber assault rifle platform I would go to the 5.56 AR which I do not own. I have decided to go AR, but it will be 6.5 Grendel since I really do not like .22's for a semiauto fighting cartridge. I want a bigger bullet.
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