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I have a Saiga, Russian made, very high quality and imported in with "sporting" use design
i.e., no pistol grip or high cap

easy to tweak to accept high caps
pistol grip a bit more involved
mine has the Draganov style rear stock which sort of skirts the pistol grip issue..

the Saigas are used as base units for several custom AK builders that sell for around a grand (krebs, tromix, etc) so, they are obviously well made

all I have done to mine is replace the front gas tube with an Ultimak sight mount. With it I have a red dot (30mm Ultradot) that cowitnesses with the factory sights

it's a fun gun to use and it's my go to gun for adverse conditions, i.e., night time hog hunting when it's bad weather..

I haven't modded it yet to take high cap mags though I do have a 20rd mag for it..

at 50 yards it's easy to keep all the rounds in a 3" shoot and see and at 75 yards "most" of them hit it

with a scope I bet it would do a bit tighter groups and I may try a scout style scope for it like a Burris or Leupold at some point..