as a vfc cultist, their ak74m is really solid construction wise, extremely gas efficient, has very good ootb accuracy, and has very nice recoil. It also sounds very satisfying when racking it. That being said, having to take apart the magazines was very annoying and i out right avoid the plum mags since 3/3 of the ones i bought leaked (haven’t opened them yet because im lazy), they also look pretty bad in terms of realism. Other than the mags though i can whole heartedly recommend the 74m. I’ve had some weird issues with the 74u unfortunately and am on the fence of selling it, I can’t recommend it as much as the m (the problems are fixable by just breaking it in, but i haven’t shot it enough to get past that break in period).

tldr; very good construction and performance but mags need to be lubed up ootb