Okay, I had them both out to shoot photos so I had to take some side by side photos. In case you want to read the blog posts about each rifle, click here for the Yugo M72 Carbine or here for the Vepr FM-AK47-21.
This 30:11 long video had me seriously drooling. You have Ian McCollum from Forgotten Weapons and Karl Kasarda from InRangeTV squaring off on targets. Ian is firing a rare German Walther WA-2000 sniper rifle in .300 Win Mag and Karl is shooting the Russian 7.62x54R SVD Dragunov. They role play a bit and take this back to the Eastern Front of 1987. I think both rifles are amazing and both presenters do a great job. It’s very cool to see what the rifles can actually do vs. armchair myth. Kudos to both men!
The Russian AN94 Nikonov is a rather bizarre rifle that is often described as complex and expensive. Just those words alone should make you realize the rifle is a hard departure from the relatively simple and inexpensive Kalashnikov design maxims. I have been hoping to see a more thorough breakdown of the AN94 and Ian of Forgotten Weapons does just that. This is a great video released April 11, 2017. You definitely should check it out as he does a great job taking the rifle down and explaining how it operates. When I saw the pulley, cable and extra sub-assemblies required to do the two round burst, I just shook my head. Time will tell how rugged it really is.