>>63969754
>I know this is probably a retarded spam question but I'm a relative newbie to this.
TL;DR, also lurk moar.
Ask your dumb questions here.
>>63929821
>>63965973
>>63962136

>I've been leaning towards the Zastava ZPAP
Can't go wrong with that or an Arsenal.
>for AR I've been leaning towards the Smith and Wesson M&P 15 Sport or possibly IWI Zion.
BCM upper + PSA lower is the meta for a reason, you should just do that instead. Also avoid Vortex red dots right now, they've been dying and getting shipped back at extinction levels in the past couple of months similar to the early iteration of the Aimpoint Acros, I forget which model specially but I'm sure someone else knows off the top of there head here..
>I'm looking to spend under a grand but I know AKs run expensive right now
In the AK market you get what you pay for and there's a lot of sub $2000 AK's that are absolute garbage.