I prefer an AK to an SKS. They shoot softer in my experience. If you can get a Polish one (WBP or FB Radom) or Zastava , that's what I like AK-wise. I used to be a "get an AR if you're serious" guy, but now I think follow your joy.
There's anecdotes of troops saying the 7.62x39 AKs had better stopping power than their 5.56 rifles. However, in my experience if you want better accuracy, modularity, a bit more customization ergo-wise, go for an AR-15. I'm not a combat guy but AR's are better suited for practical shooting competitions than AKs, the AKs struggle against distant small targets. My budget (well I've been upgrading it) AR with the right ammo can get just about 1-MOA groups, while my AKs are like 6 MOA. I've seen better AK accuracy but it's not something you can just expect from any AK.
You could get a stock imported AK for a thousand bucks and enjoy it, or for about that much money you could build a pretty great AR with a BCM upper and bolt carrier group, a nice trigger like a LaRue MBT2S, a good budget LPVO like a Primary Arms 1-6x Nova, and whatever pistol grip and stock strikes your fancy.
For fun on a casual range day and feeling cool, I'd pick the AK. For practical concerns I'll probably pick the AR platform.
Also, .300 Blackout AR is another option, you can get the terminal ballistics of an AK in an AR platform.
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