Help me pick a stock set!

[TurtlePhish]

So, I'm stuck between surplus Bulgarian wood and K-Var Plum for an AK. The surplus wood is $25 but needs a bit of work to look nice. The K-Var plum set is $100-ish and counts as 922r parts.

An additional related question: are the K-Var stock sets really worth the relatively high cost?

The AK is currently wearing fugly Century black plastic.

 

[JHenry]

surplus wood can be sanded and refinished and it can look pretty nice, but if its going to cause compliance problems than it probably wouldnt be a good idea

 

[TurtlePhish]

I'm good on compliance either way. This is merely aesthetics and quality.

 

[Cal-gun Fan]

What kinda AK you got? I actually found the 7.62 AK recoil to not be the most comfortable w/the K-Var stock, mainly because of the somewhat sharp area of the stock comb. YMMV. Kinda rubbed against my cheekbone wrong.

 

[TurtlePhish]

I've got a Bulgy 74, so no recoil problems there.