I went looking for info about how the newer revisions of Kalash AKS-74U's are, but the last post in this thread is almost a year old. I've now bought the gun and opened it up, so here's a few bits of info if someone else is in the same situation as I was.
Kalash AKS-74U, full steel / real wood
Ordered from Gunner on Aug 24 2009
Externals:
I haven't found single part that doesn't respond to a magnet, so it looks like it's truly full steel
The wooden handgrips have a way better finish than in any review I've seen. They look more like the super-nice re-finished handguards some peo