Instead of comparing him to John Browning, why aren't we comparing him to Eugene Stoner? Stoner invented several rifles as well, but he is not as accomplished as Browning either. Stoner made basically the same rifle with different features in the AR-15/AR-10/Stoner rifle. He did have the concept for the AR-7 as well, but same concept. I like both rifles, AR has its pros/cons just like the AK does. If Kalashnikov were not Russian, but an American, we may be arguing he was better than we are saying now.