So I was discussing AK's on another site (and due to some severe head trauma that I don't remember and have no evidence of, I can't remember what site it was) and someone was asking about upgrading the handguard and replacing the rear sight with a rail, then came a wave of people saying things like "Mikhail would ask 'Why you not satisfied with my design? You modify already great rifle with plastic crap?'" And other comments about how it is fine the way it is. While I love modding my AR (just added the RVG not too long ago), my AK looks exactly like Mr. Klashnikov designed it to look (even if it's not a Soviet Avtomat). I don't get on people for modding, but I do think it looks tacky, sort of like if someone modified an M1 Garand and it no longer looked "original."
Am I alone here, or am I just gun-old fashioned?