@RaginSam It's not just you *or* the AK, though i got some more mileage out of the AK after getting the tactical brake and grip that doesn't punish you for being on the move.
Making the recoil more directly vertical via attachments (on all the ARs) makes it much easier to manage both sustained bursts and clipped burst and distance.
Of course, you get one that's hard to use and those attachments come in much slower, making it feel like a bigger pita.
I'm currently messing around with the scar/underslung which i like (and starts with heavy ammo) though one of the earlier unlocks is "normal" ammo which.. reduces recoil and damage and makes it feel like a more sluggish M5 just with an underslung.