Kalashnikov with the first AK prototype

Not an AK47, different gas system:
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That's not what Kalashnikov is holding in the pic. A brief glance at the dimensions of the receiver should tell you this.
 
Those original "slab side" steel magazines seen in the OP are really heavy, weighing a good 1/4 lb more than the already heavy later steel "ribbed" variant.

Together with the early milled receivers, this would make for a heavy rifle by assault rifle standards.

The rifle that Mr. Kalashnikov is holding appears to be stamped however.
 
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