church
.240 Incinerator
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Post by church on Jun 18, 2009 12:43:30 GMT -5
Shot one yesterday. Sure wasn't impressed.
The internals appear to have been taken from a heavily used rifle, and the fit of the 3 major sections was poor (upper receiver, pistol grip/fire controls, and buttstock.
We got it to run several magazines without stopping after disassembling it and cleaning a wealth crud out of a new gun. But it was a PITA to get the pistol grip back in on the receiver, and putting the buttstock back on was a bigger pain yet.
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Post by the priest on Jun 18, 2009 15:23:07 GMT -5
i have been yapping about building one for months now.
you can buy oversized rollers if those are worn. was your boltface ground?
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church
.240 Incinerator
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Post by church on Jun 18, 2009 21:50:01 GMT -5
Yes, it appeared to have been ground.
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Post by the priest on Jun 18, 2009 21:59:16 GMT -5
uh ohhhhhhhhhhhh,.....
what a bunch of hacks
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hoss
.327 Meteor
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Post by hoss on Jun 19, 2009 3:36:46 GMT -5
Century's QC is not good. My CETME had to make a trip back to them due to extractor issues: Now it functions fine, groups well, but still has the rear sight canted at an odd angle that makes it impossible to adjust precisely. No one makes a good drop in adjustable rear sight and affixing an HK diopter is daunting. In addition the frame seems to be a little off kilter as well, and no scope mount will reliably mate to it. All that aside, it ain't a strativarius, but it'll play. A little grinding and tweaking and my $335 G3 wannabe does everything I ask of it, and its definitely different.
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salvo
.30 Stingray
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Post by salvo on Jun 19, 2009 11:40:28 GMT -5
I bought one of Centuries Goloni's, it's a Galil clone, a year or two ago and got lucky with a great shooting rifle.
Since I bought it I have read the nightmare stories of some of their rifles. If I new what I know now I probably would not have bought it, at least I lucked out this time.
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 19, 2009 11:54:11 GMT -5
I bought a nFAL parts kit right before I bought an Fal they imported, they're FAL rifle made for a good receiver to start off of because it sure didn't shoot worth crap
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robl
.375 Atomic
These were the good ole days!
Posts: 1,415
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Post by robl on Jun 24, 2009 20:19:21 GMT -5
AKChurch: I was shooting my CETME this weekend, one bad magazine but otherwise, a reliable fun, accurate, robust, easy to maintain box fed semi auto. On this particular G3 I installed a H/K folding stock. A friend found a CETME with an H/K drum rear sight it is also well put together and reliable. I've had 4 CETMEs and they are all reliable and accurate. This is my favorite truck gun w HK telescoping stock:  this has a HK drum rear sight:  The take down and re-assembly takes some getting used to but CETMEs for Dummies is a good online resource. The German that designed it knew what he was doing. Unfortunately, Century Arms has made a hash out of several of of these once excellent battle rifles. I picked up one for 175.00 2 years ago, because it had a broken .308 commercial case in the chamber. A 9.99 stuck case remover made it a reliable functional rifle. I even had the Springfield Armory Rep shooting it this weekend. It shot along as well as the far more expensive M1A and Scout he brought. I purchased some HK drum rear sights and need to have these mounted. I am thinking of mounting one of the drums to the upper receiver cover of an AK to extend the usable sight radius and improve the sight picture. All the Best, Rob |
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salvo
.30 Stingray
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Post by salvo on Jun 24, 2009 21:34:15 GMT -5
When they are good, there are no stopping them. I have a few friends that have them. I have an H&K 91 for many years, it's a great rifle. I always bought and shot milsurp for it, then the cost went through the roof! I just started loading for it about 6 months ago and wish I would have done that a long time ago, it has gone from a 2-3 MOA rifle to right at 1 MOA with it's favorite load, what an improvement.  |
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 25, 2009 13:45:53 GMT -5
I too have the G3 bug, but I just have a parts kit, can't seem to find a receiver (I got a good deal on a bunch of parts kits about 5 years ago, right before the kiddo was born) but as I find one (maybe a CETME receiver would work?) they'll be a G# in my gun closet
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robl
.375 Atomic
These were the good ole days!
Posts: 1,415
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Post by robl on Jun 25, 2009 14:55:33 GMT -5
hkparts.net
HK91/G3 PTR Receiver (FFL Required For Transfer)
Price $239.00
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 26, 2009 10:50:09 GMT -5
Just ordered one from them, now to find somebody that will slap it together (might do it myself, if I can learn to read German, and the armorers manual)
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robl
.375 Atomic
These were the good ole days!
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Post by robl on Jun 26, 2009 14:41:12 GMT -5
do a search for cetme for dummies
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 27, 2009 9:58:21 GMT -5
is that a joke?
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robl
.375 Atomic
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Post by robl on Jun 28, 2009 21:06:22 GMT -5
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