armoredman
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I could swear I started the "drunken monkeys" term many years ago...
Every rifle I've had from Century that they didn't build, Mosins, Mausers, etc., were just fine.
CETME. One magazine fired through it, and then the magwell refused to lock in a mag, bolt would not strip a round when I could get a mag in. Bolt flat ground, rollers seriously oversize, bolt gap way off. Gunsmith laughed and said, "No." I had owned the gun for less than a month, and Century said it was out of warrantee, as their 1 year warantee starts when the rifle is BUILT, not when sold. Managed to find a guy who loved to tinker, and sold it to him at a loss. Fastest way to get my wife to have steam pour out of her ears is to say the word CETME.
WASR-10, canted front sight, trigger slap from Hades. Red Star trigger installed, front sight re aligned and pined by local gunsmith. Still wouldn't hit the broadside of a barn at 100 yards. Functioned perfectly, except for that critical part of putting the bullets where I wanted them to go. Sold for a Yugo SKS, which was a better rifle by far.
I have this weird thing - if I buy a rifle from a company, I kinda expect it to work, first time. When you build a rifle and sell it, it should work. If you sell an import rifle that's 70 years old, I understand it may have issues, but as I said, every milsurp I got from Century worked great - the ones they built did not.
Caveat - the Century made vz-2008 rifles seem to have quite a good following, and are supposedly built off site by someone who has half a functioning brain. That would be the only Century made product I MIGHT, MIGHT try again.
Every rifle I've had from Century that they didn't build, Mosins, Mausers, etc., were just fine.
CETME. One magazine fired through it, and then the magwell refused to lock in a mag, bolt would not strip a round when I could get a mag in. Bolt flat ground, rollers seriously oversize, bolt gap way off. Gunsmith laughed and said, "No." I had owned the gun for less than a month, and Century said it was out of warrantee, as their 1 year warantee starts when the rifle is BUILT, not when sold. Managed to find a guy who loved to tinker, and sold it to him at a loss. Fastest way to get my wife to have steam pour out of her ears is to say the word CETME.
WASR-10, canted front sight, trigger slap from Hades. Red Star trigger installed, front sight re aligned and pined by local gunsmith. Still wouldn't hit the broadside of a barn at 100 yards. Functioned perfectly, except for that critical part of putting the bullets where I wanted them to go. Sold for a Yugo SKS, which was a better rifle by far.
I have this weird thing - if I buy a rifle from a company, I kinda expect it to work, first time. When you build a rifle and sell it, it should work. If you sell an import rifle that's 70 years old, I understand it may have issues, but as I said, every milsurp I got from Century worked great - the ones they built did not.
Caveat - the Century made vz-2008 rifles seem to have quite a good following, and are supposedly built off site by someone who has half a functioning brain. That would be the only Century made product I MIGHT, MIGHT try again.