Century Arms CETME

[maverick2076]

Anyone have one? I found one at what I consider to be a good price, and I am thinking of picking one up. Does anyone have any personal experience with them?

[SC1903A3]

I've got one, lots of fun to shoot. A bought a wood stock set to replace the plastic stuff it came with the rifle.

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[atxtj]

I bought one years ago for a great price at a gun show. Brought it to the range to test it out and found it liked to rip the base off brass, leaving the rest in the chamber. Major headspacing issue . Seems to be a problem with some of the rifles, might be worth researching more.

[RECIT]

On any CETME shoot it before you buy it. The quality control was good to non existent on some rifles. I have had more than one and they are great rifles if you get a good one, but will make you pull your hair out if you got a bad one. Like mentioned above there are head space issues and also known issues with worn rollers making it very hard to cock/charge the rifle.

They are very similar to an HK G3/91. The quality of Spanish rifles were not the same as the HK though. Not to say they are bad, but shoot it first.

[jdhz28]

I own 2, and I have a friend that owns one, and another buddy also owns two. We have all been pleased. The only issue I've had was chambering a round...if the bolt is locked back and put a full mag in and just slap the charging handle down so it closes there is no problems. Two different times I inserted the mag, with the charging handle forward, and racked it back, but the bolt did not travel forward enough, or seat all the way. When I pulled the trigger, all I got was a click instead of a bang. Maybe that was my bad, maybe not. All around I enjoy them, they are great rifles for the price. I was really impressed with the accuracy of mine with the factory iron sights, I can shoot the wings off a fly with mine.