kdt1961

A follow up on the CETME. I received it last week from Southern Ohio Guns. Fit and finish are outstanding. All tolerances within spec, barrel in excellent condition. I dissassembled it and cleaned it thoroughly. Came with 2 20 round mags which both fit. I couldn't wait until next week to shoot it so I went out behind my house in the freezing rain and put 5 rounds into the cardboard at 50 yards. The first was a flyer (my fault, not being used to the trigger). The next 4 rounds went into a 1.5" group. The recoil was minimal for a .308 (delayed blowback, rolling block) and the rifle was v

If it is hammered together by the chimps at Century and it is a POS, then at least the seller (Southern Ohio Guns) gives me 6 months to return it. It's a no lose situation. When you buy a Century, the first thing you must do is completely dissassemble and thoroughly clean and lube BEFORE shooting it. That solves 95% of the problems people have had with these. Because the CETME uses a rolling block, blowback system, (for self adjusting headspace) you need to make sure that the "chimps at century" didn't grind off the back of the bolt to get it within specs. If they did, then I send it back

I figured out how much I could get a Saiga for and how much all the parts cost to make it look like an AK, and realized that it might be fun to do, but wasn't cost effective at all, because you still end up with a single stack magazine (unless you want to grind and weld so that you can use a $100 magazine.) For that much money, you might as well buy an STG-58 from Enterprise Arms for $599, which is the cadillac of FAL's. I ended up buying one of these rifles pictured below: It is a Cetme Rifle that uses 20 round magazines that cost $4 each. It was built from a parts kit, has

I want to get a .308 semi-auto rifle, and was considering building an FAL variant. However, with the lack of FAL kits and cost of kits + receiver, the Saiga seems like a very good option. Is there a thread that describes how to convert the Saiga to a pistol grip configuration, with detailed pictures, etc? Is converting the .308 (except for the magazines) the same as converting a 7.62x39 Saiga? I'm mainly interested in doing the stock and pistol grip, plus possibly welding on a muzzle brake. I realize that I will need 6 US parts to be legal. Also, how is accuracy affected by doing the