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Posted: 12/28/2016 8:08:50 PM EDT

Rhodie clone for sale
I picked this up off Gunbroker a few months ago. About the only thing Rhodie on it is the sling, grenade sight, grip, top cover, and stock. I really would like to sell this to fund other projects.

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In his ad he said he has never fired it.
Century receiver.

Posted: 12/28/2016 8:26:09 PM EDT

[#1]

No imbel receiver? Might get 850, prolly less. We were paying 400 for those back in the day, the times have changed for sure.

Posted: 12/28/2016 9:24:27 PM EDT

[#2]

I was going to offer 700

Posted: 12/28/2016 9:46:00 PM EDT

[#3]

Misread your OP, you want to buy and flip? The century guns are such a crapshoot, add in a century receiver, good luck.

Posted: 12/28/2016 11:15:11 PM EDT

[#4]

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Misread your OP, you want to buy and flip? The century guns are such a crapshoot, add in a century receiver, good luck.

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No sir
I copied his ad. I want to keep

Posted: 12/29/2016 12:20:30 PM EDT

[#5]

A few diferent ways to look at this....first does it operate correctly if so.

1st to build this rifle today your looking at about 950 if your frugal.
2nd. To have a rifle built your looking at over 1200.00 with parts kits purchased recently.

3rd if you have been into FAL's longer then 10yrs your idea of cost to buy are outdated.

So for the money I'd say you got a fair price.....but to tell just how you stand you need to take apart the rifle and list all the surplus parts...because who made the barrel and trigger group will tell just how well you did.

Please don't take my tone as "all knowing"....this is just what I'm getting from being in the Fal world for 4 yrs.

Posted: 12/29/2016 7:19:22 PM EDT

[#6]

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A few diferent ways to look at this....first does it operate correctly if so.

1st to build this rifle today your looking at about 950 if your frugal.
2nd. To have a rifle built your looking at over 1200.00 with parts kits purchased recently.

3rd if you have been into FAL's longer then 10yrs your idea of cost to buy are outdated.

So for the money I'd say you got a fair price.....but to tell just how you stand you need to take apart the rifle and list all the surplus parts...because who made the barrel and trigger group will tell just how well you did.

Please don't take my tone as "all knowing"....this is just what I'm getting from being in the Fal world for 4 yrs.

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Thank you that makes sense. I am new to FAL. I don't want to get bobed. Bend over Beethoven

Posted: 12/29/2016 7:34:54 PM EDT

[#7]

Totally misunderstood. What are comparable FAL selling for on GB?

I can't say how the century receiver will be. That gun is a total crapshoot, you could win.

Posted: 12/29/2016 7:44:48 PM EDT

[#8]

I had to know, so I went on GB and looked. Nothing under 1k.

This one might go for 1k. It looks just like mine without the bipod.

Imbel century gun

Posted: 12/29/2016 8:21:01 PM EDT

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Totally misunderstood. What are comparable FAL selling for on GB?

I can't say how the century receiver will be. That gun is a total crapshoot, you could win.

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This.

I don't even think an FAL is worth it.

Posted: 12/30/2016 3:27:03 AM EDT

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This.

I don't even think an FAL is worth it.

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FALs are worth it, but people should steer clear of Century builds unless a respected FAL 'smith has given them the thumbs up first. The ones Century built on IMBEL receivers are much better bets.

There have been FALs that are decent enough selling for under $1,000 on the FAL Files lately. That's really the best place to look for a complete built rifle to buy.

Posted: 12/30/2016 10:44:15 AM EDT

[#11]

Buy the damn thing. It will eat all the ammo that a 308 AR would choke on.

Posted: 12/30/2016 4:28:20 PM EDT

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Buy the damn thing. It will eat all the ammo that a 308 AR would choke on.

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This.

The guy selling that that's an old-timer on the FAL Files. I would be confident that it would run without issue.

Posted: 12/30/2016 8:23:37 PM EDT

[#13]

I hope you bought the damn thing son. You could always get your $ back and upgrade to a DSA.

Posted: 12/30/2016 10:50:56 PM EDT

[#14]

Century used Imbel receivers that had no logos on them and looked to be marked with a dot matrix lettering.

They were hard to tell other than the made by Imbel.

That being said Century made workable receivers. If you put a 20 rd mag in and it eats them they up you are good to go.
Even the bad ones could be fixed with a little work

Posted: 12/30/2016 11:54:09 PM EDT

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Century used Imbel receivers that had no logos on them and looked to be marked with a dot matrix lettering.

They were hard to tell other than the made by Imbel.

That being said Century made workable receivers. If you put a 20 rd mag in and it eats them they up you are good to go.
Even the bad ones could be fixed with ~~a little~~ work

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I built around 7 or so FAL's from kits when they were $99 from Tapco.

Imbel Receivers went together easy peasy. Century receivers were not fun to build on at all. They could be made to run.

I personally would price it as a parts kit and hope it runs.

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