Posted: 5/2/2006 1:31:36 PM EDT
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A guy I work with has a couple of Century G3 rifles. He offered to sell me one and I was wondering what they are worth. He said they have been in his safe for about 6 years. They both have wood stock sets and I'm not sure how many mags it will come with. I asked him what he wanted and he said "Make an offer" What should I look for on the rifle before I make an offer ? Are these reliable quality rifles? What are the good points of the G3 style rifle ? I know that there are better rifles out there than Century so don't tell me to save and buy something better. The way I look at it, if I can pick up a fun plinker for cheap, why not. I was thinking of offering $400.00. Is this too low ? or too high ? Thanks |
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In general, Century has a bad reputation for reliability and the quality of their builds. Some century rifles work fine, and others dont. I'd think that $400 would be very generous for any Century rifle, but it depends in part on which ones they are. I believe there are various "versions" of the Century rifles. Some had the blocky receiver with a scope rail built in - that might be functional, but is super-ugly and looks nothing like an HK. I wouldn't even pay $300 for one of those abominations, even if it was reliable (which they often were not). Other, later, versions might have a more correct-looking receiver - but still probably have pinned/welded compensators instead of the correct flash supressor that an HK usually had (because of the Assault Weapons Ban - during which these were probably purchased). I seem to vaguely recall that there might have been some really early Century rifles that might have been pretty nice - but perhaps I am thinking of CETME. Others will probably know. |
| I used a century receiver to build my G3 myself. At the time it was about the only game in town. Well the receiver is out of spec. and I had to hand fit all the parts to it. But once they are fitted it works great. I don't shoot it a lot but it is very accurate and 100% reliable. |
Sounds like they are Century CETMEs and not G3s they have different internals and a few other minor differences. $400 is too much imo. I've never had a problem with mine, but if i could do it again i would just buy a PTR-91 if it was selling for $200 - $250 range i would buy one. |
I'll kick him in the nuts for fiddy.. 
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Basically the same difference between a HK G3 and a CETME rifle. Except in this case both were built using substandard Centrury Arms receivers, generally poor grade parts and sloppy build. |