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Posted: 1/22/2010 7:09:34 PM EDT
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I have taken several pictures of the internals of a Golani that I have on Layaway at a local shop. The Serial pre-fix is GLN, so the reciever should be good to go,
but I need help identifying other potenial issues, please. 
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| This is just my opinion, so others may disagree...but in order to get a "good Golani" you have to get a reasonably good set of surplus parts, assembled by a good bench worker (s) on a good day with a good reciever...in other words you have to be a bit lucky. I wouldn't let that scare you...cos I personally believe less than 10% of the rifles had issues, and most of the newer ones on the new cast reciever are probably good. Century also tries to make good on any defects. Even the very early rifles like mine were not ALL bad, under #2000 ser. number, mine is proof of that. The OHIO RAPID FIRE reciever wasn't necessesarily a bad design...the problem was with the heat treating which was "uneven" in some rifles (this is a guess) as they probably heat treated them in batches, and the location in the batch determined the quality of the heat treating. Supposedly hillbillyfirearms.com which is THE EXPERT on Golanis has tested dozens of recievers for hardness, maybe hundreds by now, has stated that he really didn't find all that many bad ones. Also many of the minor problems people had with Golanis had to do with just plain inexperience with firearms...even on my rifle I had to polish the feed ramp withflitz and a dremel, de-burr a few parts, thoroughly clean all the cosmo out of the magazines, and clean and lube the weapon...then it was 100%. Even my IMI Galil needed some of this! Occasionally you have to take a small file to the mags to get them to fit. This is not unusual, again even had to do this with the IMI Galil. When I got my IMI Galil home for the first time in '86 for $750...none of the mags fit in it...I was pissed! Took it back to the gunshop and they just showed me how to "make" them fit with an emery cloth and a file. A common problem as the radius where the mag catches is a bit off from the factory. Finally, many of the home builders of Golanis have had very good luck with all afrementioned recievers, mainly because they took their time and used great care and good parts in the assembly of their rifles which Century might not do on a assembly line. Good luck. |
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Hard to tell anything given the quality of your photos, but proper headspace and both locking lugs on the bolt making even contact are very easy to check. A properly shimmed feed ramp will become evident the first time you fire the rifle.
+1 on Jeff Miller, AKA Hillbilly Firearms, he does great work! |
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