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Posted: 12/16/2006 1:55:49 PM EDT
I removed the two pins like it says in the handbook, but the buttstock will not separate from the rest of the rifle. It almost seems to be frozen to it. Anyone have any ideas?  Thanks in advance.l 
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| You have to tap it with a hammer and a punch or screwdriver. The more times you remove the buttstock the easier it will come off. BTW, the Century CETME is a piece of junk. I bought two during the ban and i had probmes with both. The receivers use cheap metal and are out of spec. On most of them the end of the bolt is ground down. They did this to take a short cut so they wouldn't have to remove the barrel from the trunion and properly headspace it. Look and see if you have a ground bolt(on the rear). If so, this can cause malfunctions and potentially be dangerous. Even if you don't have a ground bolt, you probably should install oversized rollers to get the proper head gap to be in spec with factory specs. I bought a PTR 91 and it's built great and runs like a champ. I'd ditch the CETME and spend the extra money for a PTR 91. |
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Tap it with a rubber hammer and it will come off. BTW, not all Cetme's are bad. The first one I got didn't work either. It would fire one round, load the next, but would not fire the second round. Took it back and exchanged it for the one I have now. It has had several hundred rounds through it. Works great. If you get a good shooter, they are the best value out there in a semi 308. Cheap mags too. I got 20 aluminum mags for $1.50 each at our last funshow. |
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another +1, I have 2 of them, got lucky with both and don't have ground bolts or screwed up internals. My original buttstocks were semi-difficult to remove at first but they break in a bit after use, I recently changed out my orignal black buttstock for one with the sling loop on the back, and I have to take a mallet to it every time to get it off right now. I'll have to try the graphite bit inside before I put it together again next time. |
| I bought my Cetme 3 years ago and have over 6K through it now with no complaints. Only problem I ever had was the original spring guide rod was bent. Changed it out and has run everything I can find to feed. Its an awsome rifle. just takes a little care and attention like any other rifle. |
| I bought mine 2 yrs ago. When I got it it wouldn't shoot worth a shit. It would not put a 10 rd. group on a refrigerator box at 25 yards. I had to send it back, got another one, and it shot great and ran like a top. I think it is kind of a luck of the draw with these rifles. |
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It's a bear to get the stock off. The best thing to do is to get the two pins out and put the rifle into a padded vice OR have someone sit on the rifle lengthwise in a chair. Then, spray in a little lubricant and wriggle the stock forward and backward until it begins working loose. Repeat until it comes off. When you reassemble it, be sure to add a little lubricant to the inside of the stock before replacing it. It will make it easier in the future. |
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I have a couple of the CAI CETMEs that are decent guns, and I've been quite happy with them. Both had very tight buttstocks when first received. I just pushed the pins out and used an old aluminum cleaning rod section (from a broken cleaning rod) as a punch. I placed the end of the rod against the edge of the metal buttstock extension that fits over the receiver, placing the end of the rod in the groove in the receiver (into which the collapsing A4 stock slides if you have one), and then beating the rod against the buttstock. I used aluminum to avoid marring the metal in the buttstock. It took a little work the first time, but now the buttstocks come off much easier... Forrest |
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