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Posted: 12/26/2015 5:01:13 PM EDT
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Do you folks have any experience with the Century Arms C308 CETME or G3 clone.
I have read some reviews in recent Gun Mags with some positive feedback. The real good price on them these days has me interested and i like everything in a 308 cal. You guys out there in AR15.com are the source I tend to listen to for real world trials. Any one get there hands on one lately. Let me know your thoughts please. |
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Had a Century Cetme, have handled the C3.
Run away from them. PTR cetme is what you want. My century cetme had all the usual problems- head spacing forced by grinding material off the bolt, terrible for and finish...the cocking tube was bent. The C3 was a complete disaster. I LOVE the cetme- get a PTR from cdnn. |
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I have one I recently bought from Aim Surplus for $619. It has functioned flawlessly with several different types of ammo so far, but I have only put a couple of hundred through it at this point. I haven't tried shooting for groups, just some plinking at the range. Extra mags are cheap. Beats the hell out the brass.
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| I had one, but for the life of me can't remember whether it was a Century or PTR (believe it wa Century). Either way, it was a good one. Functioned and shot well, was decently accurate, and a lot of fun at the range. Did a great job of mangling brass, if you could find it...it would flat out chunk spent cases. Brake did an even better job of clearing out people directly beside you, it was that obnoxious. I liked the gun, but just couldn't justify a semi-accurate blaster that wouldn't easily accept an optic. |
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I am a Cetme Sporter VICTIM. Was actually my first black gun. I think the local gunsmith had it in his hands more often than I did. Lol. Discouraging for a 12 y/o.
Get a PTR instead. Just AVOID all Century Arms guns. That's my advice. Even their AK's. Mine had rivets falling out, and that was only a 74 clone. I get this isn't the AR section... but I really don't think there are any practical reasons these days to not get an AR-10 instead of any of these old battle rifles. |
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I really don't think there are any practical reasons these days to not get an AR-10 instead of any of these old battle rifles. You're largely right. I gravitate to "non-ARs" only because they're not boring as fuck. The AR based rifles are cheaper, as/more accurate, and plenty reliable. |
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