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Cetme.308 vs Saiga .308 vs L1A1 Questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Daryl Licht" data-source="post: 1040096" data-attributes="member: 3330"><p>I have a Century CETME that I got from a private sale at a show a few years ago. The first trip to the range explained why I got such a good deal on it. It is recommended to use only 7.62x51 (not commercial .308) ammo in these guns. Commercial .308 is loaded to a higher pressure than the military stuff. Don't know what some of the steel cased stuff would do. Brass cases are not a problem with them. If you buy a "new" one from Century, clean it and cycle it by hand for a while before shooting it. They can be gritty and stiff at first but should loosen up and smooth out some with use. If you can't get the windage right, send it back. Many of these have canted front sights but sometimes the problem here is more serious. The triple frame may be correctly aligned with the trunnion, but the whole assembly is installed in the receiver slightly rotated one direction or another.</p><p></p><p>The L1A1 is more fixable if you happen to get a dud from the angry monkeys at Century, unless the receiver is so far out of spec that you can't do anything with it.</p><p></p><p>I don't know a thing about the Saiga .308's, but since CIA didn't build them that would be a big plus in their column.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daryl Licht, post: 1040096, member: 3330"] I have a Century CETME that I got from a private sale at a show a few years ago. The first trip to the range explained why I got such a good deal on it. It is recommended to use only 7.62x51 (not commercial .308) ammo in these guns. Commercial .308 is loaded to a higher pressure than the military stuff. Don't know what some of the steel cased stuff would do. Brass cases are not a problem with them. If you buy a "new" one from Century, clean it and cycle it by hand for a while before shooting it. They can be gritty and stiff at first but should loosen up and smooth out some with use. If you can't get the windage right, send it back. Many of these have canted front sights but sometimes the problem here is more serious. The triple frame may be correctly aligned with the trunnion, but the whole assembly is installed in the receiver slightly rotated one direction or another. The L1A1 is more fixable if you happen to get a dud from the angry monkeys at Century, unless the receiver is so far out of spec that you can't do anything with it. I don't know a thing about the Saiga .308's, but since CIA didn't build them that would be a big plus in their column. [/QUOTE]
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