How is century still in business ?

Whats wrong with the AKs they import?

And the coutless milsurps over the years?

The four AKs I've Gotten from them have been just fine. I haven't had a single problem with any of them.

One is a WASR, and it's a sweet shooting machine, with 4-MOA accuracy.

Why is the largest importer & manufacturer of military surplus & military-style firearms in the country not out of business in the Post-Obama world of gun sales? Are you serious?

Sure they sell some lemons. But when you put out hundreds of thousands of firearms, even an <1% reject rate is going to be noticed. Remember, one bad firearm earns 100 screams across the Interwebz. 1,000 serviceable firearms won't earn you one squeak of praise.

Further, when was the last time you stood in a gun shop or (heavens!) a gun show and eavesdropped into the conversations of folks lining up to buy WASRs and other evil black (or brown) rifles and thought to yourself, "Aaaaah, a discerning connoisseur of fine firearms, indeed!?"

Maybe CAI stuff has a low-end reputation here on THR, where folks take some time to educate themselves, but out in the big world, it just ain't so!

-Sam

CETME. That sure says it all. Myself and one good friend each bought one back in 2004. What a headache! Should've invested in something else. Now not every century gun is made horrible (They imported my yugo m59/66 that I love dearly), but not one person I know had a good experience witht he CETME rifle. And I thought it held real promise.

lol @ being in jail cell @ shotshow

There were probably 100 Century AKs at my local GS, but I learned enough here, coupled with my own general self taught gun knowledge, to pick out a perfect underfolder. I have no gripes. Their recall % is better than GM, Ford, Dodge, Toyota, etc. etc.

Why is the largest importer & manufacturer of military surplus & military-style firearms in the country not out of business in the Post-Obama world of gun sales? Are you serious?

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Good point.

YEah, i have a good working SAR 1 when it was plentiful in early 2000. Four years later i got the a POS WASR 3 , the mag catch wouldnt hold the mag up. The gun was returned and I got a replacement . After firing 300 plus rds, i had a case separation. I cannot removed the stuck empty shell despite using all types of method. I decided to sell the gun for cheap. Looking back i must had a headspace problem , it grown worse after a few hundred rounds. But that gun was accurate to say the least.

Why is the largest importer & manufacturer of military surplus & military-style firearms in the country not out of business in the Post-Obama world of gun sales? Are you serious?

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^^What he said

I've owned plenty of Century guns over the years and never had any real issues with any of them.

I know nothing about their rebuilt Ak's, Cetme's, etc, but they have been supplying honestly graded milsurps since the 1960's at fair prices.

gary

Why because whenever your the cheapest price point on anything , you are going to get tons of people buying it. Why is Hi-point still in business? they release more lemons onto the market then CAI and their stuff looks like absolute ****. Why is keltec still in business? Half the guns the release need to go to back to the factory at least one.

All of these companies are in business because their firearms are the cheapest you can get. CAI does cheap military style rifles, and so people who don't know **** about it say to themselves " hey I want to get me one of those AKs" and they see a $500 WASR and a $600 Saiga and say to themselves "an AK is just an AK right?" and so they buy the cheaper of the two. Then when the WASR turns out to be **** they come on these forums and say how superior the AR15 is because their CAI WASR sucks.

People are idiots and will buy the cheapest crap they can expecting gold. I have had really good CAI stuff and really bad. Needless to say you should inspect anything that comes from this company before you buy it and make sure they have a good return policy where you bought it from.

People don't know that the vast majority of Century's business is importation.

They've only recently (relatively) gotten in to manufacturing.

Mas 49/56 Conversions.....

Wow. They butchered these guns in so many ways. I bought one even after hearing how bad they were thinking they couldn't be that bad. They are.

Mine has required a lot of modification and repair to work correctly, most newbs would never get that far, they'd just have a club.

I've owned a number of imported rifles from CIA and 1 AKM that they slapped together all have worked well just as expected and worth every penny.

not all of the lemons are due to Century workers. They do import firearms from countries that were actually probably better off under Soviet Communism.

I had one of their CETME's, I can't figure out how a gun builder wouldn't have a fixture or at least look at the sight before they tack welded it in place. Only took a few minutes to fix but piss poor-nonexistant QC if you ask me.

Why are they still around? There are a bunch of guys and gals that want to get in the club but can't afford a full membership.

Maybe CAI stuff has a low-end reputation here on THR, where folks take some time to educate themselves, but out in the big world, it just ain't so!

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There....!

How is BSA, Barska, NcStar, etc., etc. still in buisness??!!??!!!?

Question pretty much answered...