Mosin Bubba
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I just bought a brand new Century GP-1975 AK. So far, this gun has jammed like none other, and the problems are coming from a failure to extract spent cases. The very first shot I fired from it, the gun failed to eject the casing, and it locked up so hard that I had to take it home. After prodding and beating on it for half an hour, I got the bolt to clear and eject the spent round. So I put a bit of oil in the action, left it for the night, and took it back out today. Shooting with the magazines that came with it and Wally World Tula Ammo, the gun jammed on at least every second shot. After about a dozen rounds fired like that, the gun seized up on me again, same way as before
There's two things I have noticed about this. One is that when it freezes up, the handle doesn't come fully forward to the front of the receiver. It does not close about the last quarter inch of the way. Picture attached to help show you what I mean. The other clue is from a round that the gun wouldn't fire today. Don't know what caused it, but the bullet has a pretty good sized indent in it.
To add insult to injury, from the rounds it actually fired, it looks like the sights are off too. I'm a pretty poor shot, and have never used AK style sights before, but this gun was shooting a foot over a milk jug at fifty yards. I don't care if it's surplus - if I'm spending $500 for a new rifle, it should at least be sighted in.
I'm really ticked off about this; AKs are supposed to be very reliable guns. Any way I could get this POS working again? Or should I try to get a warranty from Century, and give their famous drunk monkeys another try at it?
There's two things I have noticed about this. One is that when it freezes up, the handle doesn't come fully forward to the front of the receiver. It does not close about the last quarter inch of the way. Picture attached to help show you what I mean. The other clue is from a round that the gun wouldn't fire today. Don't know what caused it, but the bullet has a pretty good sized indent in it.
To add insult to injury, from the rounds it actually fired, it looks like the sights are off too. I'm a pretty poor shot, and have never used AK style sights before, but this gun was shooting a foot over a milk jug at fifty yards. I don't care if it's surplus - if I'm spending $500 for a new rifle, it should at least be sighted in.
I'm really ticked off about this; AKs are supposed to be very reliable guns. Any way I could get this POS working again? Or should I try to get a warranty from Century, and give their famous drunk monkeys another try at it?