Century AR
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HavelockLEO
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thats what I hear too, I just got done reading the Guns&Ammo Book Of the Ar15 articles on it. By and large theyre all Colt parts less the lower and barrel. Seems to be a pretty nice rifle, and I've considered getting one even though its a Century product.
Zach S
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I've looked at a few - a lot of the "colt internals" are surplus parts with some dremel work so they no longer function in an M16, bolts that had rounded lugs, etc.
I looked at one a while back, and haven't looked again since. The newer ones may be better, but you know what they say about first impressions.
I looked at one a while back, and haven't looked again since. The newer ones may be better, but you know what they say about first impressions.
R.W.Dale
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The one I popped the hood on looked like an angry eight year old was bored and had access to an angle grinder.
Lots of raw poorly HAND Ground metal
never had the urge to look at another since
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R.W.Dale
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In every century thread there's always the "Mine is great, it's gone BANG a few times" guy.
How picky if me to have no interest in a firearm that the manufacturer wasn't picky enough to even use a vise when grinding parts off, much less to actually bother to refinish those pieces.
When I was new to guns I bought into my share of CIA headaches, the obvious disregard for quality evidenced in the c-15 I looked at only further reinforced my stance on century. Given the price they're asking for these it boggles my mind folks will buy from a company with a well known reputation for outright screwing it's customers like century has vs saving up very few more dollars to buy from someone like s&w or DPMS who has an exemplary product and service.
Oh and please please post pics of centuries handi work on your internals for ALL of us to see
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atblis
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I've looked at them. Easily the crappiest looking AR15 I have ever seen. I simply laughed and handed it back. Who buys these things?
Century is a bottom feeder. If they're making something from parts kits, that's because nobody else wanted the parts kits. The parts kits they're using are dogged out.
You can put together a right decent AR15 for about the same price.
Century is a bottom feeder. If they're making something from parts kits, that's because nobody else wanted the parts kits. The parts kits they're using are dogged out.
The gun magazines have absolutely no credibility left. Even the NRA magazine is a joke when it comes to gun reviews.
You can put together a right decent AR15 for about the same price.
R.W.Dale
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Make no mistake. The ones they merely import and stamp are fine. It's when they let the drunken monkeys actually make or work on things that stuff goes quickly awry.Ashamed of you all. CAI has imported most of the surplus arms you may own.
Anyway I will say YOUR PARTICULAR rifle shows no evidence of the massive amounts of beaver chew to the internals the then new example I handled did
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R.W.Dale
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I'm not the one who feels compelled to take a pic of their gun to show to complete strangers in order to justify their purchase to more complete strangers.
The op asked for our opinion on the rifle in question. You gave yours, we gave ours, you felt small and felt compelled to attack those of us who didn't agree.
Which makes your opinion no more valid than ours.
BTW how much have you shot your c-15?
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atblis
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Based on the lack of wear on the hammer face and the bolt carrier, I would say little or perhaps not at all.
Brockak47
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If you want a CAI gun I would encourage you to only buy if you can inspect in person unless the return policy is good, I own a CAI WASR, got it in person at J&G it's fine, but from hearing most opinions I wouldn't trust them enough to purchase online.
I also have been looking at the Century AR aswell, but they are parted guns for ~600 dollars, and I searched around and found what i believe is a better deal, a S&W MP it is only ~100 dollars more and all new parts. heres a link if you want to see it.
http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/...57785_757784_757784_ProductDisplayErrorView_Y
hope that may help you,again i am not saying ALL CAI guns are bad, I am just saying they seem to be dodgy at times, and you might want to inspect in person.
Good luck!
I also have been looking at the Century AR aswell, but they are parted guns for ~600 dollars, and I searched around and found what i believe is a better deal, a S&W MP it is only ~100 dollars more and all new parts. heres a link if you want to see it.
http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/...57785_757784_757784_ProductDisplayErrorView_Y
hope that may help you,again i am not saying ALL CAI guns are bad, I am just saying they seem to be dodgy at times, and you might want to inspect in person.
Good luck!
atblis
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Century doesn't really make the WASR. They do a few mods after it's imported (and often screw those up).
Brockak47
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well ya you know what i meant right...
The shop I work at has two of the Century ARs for sale, on one the internals looks like the fabled "drunk monkey" ground the M-16 parts to AR-15, on the other the internals looked OK except the bolt carrier looked horrid.
The "all the parts are Colt" overlooks the fact that one of the most important if not THE most important part are the barrel and reciever.
The fact is that you can buy a new S&W M&P for a hundred dollars more and have 10 times the rifle Century puts out.
The "all the parts are Colt" overlooks the fact that one of the most important if not THE most important part are the barrel and reciever.
The fact is that you can buy a new S&W M&P for a hundred dollars more and have 10 times the rifle Century puts out.
Spec ops Grunt
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How do these things work for a leftie?
I like the A1 style, but I wonder about the lack of the shell deflector.
I like the A1 style, but I wonder about the lack of the shell deflector.
R.W.Dale
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Do you like having white hot brass pelting you in the face?
Lefties are why the .gov decided to add the deflector bump
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Okay, maybe there are C-15s that the angry beavers / drunken monkeys didn't work on. Fine. Maybe there are some examples out there which run acceptably. Fine.
However, the C-15s are made from mostly used M16 & M16A1 parts that are refinished (to varying degrees), and slapped onto new AR-15 lowers. They have a 1:9 twist bbl, made by anyone's guess, of unspecified steel. They're $625 from J&G, plus shipping, plus dealer transfer fee.
S&W just introduced their new M&P-15 Sport. Yes, it lacks a dust cover & forward assist, but it does have an extended brass deflector. It also has a 1:8 twist 5R rifled bbl. made in house (in house as in probably T/C who S&W owns) from 4140 steel. The new BCG has been MPI. Every part on the rifle is new. They sell for $600 at the big box stores - no shipping, no transfer fees.
You can also go with DPMS if you like, and get the Panther Sportical which lacks the dustcover & forward assist, or the Panther Oracle with its conventional M4 / A4 (or A3 as they call it) upper. These both have light contour, conventionally rifled, unlined, 1:9 twist bbls; which are made in house from 4140 steel. They don't have MPI BCGs. Again both do have all new parts. These rifles have MSRPs of $715 & $705, respectively, which is essentially equal to the M&P Sport's MSRP of $699.99 - other members here report street prices in the very low $600 range, as expected.
In conclusion - even if every Century C-15 was well finished, and every C-15 ran perfectly - why would anyone pay more money for a rifle full of used parts & new parts of unknown quality; than he or she could get a completely new rifle for - made with parts of known materials & manufacture?
However, the C-15s are made from mostly used M16 & M16A1 parts that are refinished (to varying degrees), and slapped onto new AR-15 lowers. They have a 1:9 twist bbl, made by anyone's guess, of unspecified steel. They're $625 from J&G, plus shipping, plus dealer transfer fee.
S&W just introduced their new M&P-15 Sport. Yes, it lacks a dust cover & forward assist, but it does have an extended brass deflector. It also has a 1:8 twist 5R rifled bbl. made in house (in house as in probably T/C who S&W owns) from 4140 steel. The new BCG has been MPI. Every part on the rifle is new. They sell for $600 at the big box stores - no shipping, no transfer fees.
You can also go with DPMS if you like, and get the Panther Sportical which lacks the dustcover & forward assist, or the Panther Oracle with its conventional M4 / A4 (or A3 as they call it) upper. These both have light contour, conventionally rifled, unlined, 1:9 twist bbls; which are made in house from 4140 steel. They don't have MPI BCGs. Again both do have all new parts. These rifles have MSRPs of $715 & $705, respectively, which is essentially equal to the M&P Sport's MSRP of $699.99 - other members here report street prices in the very low $600 range, as expected.
In conclusion - even if every Century C-15 was well finished, and every C-15 ran perfectly - why would anyone pay more money for a rifle full of used parts & new parts of unknown quality; than he or she could get a completely new rifle for - made with parts of known materials & manufacture?
Imported. Not cobbled together out of old parts to sell. Big difference.
Op if this is the rifle you want then by all mean buy it. But as pointed out above there are much better rifles out there for not much more, and sometimes less.
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