saigafreake
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Ive seen atleast a dozen of them never seen any rust on them only different finishes ive seen parked and blued ones.
So I was looking at one of these, inside and out, and the gas tube on the one I saw was badly corroded, with rust in many areas and flaking paint. It also looked like there was some crystalline stuff inside it, which might have been salt (from corrosive ammo?). The rest of the gun and parts looked basically new, and the barrel looked pretty clean. Has anyone else seen this? I'm speculating that maybe the Cugir factory test-fires the guns and uses corrosive ammo when doing so? Or are these made up from aged parts kits despite at least one company describing them as new/like-new condition?
I received my AES-10B back from Century today. I'm not sure how they repaired the bolt carrier-I can't see a repair, but the crack is gone. Century uses JB Weld on the gas piston threads-the piston doesn't wiggle-I've got some concerns about that.
They don't JB weld the pistons. That's what some homebrew guys have done, though. What Century does is torque the piston all the way down on the carrier, then normal weld it through one of the pin holes.
On another note - Century has some more AES-10b's - they are $599 now. I'm glad I got mine when I did!