cetme/cia

[porsche]

i ordered a cetme from sog. this rifle is remanufactured by century arms. i have read very good things and very bad things about this around the Internet so i am holding my breath.until it arrives. anyone want to comment on the good and bad aspects of this rifle from their own experience.

 

[fitz47]

I like mine it Shoots good and is well made IWhen i fist got it I took to the range several times firing a total of seven hundred rounds before it malfunctioned due to the lack of cleaning on my part.I have only shot ball ammo in it .I happy with the rifle

 

[N003k]

I have one myself, I bought it used, so no idea if any repairs were made to it prior to me getting it. That said, the thing is now my favorite rifle to shoot, and I've put a few hundred rounds through it each time I've taken it to the range with not a single problem.

 

[ChromeLibrarian]

I own one. Buying a Cetme from CAI is really a crap shoot. You may end up with good one that functions flawlessly. You may end up with a gun that was put together by a half-blind, fumble-fingered monkey on crack.

The one I own looked good, but had one flaw. Every time I shot it, the end of the recoil spring rod would hang up on the end of the recoil spring housing and lock the action to the rear. On the "real" Cetmes (as opposed to the parts kits attached to a US made receiver, which is what the CAI Cetmes are), the end of the recoil spring housing is square, and the end of the recoil spring rod was tapered so it would ride back into the housing when fired. On my CAI Cetme, both were square. The fix was as easy as taking out an RCBS case deburring tool and using it to taper the inside of the spring housing so that the square guide rod would slide back down into the housing.

Do not be surprised if you have to do a bunch of fiddle-futzing around to get it to function properly. Some guys find so many problems that they send them back to be replaced by one that hopefully works.

That being said, since I got mine functioning flawlessly, it's been a whole hell of a lot of fun to shoot.

 

[Storm]

I own one and the gun is a great shooter. The earlier ones from Century had problems and were hit or miss. Since then, having gone through two or three generations of guns, they have gotten a lot better as time has gone by. There are important things to look out for like bolt gap but a trip to this forum will tell you everything that you need to know http://www.militaryfirearm.com/Forum/forumdisplay.php?f=23. The gun is easy to work on and parts are readily available.