atblis
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Some of you may have seen this thread I started
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=588764
Note that I have a Henderson Certified version and it appears to be one of the later Caspian receivers.
I posted that never having owned a Century made gun (plenty they imported though). Well, I talked my dad into buying a Century Golani, and Century lived up to their trustworthy name (reference to Bluepress article).
Reader's Digest Version: Absolute garbage. Doesn't extract. Doesn't Feed. Hack fix on the stock. Parts kits are thrashed. Copious rust. Not sure what Henderson means by "certified".
First off, the parts kits they are building on are thrashed. The funny part is that they didn't even bother to remove the rust. They parked and then painted to cover stuff up. When you pull stuff apart, there's a ton of rust underneath (springs and pins are covered in it). They also have some rounds on them. The gas piston and bolt have been around the block.
The wobbly stock thing. They "fixed" it I guess. What seems odd to me is that it doesn't appear the be a wear issue. The stock and hinge as far as I can tell aren't meant to go together. They don't even come close to mating up.
Here's a pic of the Caspian receivers that everybody seems to think are better than ORF. Casting flaws? I noticed another spot with similar imperfections, but didn't get pictures of it.
I can't figure out what the heck is going on here. Somebody took an angle grinder to the flash suppressor?
So, I am thinking ehh, if it works...should be fun at the range.
Started out with failure to extracts. Extractor ripping off rims. So, come to find out that one of Century's favorite tricks is to park the chamber. Fine, a little 1000 grit on a stick with the old drill.
Okay, so the chamber polishing helped with the extraction. That only served to get it running long enough to find out that it doesn't feed. The bullet tips hits the barrel face. After a little reading on the net, come to find out this another favorite Century trick. Supposedly the bullet guide sits a little low in the receiver. Some have reported fixing by shimming it up a little higher. My suspicion is that the receiver is out of spec. The magazine is located incorrectly relative to the barrel.
So this whole thing has me wondering how the heck is Century still in business? I am amazed they haven't had a gun grenade in somebody's face and then get sued into oblivion. The manner in which the Golanis misfeed is just begging for a bullet setback and a kaboom.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=588764
Note that I have a Henderson Certified version and it appears to be one of the later Caspian receivers.
I posted that never having owned a Century made gun (plenty they imported though). Well, I talked my dad into buying a Century Golani, and Century lived up to their trustworthy name (reference to Bluepress article).
Reader's Digest Version: Absolute garbage. Doesn't extract. Doesn't Feed. Hack fix on the stock. Parts kits are thrashed. Copious rust. Not sure what Henderson means by "certified".
First off, the parts kits they are building on are thrashed. The funny part is that they didn't even bother to remove the rust. They parked and then painted to cover stuff up. When you pull stuff apart, there's a ton of rust underneath (springs and pins are covered in it). They also have some rounds on them. The gas piston and bolt have been around the block.
The wobbly stock thing. They "fixed" it I guess. What seems odd to me is that it doesn't appear the be a wear issue. The stock and hinge as far as I can tell aren't meant to go together. They don't even come close to mating up.
Here's a pic of the Caspian receivers that everybody seems to think are better than ORF. Casting flaws? I noticed another spot with similar imperfections, but didn't get pictures of it.
I can't figure out what the heck is going on here. Somebody took an angle grinder to the flash suppressor?
So, I am thinking ehh, if it works...should be fun at the range.
Started out with failure to extracts. Extractor ripping off rims. So, come to find out that one of Century's favorite tricks is to park the chamber. Fine, a little 1000 grit on a stick with the old drill.
Okay, so the chamber polishing helped with the extraction. That only served to get it running long enough to find out that it doesn't feed. The bullet tips hits the barrel face. After a little reading on the net, come to find out this another favorite Century trick. Supposedly the bullet guide sits a little low in the receiver. Some have reported fixing by shimming it up a little higher. My suspicion is that the receiver is out of spec. The magazine is located incorrectly relative to the barrel.
So this whole thing has me wondering how the heck is Century still in business? I am amazed they haven't had a gun grenade in somebody's face and then get sued into oblivion. The manner in which the Golanis misfeed is just begging for a bullet setback and a kaboom.