Kentucky Armory Club

hey guys I found a century arms CETME for a decent price and trying to decide if I should buy it or not.. I know some of these are prone to problems so I don't wanna buy a POS.. I'm not looking for a PTR91 out of it but I need to know WHAT to look for and how to check it out before I hand cash over to someone. I know one of the big issues is the gap.. how do I check this? what else should I look for one it? thanks!

I would not pay the price of ammo to feed it.

are you saying ammo cost too much or the gun is too much of a pos? lol

Its a BIG GIANT TURD, even the HK and PTR left me very disappointed.

how so? I've never fired one before but always liked the look and feel of them.

The Trigger pull was beyond bad, I shoot a stock AR15 trigger and actually find it to be very nice, the Cetme felt like a staple gun and not a very good one at that. The Recoil was excessive for a 308 , not so much the felt recoil but the gun itself felt violent. The brass is not reloadable due to the fluted chamber, something about having to flute a chamber to make the rifle function seems like a poor practice. The charging handle is it a bad spot you gotta reach way to far forward. The accuracy was poor on the few I have shot, I did shoot one that was OK but it had nearly its cost again in custom work.

For myself if I'm going to pay more for ammo such as I would 308, I want it to make the best use of that money spent, I demand more accuracy then the Cetme and PTR are capable of without a huge investment.

gotcha. good to know!

I had both a CETME and a PTR.
I put all HK parts in the CETME that would interchange and it shot really well. The trigger was decent and i had no issues what so ever. I paid $250 for mine from Centerfire in 2002 and put another $150 into the gun to get it to run right.
I bought a first gen PTR in 2007 and it was built like a champ
The new PTR s are garbage.
When looking at the CETME, make sure the bolt has not been ground down and pay no more then $550.

CETME can be improved with a little polishing and stoning
And yes it is turd , but can be improved except the fluted chamber

I traded for a CETME when I first came to Louisville and got it at Shooters Supply. I traded an HK USP .40 with three mags for a CETME and 40 rounds of ammo. I still have the two boxes of ammo as a reminder of what a dumb ass I was for trading my HK for a CETME.

RUN.. Don't Walk..away from a CETME. They kick like a mule and take all kinds of tweaking to shoot a 60 rounds without a malfunction. NOT WORTH IT. You have been warned.........

Save your money..............

RANT ............OFF............

If looking for a 308 semi rifle for less than $1,000 I would look at FALs. Only trouble there is there's a million and one configurations to deal with. Ergonomics and over all balance (depending on config) are way above what you're going to find with a CETME.
After that you're looking at AR-10s and M1As which both are going to start higher, in many cases a lot higher.

I have had two. No problems with either one.

Wow I guess my mojo could not deal with a CETME

BS


No

I have one and she's a beauty. Fluted camber doesn't hurt brass, it's the ejection smacking the rifle on the way to orbit.
Easy recoil...LOUD report. Mine's a stainless receiver...the best. Never a problem and I have thousands of .308 from a few years back at $.08 a round.

Check head space: Cock and dry fire gun. Slip a feeler gauge between bolt and chamber face via the magazine space from under the rifle.