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SAR1's
6/22/2011 11:46:52 PM
Are these a good variant? I was offered one for $300 new in the box from a friend.
6/22/2011 11:51:44 PM
Buy it. Love mine, never a hiccup.
6/23/2011 1:03:47 AM
Hell Yes!!!!! $300 is a great price for one. Most sell for around $450+.
6/23/2011 7:07:22 AM
Jump all over that. He is a true friend.
Once you get it you need to post pics.
Once you get it you need to post pics.
6/23/2011 8:58:12 AM
You'll probably want to replace the fire control group since the one Century installed is junk, but $300 is a very good price and a new FCG doesn't cost much.
6/24/2011 6:01:33 PM
I think they are alot nicer then the wasr's, An they want $450 + for them.
6/25/2011 8:27:00 PM
Buy it no matter what. Hell, if it was jacked up even, you could get more than $300 by cutting up the receiver and selling it as a kit on Gunbroker. Like the others said, they go for at least $450 and $500 quite often.
6/26/2011 2:38:52 PM
If you don't buy it, can you put me in touch with your friend?? Those deals only come around once in a blue moon.
6/30/2011 9:51:59 PM
Buy it!!! Paid $300 for mine in 2004.
7/1/2011 10:41:31 AM
FWIW- I picked up a clean SAR this past winter and finding that the Century trigger group produced some vicious trigger slap, I swapped in a Tapco G2. The SAR then doubled and tripled on me with the new G2. I found this guys website on romanian AK's and followed his instructions on fixing the original Century FCG. Now the SAR functions 100% with no trigger slap and no doubling. Well worth a few minutes with the dremel, and medium grit stone in hand.
http://www.novarata.net/Linx310/index.shtml
http://www.novarata.net/Linx310/index.shtml
7/1/2011 8:33:50 PM
good friend. buy it now.
i thought century just ground down important bits on FA triggers, which led to trigger slap? at least thats what happend to one i bought. promplty swapped in a tapco g2.
Originally Posted By POLYTHENEPAM:
You'll probably want to replace the fire control group since the one Century installed is junk, but $300 is a very good price and a new FCG doesn't cost much.
You'll probably want to replace the fire control group since the one Century installed is junk, but $300 is a very good price and a new FCG doesn't cost much.
i thought century just ground down important bits on FA triggers, which led to trigger slap? at least thats what happend to one i bought. promplty swapped in a tapco g2.
7/3/2011 8:27:08 PM
The Century triggers are US made.
7/6/2011 5:57:30 PM
I've had two. Both ran fine after a nice fcg was installed .The Century crap had the slap.
7/8/2011 9:15:16 AM
I've had a SAR-1 for a long, long time and have never had an issue.
7/11/2011 10:09:59 PM
I had mine since 2000 and I put over 2k rounds with no problems .It is my go to weapon 
7/20/2011 4:00:44 PM
Evertime someone asks about the SAR-1 I have to chime in. Have mine forever and it's just a machine. Never a jam, slap or malfunction. Got well over 5,000+ rounds through it. Just clean her and she will love you.
8/6/2011 4:51:29 AM
Bought mine new in '03. LOVE IT!!! Never a problem with it. Eats anything. Has shot straight since I took her outa the box. If I could only grab one of my guns... It'd be it.
8/7/2011 11:51:10 AM
Originals had terrible trigger slap due to Century's crappy 922r parts. They also had a shellac finish applied in a somewhat (to put it mildly) haphazard manner. Both were easily fixed. It remains one of my "never should have sold it" rifles. BTW, I sold it over 10 years ago for $350 and if I saw one today for that price, I would not hesitate to buy it.
8/8/2011 6:30:16 PM
Mine has never been a problem. I refinished my sar1 furniture to blond and stands-out nicely in the herd. 
8/9/2011 9:32:29 PM
Buy it and sell it to me for an extra $50. We both win.
8/21/2011 10:55:40 PM
Have had one since 2000, has probably had 10,000 rounds fired and only 1 stoppage. It is my go to rifle, fired about 150 rounds in it this morning. Wish I had bought 2 more.
