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Posted: 9/19/2012 11:05:04 AM EDT
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I'm curious about these rifles. A shop here in town has one for $599 with two magazines and a bayonet. I handled it for a little while today and like the feel of it, so I'm wondering if it would be a worthwhile investment. I don't plan on any societal collapse or anything like that. It would be for weekend mag dumps at the range. I shoot Wolf/Tula/Bear almost exclusively. Anyone here who owns one who can comment on steel case in it?
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Did Century actually set the barrel and trunnion to the receiver on these or did they just weld in a pre-barreled trunnion like they did their CETME and G3 clones? OP, look into bolt gap measurements for HK style roller-lock weapons. Check that on the C93 before you buy. The charging handle assembly should have some play when the rifle is in full battery and there should be an in-spec bolt gap between the bolt and carrier. I'm not sure about the C93, but Century CETME and G3 clones were notorious for out of spec headspace/bolt gap due to improperly set barrels. |
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Yep, gotta check the bolt gap. But, even if it's bad you can always send it to ghilliebear2000 from the HKPro forums to have it fixed. You won't get any resale value out of one but you'll be out less than any other clone. Mine loves Wolf poly-coated steel case ammo. |
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I had one, it ran fine. I only used brass case ammo, it never had a jam or FTF. Good accuracy. Only negative for me was pricy mags. Also few aftermarket accessories. Promag makes affordable 20/30/40 round mags that reportedly work, though some are saying minor mods were required to get them to latch securely. I bought a lightly used C93 a couple weeks ago for $430. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I had one, it ran fine. I only used brass case ammo, it never had a jam or FTF. Good accuracy. Only negative for me was pricy mags. Also few aftermarket accessories. Promag makes affordable 20/30/40 round mags that reportedly work, though some are saying minor mods were required to get them to latch securely. I bought a lightly used C93 a couple weeks ago for $430. The Promag 30rd mags lock up and function perfectly in my C93. No modifications needed and less wiggle then the 40rd aluminum mags that came with the weapon. |
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Most Century stuff works well when it doesn't they will fix it. Centuries' bad rep around here is highly exaggerated and still deserved. Its cool to hate on their stuff but if they did not do it then it would not be available . I admit, they've done a really good job on some stuff (VZ2008), while totally dicking the dog with others (CETME). It's great that they will fix it, but damn, I'm willing to pay a few more bucks to make sure it's done right the first time by the Century monkeys, rather than have to send in a new gun and wait. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Most Century stuff works well when it doesn't they will fix it. Centuries' bad rep around here is highly exaggerated and still deserved. Its cool to hate on their stuff but if they did not do it then it would not be available . I admit, they've done a really good job on some stuff (VZ2008), while totally dicking the dog with others (CETME). It's great that they will fix it, but damn, I'm willing to pay a few more bucks to make sure it's done right the first time by the Century monkeys, rather than have to send in a new gun and wait. Yeah, I got burned on one of their CETMEs when I was 18. I was new to buying guns and assumed a "new" gun would be safe and correctly assembled. My CETME was neither. Unfortunately, I didn't discover that until the warranty period had expired. Century was on a nearly year long back-log at the time for warranty repairs. So they apparently had a lot of bad rifles out there then(six or seven years ago). I haven't bought a rifle assembled by Century since and never will. |
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