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I'm curious why the CETME is so much cheaper than the HK91 kits. It's mostly the same parts. Does the HK stamp really induce the bigger pricetag?
So you can’t make your own receiver somehow? No 80% fal option?I’d love to build one, but receivers are hard to come by.
80% are out there, I have two of them but they're more like 50-60% and require quite a bit of work not to mention heat treatment when done. Most guys estimate about 40 hours into finishing one.It’s because century arms unloaded a bunch of horrible cetme semis on the market the gun gets a bad rap because of them. A lot of people have referred to them as shitme because of them, but that doesn’t necessarily make the design inherently bad.
So you can’t make your own receiver somehow? No 80% fal option?
Yeah we talked about it a while ago. Still have the oven if you need it. Thank you for the advice! I managed to grab a barrel from Sarco a couple weeks ago, Apex said maybe they will have some in 6-8weeks.was it you i talked to about heat treating lol...
i can give you some advice on the cetme c build. ive built 2 and 2 hk33's.
press the barrel in the truinion out side the gun, check bolt gap, clamp in the receiver check again with hammer dropped. press out or in as needed. i then pin the barrels out side of the gun.
barrels are like 100-150 check apex daily lol. i need to get one for my bro.
i just picked up a cetme L kit. its going to be interesting doing a a/b with my hk33. kinda funny being 20-30 years newer deigns its odd the direction they went. scaling it down was smart at least lol.
On a side note, the magazine release spring that came with my kit is junk so naturally I went looking for springs and saw DSA ambi mag release. Do any of you guys use it? Like it? I believe all I need is the mag spring, torque barrel down, check headspace and order the correct locking shoulder before I can function test at the range.
sorta american made cetme c's vs a hk clone generally cost less because of century f*** up is true. it also has effected ones built by other builders on the used market. century dumped alot of parts they did things to, like grinding bolts vs adjusting barrel placement for bolt gap(roller lock head space) or modding them to work with a g3 cocking setup vs cetme.It’s because century arms unloaded a bunch of horrible cetme semis on the market the gun gets a bad rap because of them. A lot of people have referred to them as shitme because of them, but that doesn’t necessarily make the design inherently bad.
Well some good news and bad news. Good news is I got the shoot my FAL a tiny bit tonight. The bolt itself fits the locking shoulder perfectly but the carrier just want seating forward all the way like it should. I did a little filing and it fits enough to where I was comfortable going to the range and taking some shots even though it was very tight. The plus side is it goes BANG! The downside is the ejection was 50/50, I have it adjusted down to a 2 or 3 right now and it seemed to start functioning fine and working semi auto. When it wouldn't eject, the bolt would be pushed back about 3/4" and then be jammed up pretty good. Only got 30rds down before I ran out of daylight. I ran the bolt pretty wet too. When I switched the gas plug from A to G obviously I bypassed the gas system but the bolt was smooth for extraction. Hoping to get back to the range before the weekend and get some more time with it.
I was using Federal XM80 ammo. I started at 7 and worked down. If I take the bolt out and drop it in it fits beautifully between the gage and the locking shoulder, the carrier travels freely as well. But as soon as I put the bolt back in the carrier and cycle it, it gets really stiff before it closes all the way. The bolt and carrier are not numbers matching if it matters.
need baby poop paintGot back to the range today, gas block adjusted to 0 and hand fed a couple rounds one by one on a empty magazine. Then I started loading 3-4 rounds per magazine to check function. Was a little fussy at first but after the 20 rounds or so it was firing beautifully as a semi auto. Tried adjusting the gas system a little and it didn't want to cycle much so I settled on 1 for now until things break in further. There was a piece of club steel down at 100 yards and sure as shit, put it in my sights and let the freedom ring with no effort, didn't move the sights at all from how I got the parts kit. Very happy with the build so far. View attachment 366319
Looks like a classic mil-spec FAL to me! Awesome job! I would not be able to build one from scratch like you did.Got back to the range today, gas block adjusted to 0 and hand fed a couple rounds one by one on a empty magazine. Then I started loading 3-4 rounds per magazine to check function. Was a little fussy at first but after the 20 rounds or so it was firing beautifully as a semi auto. Tried adjusting the gas system a little and it didn't want to cycle much so I settled on 1 for now until things break in further. There was a piece of club steel down at 100 yards and sure as shit, put it in my sights and let the freedom ring with no effort, didn't move the sights at all from how I got the parts kit. Very happy with the build so far. View attachment 366319
I got some big help with the DSA receiver, after that it wasn't too much work at all. The DSA was cheating really but I plan to machine the other receivers over the summer when I have some time.Looks like a classic mil-spec FAL to me! Awesome job! I would not be able to build one from scratch like you did.
I got some big help with the DSA receiver, after that it wasn't too much work at all. The DSA was cheating really but I plan to machine the other receivers over the summer when I have some time.