build a cetme instead
Build fal or buy ptr
Andrew Williams
Leo Campbell
We still get to import them so are prices are not artificially high
Jace Stewart
Wouldn't a M1 do better if your looking for reliability?
Sebastian Hughes
If there is one clear advantage of the delayed roller is reliability, G3/HK 91/PTR have an edge in this in every regard, on par with AK and some might even argue superior in some respects. The hard, harsh, strong action rips up brass, flings it all over, helps prevent it from having a bolt hold open on empty magazine, but it slams rounds into battery reliably even after fouling and whatever else gets into the weapon. No gas system to foul or worry about, simple mechanism. In my opinion the greatest argument to carry one is reliability.
Its one of the main reasons why my home defense rifle out in the country is my PTR91. Its the most likely to work, its the least likely to not go into battery when I use my thumb to let the bolt slam violently forward. I would trust all three of my battle rifles for defense, but I just trust the G3 a little more.
Christian Clark
I got a CETME with 20 mags for 830 burger bucks, it's century though
Brayden Ward
Jesus Christ, someone people just don't know when to cut and run.
Carter Ross
I've heard that both AK47s and cetme rifles are among the easier to build from scratch. Very different process to assembling an AR-15, but not too much tooling or experience needed.
There was valuable discussion in this thread once, so I'm bumping against the slide because I want to build something that isn't armalite related, some day.
Matthew Phillips
I've built AK's and have been looking into building cetmes. Ak's are more about the drill press whereas cetmes are more about the welder.
Ak building costs a lot in tools but after 5 or 6 builds it evens out. Cetme tool costs are cheaper and kits are pretty cheap. Just have to be a good welder or good with a grinder for the cetme.
Joseph Wood
what parts did you actually make? Just the receiver or internals as well? How hard are they to make? With a CNC or plasma cutter?
Carson Reed
I buy the receivers finished so I can transfer them without an issue. The rest is an original parts kit that I needed to reassemble and rivet together. But flats can be bought and bent into shape and then the proper holes drilled and cut depending on the variant. As you get better and learn how to do more the parts kits get cheaper as less is done for you by the vendor like headspacing or refinishing.