I have the opportunity to pick up a century arms golani for $ 500 with 10 tapco or promags. The good is it has the GLN receiver which I hear is the better one. The bad is that the guy spray painted it white to look like a storm trooper rifle. But for the price is it worth the gamble?
Century arms golani, should I buy it?
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If you don't mind spending 300-500.00 in making it correct in the right way if it is not right; then it is worth the gamble
Like ZT said above; shoot it, then head space it, then check the ejector location, then check the muzzle-throat erosion of the barrel. If all good; then buy it.
Or like Tom said; if you don't mind diarrhea for a month; its OK and buy it
utahhandyman
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I bought one and never had a problem. Its kinda like buying a saiga shotgun. It may be good but there are some bad ones in the bunch. Have him shoot it for sure unless its a friend then just beat him with it if its crap
AresShrike
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I think the problem is, that there are more than "some bad ones in the bunch", like maybe, most of the bunch.
They weren't carefully, and skillfully, assembled, and the receivers needed a lot more work than the "builders" were capable of.
A lot of people say, "I bought one and never had a problem",..... yet.
God Bless ya' brother, I hope you never do, but, you might yet, so stay on top of it.
Did you check the headspace?
Are you checking the ejector for mushrooming, or excessive wear?
How is the bolt contact? That's very important, so do check it out.
I'd be careful of buying those Century Galils.
Maybe only for a parts gun, or have an extremely competent Galil specialist look over it, and be prepared to have him inform you that it's receiver is not heat treated properly, and is dangerous, or some serious very serious fitment problem.
They weren't carefully, and skillfully, assembled, and the receivers needed a lot more work than the "builders" were capable of.
A lot of people say, "I bought one and never had a problem",..... yet.
God Bless ya' brother, I hope you never do, but, you might yet, so stay on top of it.
Did you check the headspace?
Are you checking the ejector for mushrooming, or excessive wear?
How is the bolt contact? That's very important, so do check it out.
I'd be careful of buying those Century Galils.
Maybe only for a parts gun, or have an extremely competent Galil specialist look over it, and be prepared to have him inform you that it's receiver is not heat treated properly, and is dangerous, or some serious very serious fitment problem.
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I picked it up today. This one had the (F) stamp which means fixed from what I've read. Head spacing was good. I used my no go and go gauges. Because of the crapy paint job I talked him down to $450. It came with 10 tapco mags. I'll report back tomorrow after I shoot it.
The F stamp is on ORF receivers. I though you said it was a GLN receiver?
The F meant it was upgraded to a spring loaded firing pin from the free floating one.
Century arms had a recall on these a while back.
AresShrike
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I think it was a very good deal.
You could always sell if, and make money off it, if it's not "up to par", and it might just be good, or at least "salvageable".
The headspacing is good, shoot it, keep an eye on things, and have fun!
You could always sell if, and make money off it, if it's not "up to par", and it might just be good, or at least "salvageable".
The headspacing is good, shoot it, keep an eye on things, and have fun!
Galil's either custom built or IMI are expensive.
Golanis are relatively not expensive... Provided you intend for your weapons to be shooters rather than collections, I think even less than perfect Golanis are a great intro to the weapon system and a way to figure out if you want to make a greater financial and time and training investment in this system vs others for a relatively small outlay on the front end...
I'm a big on galils, and I think the cost holds back broader adoption/greater fanbase so I really like Golanis for that accessible intro point...
Golanis are relatively not expensive... Provided you intend for your weapons to be shooters rather than collections, I think even less than perfect Golanis are a great intro to the weapon system and a way to figure out if you want to make a greater financial and time and training investment in this system vs others for a relatively small outlay on the front end...
I'm a big on galils, and I think the cost holds back broader adoption/greater fanbase so I really like Golanis for that accessible intro point...
One thing i noticed on the century golani's. Some come with the chamber parked and or a weak extractor spring. If you have extraction problems with steel cased ammo, check the chamber and the extractor spring pressure.
Ok, so I removed the white paint and got it cleaned up. I shot about 20 rounds with no problems. However when went to rapid fire I did experience a failure to extract and a double feed. As long as I shot normally it work perfectly. I actually like the rifle so I may try to send this off to get looked at. From what I've read Tennessee Galil is the guy to send it to at hillbilly firearms. It does have a Gln serial number and it does have the F stamp. It's in the 6xxx.
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