Guessing they are still manufacturing guns with that barrelNot really... One manufacturer for Century turned down the barrels a bit to make them easier to assemble. That's the entire cause of this problem of bolt gaps "holding". We never had an issue with a bolt gap moving prior to Century's offerings.
You'd think they would get over it already and be sick and tired of all the phone calls and returned guns by now. Or they're going to keep shipping out the returned guns over and over again hoping to catch somebody that'll just shoot it a couple times and not notice the gap issues... until the guns out of warranty.
There you go... pick up the gun cheap, play with it, then send it off to get made into a quality piece again... all under the price of a new Vector and about half as much as a used HK-93.I am likely to buy the right C93 but I already have a new US made barrel and I know it's going to Ghillie at some point
Yep, I did the web footwork and then talked to Ghillie twice and he set me straightThere you go... pick up the gun cheap, play with it, then send it off to get made into a quality piece again... all under the price of a new Vector and about half as much as a used HK-93.
The only problem i see in doing it this way is after you spend the extra money to make it run right and fix the bolt gap issue, you would still have a Century C93 and resell value would not be anywhere near what you would have in it. When i was looking at the 93 models, I went into a local gun store that had several and after looking them over, I decided to go with a Vector V93. My bolt gap new was .017 and after 300 rounds, it is still at .017There you go... pick up the gun cheap, play with it, then send it off to get made into a quality piece again... all under the price of a new Vector and about half as much as a used HK-93.
I disagree. Once they have been fixed, they are as good performance-wise as an HK-93. It'll get just as much as any clone out there. The only thing it wouldn't have in favor of it, is it isn't an HK. A clone is a clone. A gun redone by Ghillie is as good (performance -wise) as an original HK.The only problem i see in doing it this way is after you spend the extra money to make it run right and fix the bolt gap issue, you would still have a Century C93 and resell value would not be anywhere near what you would have in it.
I would agree with you that a clone is a clone and a Century is still a CenturyI disagree. Once they have been fixed, they are as good performance-wise as an HK-93. It'll get just as much as any clone out there. The only thing it wouldn't have in favor of it, is it isn't an HK. A clone is a clone. A gun redone by Ghillie is as good (performance -wise) as an original HK.
+1, yup.If I were shopping and saw Century on a gun I'd definately use it against the price regardless of what has been done to the gun. There's a stigma attached to the name that will always wreck their resale value no matter what has been redone, added, repaired or whatever else.
From someone I didn't know or I gun that I never saw being shot? Maybe. If I saw the thing running with a sear and smoking the barrel consistently with a beautiful brass rainbow pouring out the side of the gun, I wouldn't care what the name on the gun was.If I were shopping and saw Century on a gun I'd definately use it against the price regardless of what has been done to the gun. There's a stigma attached to the name that will always wreck their resale value no matter what has been redone, added, repaired or whatever else.