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    Quote Originally Posted by TheAlsatian View Post
    I wish I had kept the FAMAS but when they got to be worth more than a good sports car...
    Was that one of the old CAI imports?
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    Yes. They are the only company that brought them in. They acted only as the importer, had nothing to do with the weapons themselves. They brought them in direct from GIAT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheAlsatian View Post
    Yes. They are the only company that brought them in. They acted only as the importer, had nothing to do with the weapons themselves. They brought them in direct from GIAT.
    Yeah, I know. They came in before the 89 import ban and all the 922r nonsense anyway. Seen a "couple" CAI imports in person. First time I ever saw one was Bastille Day in France 1984, my father pointed out the bullpup concept of the French rifle as they marched past. Was amazing to me how the French rip up their streets once a year rolling armor down it.

    Then a few years later Steyr imported the AUG, it got a big screen debut on Die Hard and that was it for me. Always kind of wanted a FAMAS even if the sights were sort of disappointing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
    Yeah, I know. They came in before the 89 import ban and all the 922r nonsense anyway. Seen a "couple" CAI imports in person. First time I ever saw one was Bastille Day in France 1984, my father pointed out the bullpup concept of the French rifle as they marched past. Was amazing to me how the French rip up their streets once a year rolling armor down it.

    Then a few years later Steyr imported the AUG, it got a big screen debut on Die Hard and that was it for me. Always kind of wanted a FAMAS even if the sights were sort of disappointing.
    I do love the AUG. The FAMAS is far more ergonomic than it looks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheAlsatian View Post
    I do love the AUG. The FAMAS is far more ergonomic than it looks.
    Unlike some of the other early 80's Euro Bullpups, the French have never really had issues with their rifles, they just worked. They have modernized them quite a bit over the decades, the ones I saw last summer even had PIC Rails with Eotechs on them! They are a perfectly serviceable weapon.

    I had a MAS 49/56 that was converted to .308-- Century Gun. I never really had any trouble out of it. I shot maybe three cases of ammo through it, mostly South African ball, it was a fun range blaster. Carried it as a truck rifle for probably 5 years or more. A guy just "had to have it"....so now he owns it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arik View Post
    I did. About a decade back. Original 7.5 not the hacked Century 308. Definitely a cool rifle should never had traded it.

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    thats funny , i had one about a decade ago and it was a Century conversion and as i remember it for every one person that said they got a dud there were 20 to speak up saying that simply was not the case with their rifle , i bet i put between 3 and 4 thousand rounds down the pipe of mine and i do not recall a single jam.

    i also remember some making their rounds on all the boards yelling from the roof tops the same tripe about them you just spilled only to have countless speak up and account that their rifle/experience is nothing even close to a horror story as they were painting , with that said SOME that did have issues tinkered with the gas systems and eventually got them running just fine and i would go as far as to say that enough time has elapsed that the bugs in the gas systems of some have long been cured on any problematic examples

    this was nothing more than simply a prime example of a few that were problematic over shadowing the many that ran fine

    im old and memory fogged and if memory serves me correctly i think the gas port was the issue not providing enough pressure to rack the BCG properly/consistently on those that had jamming issues , i do not pretend to know why the port was sufficient on so many and not others

    im not saying if given the choice of having a Century Conversion or the French Police Conversion version of the conversion to x51 i wouldn't take the French service rifle over the Century ,but that would be solely based on collectability, and i certainly wouldn't be crying in my soup over the Century if thats the one i ended up with , because that was a fun little rifle , kinda wish i hung onto it now

    i recently found two cans of Austrian x51 in my ammo pile left over from that rifle ,and just last night a mag that i didnt remember having that i must have not listed with the rifle when i sold it

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    Quote Originally Posted by hoopharted View Post
    thats funny , i had one about a decade ago and it was a Century conversion and as i remember it for every one person that said they got a dud there were 20 to speak up saying that simply was not the case with their rifle , i bet i put between 3 and 4 thousand rounds down the pipe of mine and i do not recall a single jam.

    i also remember some making their rounds on all the boards yelling from the roof tops the same tripe about them you just spilled only to have countless speak up and account that their rifle/experience is nothing even close to a horror story as they were painting , with that said SOME that did have issues tinkered with the gas systems and eventually got them running just fine and i would go as far as to say that enough time has elapsed that the bugs in the gas systems of some have long been cured on any problematic examples

    this was nothing more than simply a prime example of a few that were problematic over shadowing the many that ran fine

    im old and memory fogged and if memory serves me correctly i think the gas port was the issue not providing enough pressure to rack the BCG properly/consistently on those that had jamming issues , i do not pretend to know why the port was sufficient on so many and not others

    im not saying if given the choice of having a Century Conversion or the French Police Conversion version of the conversion to x51 i wouldn't take the French service rifle over the Century ,but that would be solely based on collectability, and i certainly wouldn't be crying in my soup over the Century if thats the one i ended up with , because that was a fun little rifle , kinda wish i hung onto it now

    i recently found two cans of Austrian x51 in my ammo pile left over from that rifle ,and just last night a mag that i didnt remember having that i must have not listed with the rifle when i sold it
    Okie dokie! The "countless" is who I don't listen to. Majority do nothing but shoot a few rounds a few times a year. There are "countless" who'll say my brand X is just as good as.... and it never failed me in 40 years. Then you come to find out that the last time that gun saw the light of day was in 1983. On top of that Century has a well earned reputation for making garbage. So pardon me if I don't just jump up and believe everything some random person posted online

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    i put 3 to 4 thousand rounds through that rifle in less than 5 years of owning it , it was hardly a safe queen , and pardon me for being contrary to your ill informed sky is falling perception of a rifle you never owned ,i wouldn't expect you to take the word of someone that not only owned one , shot the hell out of it ,and lived through the negativity that shrouded the rifle without issue

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    I put about the same thru mine, back when 7.5 was easier to find. The .308s were known to be spottily problematic. My understanding is the earlier ones were good to go but Century never replaced their chamber reamers and later ones were not up to spec. This might explain the mixed reports. I've not heard of any issues with the 7.5 versions. Indeed the rifle had a very long service life with French forces. I remember when the 49/56 was the symbol of the Foreign Legion in Africa and the Middle East. I also once owned a straight MAS 49 and it performed well also.

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    i will even go as far to say the fella that purchased that rifle from me probably praises that rifle to every person as i do and lists it as one of the most reliable , fun rifles he ever owned

    i have no reason to lie or make the rifle out to be something its not ,if i had a jam every 50 rounds i would have zero issue reporting that , but simply put that wasn't even close to my experience with the rifle , but having ACTUALLY owned one when i see someone that thinks they know what they are taking about it because "thats what they heard" , yea i chime in and put my valid 2 cents in , if that rubs you wrong then so be it

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