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- Apr 19, 2008
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Century has produced a number of AKs domestically, usually from parts kits. The Centurion is made from US parts. The AK74's they've offered we're US assembled with various US parts including the infamous Polish Tantals. These were built by third parties and sold by Century.
The WASRs, as noted, are Romanian made from demilled military AKs and also more recently from new parts. The quality of these rifles has varied wildly. I have several Romainian AKs imported and converted by Century and they are good rifles if you know what you're looking for. By converted I mean the rifles come in as single stack mag rifles to meet import regs and Century opens the mag well and installs other US parts for 922r compliance. Sometimes they do a good job, other times they don't. A quick check of the rifle before you buy it will tell you if the rifle is good to go or not.
The Yugos are produced in Serbia (Yugoslavia no longer exists). Like the WASRs they require conversion once in the States.
I have no problem buying their import rifles but I will not buy their domestically assembled rifles anymore. The quality of the components that are US made tend to be substandard, like their barrels. The 74 barrels for example were often out of spec and non-chrome lined. In AKs a non-chrome lined barrel that you fire surplus 7.62x39 or 5.45x39 or even commercially produced Russian ammo in will have very short service lives. The steel jackets used in the bullet construction is intended to be used in rifles with chrome bores. These bullets will quickly erode non-chrome barrels especially if you rapid fire them.
Century outsources the assembly of their rifles that are produced domestically. There have been several companies that have done this assembly for Century over the years.
The WASRs, as noted, are Romanian made from demilled military AKs and also more recently from new parts. The quality of these rifles has varied wildly. I have several Romainian AKs imported and converted by Century and they are good rifles if you know what you're looking for. By converted I mean the rifles come in as single stack mag rifles to meet import regs and Century opens the mag well and installs other US parts for 922r compliance. Sometimes they do a good job, other times they don't. A quick check of the rifle before you buy it will tell you if the rifle is good to go or not.
The Yugos are produced in Serbia (Yugoslavia no longer exists). Like the WASRs they require conversion once in the States.
I have no problem buying their import rifles but I will not buy their domestically assembled rifles anymore. The quality of the components that are US made tend to be substandard, like their barrels. The 74 barrels for example were often out of spec and non-chrome lined. In AKs a non-chrome lined barrel that you fire surplus 7.62x39 or 5.45x39 or even commercially produced Russian ammo in will have very short service lives. The steel jackets used in the bullet construction is intended to be used in rifles with chrome bores. These bullets will quickly erode non-chrome barrels especially if you rapid fire them.
Century outsources the assembly of their rifles that are produced domestically. There have been several companies that have done this assembly for Century over the years.