Century Arms Black Widow Cetme Sporter .308 Review

Overall Rating

This rifle has a not so bad price. It has options to upgrade the parts and they are easily to get.

The rifle worries me due to the fact that it may jam or the mags sometimes do always fit. You cant change the lower receiver out due to their design.

I first bought my rifle for around $429 as a original cetme sporter. I decided to try to improve the overall performance of the rifle. I installed a H&K military green stock set with the larger recoil spring assembly, H&K firing spring, firing pin, cocking assembly, rollers, bayonet lug, and a couple of other H&K parts. After I installed the new internal parts the rifle seemed to function better , as well as open and close more smoothly. I went out and fired 20 rounds at rapid fire and no jams with flawless action. I had it sit for a few months and I went out and did the same thing, everything went well but one round jammed at the end, I later found that this was due to a damaged round. So far the rifle is great. The first cetme I bought was a piece of junk. It jammed everytime you cocked it. The bolt would stick half way through. But this new rifle with all the HK mil parts installed makes it shoot more like a H&K with no problems. I also recommend you clean and lube the internals very well when you first buy the rifle. It seems pretty dirty inside. The only thing I dont like about it is the fact that they didnt make the lower reciever the way it was supposed to be. You cant interchange them because they cut off the pin hole section and welded a block on it. I would love to put a H&K lower with trigger pack on the cetme for better performance.