Century Arms Black Widow Cetme Sporter .308 Reviews

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Good Points: Low Recoil
Reliable Functionality
Impressive firepower
BadAss Appearance
Low Cost furniture allows lots of paint/color/pattern changes
Collapsable Stock fun to play with
Good Accuracy
Fluted Chamber allows it to use poor ammo

Bad Points: Not Pretty Weld marks
Fluted Chamber damages brass for reloading

General comments: The Century Arms Black Widow Cetme Sporter .308 is a blast to shoot and has - BY FAR - the LOWEST recoil of any .308 I ever fired as attested to by many I have invited to shoot it. My wife says it is about the loudest also, but I think a .223 is a lot harsher.

My CETME was previously owned and I bought it on the internet for $330 shipped a few years ago. It came with 5 mags, an additional set of furniture, a claw scope mount and a red dot scope. It has never failed to fire and functions very well. I did get concerned about the bolt gap from reading all the internet chatter about it and found mine was very close to nonexistant. I believed the "experts, bought new rollers and a new locking piece and it is fully within specification. Still fires great!

Accuracy? I am shooting with the iron sights at 100 yards mostly and hitting most everything I aim at that is 6" or better. From a rest, I get about three inches and i am not that good at benching. Mine did not have a muzzle break / flash supressor when I got it, but from the old CETME website, I got a threading tool and an original flash supressor and put it on. This, of course, was after the initial ban expired.

Fit and finish is good, not great, but then again, this old war horse suits me fine. As far as Century quality goes, I trusted it enough to buy a Yugo M50 AK47 built from them and, out of 5 that I have owned, it is the best looking, best shooting, strongest action and overall favorite of them all.

Fit and finish caused the review to lose one point. Besides that - I say - get you one while they are still available!!

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I have a Century Arms Cetme and am really pleased with it. It is totally functional, the lightest recoil this side of a .22 magnum and is a blast to shoot. I only wish ammo was less expensive. I have read horror stories about CETME's and understand the problems many are experiencing. But there again, there are riflemen and shooters. The CETME is easy to learn about and keep running smoothly.

I bought mine with two sets of furniture and two mags. I now have twenty + mags, four sets of furniture ...

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i bought my Century Arms Black Widow Cetme Sporter a few years ago from dunhams sporting goods, i took it too the local gun store too look for bigger clips and too see what they thought of it .....they told me they had some quality issues and thats why they dont sell them. well its four years later and im laughing my ass off cuz it is by far the best rifle ive ever owned or seen !!!!! took about 100 rounds too break it in (during wich it jammed a few times) after that it never jammed again.she ...

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For the most part there a good buy for a good ependable gun. Depedable, reliable, and reasonable. I have one and I love it. It handles good and suprizingly accurate.
Before you buy one maks sure that the mag release works OK. Some times one comes rhrough with a funky mag well but if you have a dremel an litte tme tere eay to fix.

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I got my CETME a few weeks ago and I'm hooked. My buddy and I bore sighted with laser in shop and took it outside. We placed a 4" x 6" 1/4 inch steel plate on top of a palate. From the sitting position I aimed with the 200 yard app. at 50 yards away. My buddy Sean says something witty like, "there's no way your going to hit that from here" (we do regularly with our AR's." I should have bet him a few clips...First shot, straight through...twice! Second shot was dead center!!! Okay, it fell i ...

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I ordered mine from JG Sales and fires it with a friend who is a huge FAL fan and he was very impressed with this rifle. I feel it i a must have for the .308 patriot...Use the M4 as a side arm!

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I have replaced all the furniture and installed a +2 roller set. My extractor spring was worn and eventually broke so I replaced that. That's it. Other than that It's just pure accessories added on(ie. bayonet, green dot, stanag mount, collapsable stock((m4 style)), removed the Century "muzzle Blast Enhancer" and replaced with a flash suppressor.

Favorite in my collection.

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I have had 1 for a year and gives me less problems than any gun ive ever owned. Its a great gun but mine jammed after 200 rounds

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The centre is accurate, shots rapid fire very well, great sights out the box, operation of gun works well, smooth shotting. On the downside the round feed is a little ruff,cleaning of gun takes alot, balance of gun leads to the front. The Century Arms Black Widow is a good air rifle.

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Good gun! Reassembly has to be done in an very specific way,or the gun will not go back together but the Centruy Arms Black Widow is a good shooter

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I've had mine 5 years and it is still fun to shoot.

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I bought the rifle to use primarily as a hunting rifle and because I like military rifles and am partial to the 7.62x51/.308 Win caliber. Having the delayed-blowback bolt design, recoil is kept to a minimum and is not unpleasant. I highly reccomend this type of rifle to anyone who is responsible enough to handle it.

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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 a ...

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I have nothing bad to say about this rifle. It is one of the best rifles i have ever owned. I can unload rounds through it as fast as any other rifle. I have never had any problems with the rifle. You can buy H & K magaines at a low price and the work just as good. It is a very versitle wepon.

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Not all are created equal, make sure there are no cracks in the receiver.

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I would recommend the rifle to anyone! I got mine when they were only $269! Now they are worth a lot more! As I said before, the rifle has been very reliable. I proved this one day when I took my neighbors kid shooting (Marine corp) and we put "500 bad Rounds" through it, (The ones you can get for about $90), And not one miss fired! The Cetme's bolt did get sticky but a little cleaning cleared that up!

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I can fire maybe one out of ten rounds, the main bolt will not slide into battery when it chambers a round. It locks up just fine when a round is not chambered. I tried using a fine lapping compound at first to polish out the inside of the receiver and that helped, also polished out many of the tool marks on the bolt. The result was a bolt that you could actually hear working better and smoother. However it still will not reliably chamber a round. I tried calling Century Arms and was told to sen ...

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I am extremely happy with my Cetme. Just put a Tapco bi-rail claw mount and Tasco Golden antler 3x9 40mm scope on it and can't wait for hunting season.

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As an inexpensive rifle with the looks of a HK, I think there are possibilities!

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I would buy another one if I were to loose this one. It is my everything rifle. It shoots any ammo I feed it. My expensive rifles hardly get used.