It’s from century arms. Bought it some odd years ago before I knew about century arms “worksmanship”.
Anyway, I’ve been taking it to the range recently and I’m getting constant stove pipes/failure to ejects. It always ends with a shell casing sticking out and a live round in the chamber.
I don’t have a clue what is causing this. I don’t have a camera to show the internals either.
I think the rifles gas port diameter maybe too wide and is being overgassed. I remember one of The Katar’s threads about his suppressed AK’s having similar stoppages and being caused in part by over gassng the action.
Yesterday was funny, I fired a round and the action stuck and dust cover dislocated. The casing was stuck on the left side of the receiver and had to disassemble the rifle to clear it. I initially thought the rifle KB’d.:lol:
So is my theory right, in the the rifle is being overgassed, or is it something else?
I’ve checked the ejector, obviously, but it looks undamaged.
Or should I not even worry about it and just sell the damn thing?
I had a similar problem with my old WASR. CA said that it was likely a gas regulation problem and I sent it back to them for repair. They fixed the problem, but I sold it as I felt that an AK should work reliably after only 1500rds through it.
If you have had it for a few years, you’ll probably either get a brand new one, or they will attempt to fix your current one.
WASR quality (at least from what I have seen) has gone up slightly in the past couple years, so hope that you simply get a new gun.
Century or not, the WASR series is not generally a crap quality weapon. Rough around the edges, sure, but as long as they are properly assembled, they should work perfectly.
If it’s over a year old, forget about it. I had an issue with a WASR and since the one year warranty was up, they wouldn’t do anything for me. They gave me the number of a gunsmith “who is familiar with our products.” I bet that gunsmith likes the job security of fixing Century’s fuck ups.
I ended up selling that WASR to a guy with a lot more patience for guns that don’t work than I have for $150.
