The Centurion 39 Sporter Rifle is a 100% US made AK-47. It’s milled receiver makes for a very accurate rifle. The quality makes for a very solid rifle that will last a lifetime.
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@machinegunmana I’m going to try to get out tomorrow or Thurs and do some more shooting. Keep an eye out for that. And if you can afford it, this is the best AK for the price I have found. The same thing from Arsenal will run from $1500-$3000.
I have 2 polytech legend milled AK’s and it shoots about the same as my Romanian WASR and MAK 90′s. Paying more money doesn’t buy you more accuracy necessarily. The lightening cuts and dimples have no bearing on how tightly a magazine fits. It’s the width between the lower rails on each side and the magwell width that stabilize the side to side movement.
Also, thanks for doing this review. I’ve always been curious about this rifle. I don’t really trust Century Arms too much since I use to have a M70 with functioning problems from them. This rifle actually looks pretty good though. The cut outs on the bolt worry me a bit since it’s not a standard technique to do that on AK bolts. For that price they should give you a chrome lined barrel.
@esh325 Paying more doesn’t make it more accurate, but being milled does. I mentioned the dimples as an external reference and not to imply they do anything, the explanation of the mags was noted. Corrosive ammo is bad for more than just the bore, so I wouldn’t ever recommend using it. I agree however that it should have a chrome lined bore, but for me it isn’t a deal breaker. The bolt cuts are new to me as well, but I’ve noted no issues with the carrier because of them.
@esh325 A lot of people are leery of Century Arms but this rifle isn’t built from parts kits, and they had complete control over how it turned out. I’m impressed with the quality of THIS PARTICULAR rifle, however I can understand trepidation on the part of others regarding the company.
@RIPbiker13 I haven’t found that to be the case. If there is any accuracy difference, it’s probably from that most milled AK’s have a heavier barrel profile then the stamped ones. Corrosive ammo can have really bad effects on none chrome lined barrel. I’ve found that the non chrome lined barrels will rust like like crazy if they aren’t cleaned soon enough, where the chrome lined barrels don’t get really rusty at all.
@esh325 It is a fact Yugo’s are more accurate due to the thicker receiver wall, this is the same as with the milled. The rifle is less likely to flex during ignition, which can affect the accuracy. Most people won’t notice until they start shooting greater distances. I was able to group 3/4in at 25m with Wolf 124gr. See my “Combat Zero” video. Any firearm component can rust if it’s metal, and chrome is not immune. However, being that I wouldn’t use corrosive ammo, I’m safe. Chrome lined
barrels were introduced mainly for the M-16 to keep it from fouling in the jungle. The AK has no need unless you shoot the corrosive ammo, but I’d still prefer the chrome barrel simply because the chrome is much harder and tends to preserve the life of the barrel.
Nice vids BTW.
@RIPbiker13 The thing about “reciever flexing” and so on is that it’s just a theory started by people on the internet. I shot my Polytech Legend underfolder on Friday and at target 100 yards away and I remember the groupings looked quite similar to my Romanian WASR. Not a night and day difference. Yes, I know chrome can rust. It’s just a bit more resistent I usually leave a preserative in the barrel of my PSL after shooting corrosive ammo and leave it for a few days and it doesn’t get rusty.
@esh325 Good advice on the preservative in the barrel. I use a very light coat of oil/preservative in my barrel for storage, and run a bore snake through it just before I head out to shoot.
@RIPbiker13 I agree. Chrome linning greatly extends the barrel life. I’ve never seen a worn out chrome lined barrel before. Thanks, I should get some more reviews up soon.
That looks VERY SEXY! Way better than my Type 56. Whats the retail price or does it vary by the dealer? Well looks like it be time for a road trip.
@xxReaverXXCerberusxx around 830 bucks, well worth it.
@SocomElite187 Definitly is! I’ll be doing a comparison video between this one and a Romanian in a few days. Just to show EXACTLY why you pay the extra money. I’m thinking a dual weilding AK vid is in order too!
@SocomElite187 That definitely beats my Norinco Type 56 by centuries, thanks for the info dude.
what size groups do you get at 100 yards?
@akshooter762 I can hit bottles and cans at distances of 100+ yards but I have yet to shooting a grouping at that distance so I can only speculate. I am getting same hole hits at 35m right now. I don’t have a range finder or a range with 100 yards so I use a tape measure to get the closer ranges. I can’t see measuring out 100 yards with my tape measure just yet lol.
I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLYREALLY REALLY REALLY… want 1
@DrakrSlyr I want two! One for each hand!
your retarded, you zeroed that at 25 meters? you should be zeroing a rifle at AT LEAST 100 yards. other than that it looks like a nice rifle.
@AK47andGlocklover you come on to my page and start name calling? I try to be polite but that’s just rude. First off, a zero starts at 25 meters. Once you’re on paper you take it out farther. Next time try to refrain from name calling and being rude.
@RIPbiker13 well you didn’t say you were going to keep extending the zero so i could only assume you were to leave the rifle zeroed at 25 meters forever, which wouldn’t be the best thing.
@AK47andGlocklover In this video I hadn’t even had the rifle out to zero yet. I did a zero video. Somewhere in the comments I think, someone had asked about that. I explained I simply haven’t been to the range yet but I have good ammo on standby for it to do a 100 meter zero. It’s not explained in this video, simply because I hadn’t zeroed it yet. I still haven’ been to the range. I’m lucky to get to the desert to shoot as I’m extremely busy. Getting to the range with set distances is difficult
@AK47andGlocklover In the arsenal sight in manual I have, they say to sight it in at like 25 yards, and set the sights to 200m.
@esh325 As long as you hit what you want to, it doesn’t matter, lol. But I will be taking it out and zeroing and a greater distance when I get the chance.
@esh325
I think it was on the show Weaponology, but I saw a slow motion video of a live firing AK47 with a stamped reciever that showed the flexing of the weapon, it was suprisingly violent and showed alot of travel. Heres a different video that shows how much flex there is, It looks like all the flexing comes from the barrel. Note that this is a MILLED RECIEVER!
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=slow+motion+flexing+of+an+AK47&aq=f