Cetme C Spanish battle rifle

Good rifles for sure! the rifle you speak of is the precurser to the G3/hk. I bought one several years ago new for 299.00 but sold it sometime later because i needed money. It did seem to require a "break in" period when the rifle was first new as far as the action was concerned. One does not want to "ride" the bolt down to chamber a round....rifle is designed to pull back the bolt and let it slam. I got a few FTF and FTF within the first couple hundred rounds but after that the rifle ate anything you put into it. Also, if you buy it make sure you try a particular mag out before you buy several of them. Seems i read somewhere the mags can be finicky due to all the variants of the cetme that is out there.Accuracy was good also by battle rifle standards. Word of caution, the rifle is VERY loud....ear protection is a must.

The cetme is actually a precurser to the HK rifles.
Originally, Hk founders went to belgium and asked them if they could obtain a license to copy the FN/FAL. Belgium told them "...you guys occupied our country not that long ago...go pound sand".
so HK basically took a design of a FAL, used design ideas that they liked and built the cetme.
They're ok rifles if you like them. The FAL is 11lbs, I believe the cetme is a bit lighter.
BE WARNED: about a year ago, quite a few Cetme's came on the market but they were pretty much worn out pieces of junk.
if you're thinking of buying this rifle, make the guy gauge the throat and bore in front of you before you buy it.

The weight is what keeps me from buyiny a clone, I think I would buy a lighter rifle.

The fluted chamber chews up brass and it is a royal pain to clean it and that roller locking bolt and breach area. Personally I think you would be much happier with an AR10 variant or M14 type rifle.

heh..I never much liked HK's either, truth to tell. the bolt doesn't lock open when you run out of ammo so unless you count your rounds (a good practice anyway in cqb situations but yet another thing you have to keep track of.) you won't know if your magazine is dry. Then again, I never was an "operator", didn't even work for the phone company.
I was a grunt.

actually the FN/FAL is one of the most widely copied and most popular battle rifles.
the English and the Aussies called it the L1A2, the spanish have the cetme version, the swiss called it the STG-58 and the Belgians called it the FN/FAL.
it was also made in argentina as well as several other countries.
it comes in both metric and standard measurements. It has an adjustable gas plug so you can control the recoil on the rifle and comes with an integral bipod that folds into and becomes part of the handguards. The only drawback is that the weapon weighs 11 pounds.
Springfield armory even copied it.
they're good rifles. very accurate. if they have steel handguards you may want to change them out for ceramic or plastic ones...those steel handguards get pretty danged hot when you shoot it.
I had a Metric Imbel Fal kit around here somewhere...just needs a receiver...
For accuracy's sake you don't want to put a sling on the rifle, the swivel is attached to the barrel itself..so it could adversely affect accuracy over the long term. (the good thing is that it comes with a carry handle)

most all of the rifles I've shot are either MOA or sub MOA accuracy.
My wife likes to take mine and shoot shotgun hulls off the target at 150 yards.


funny story, the ONE day that we spent more than an hour at the range, my wife sat down and spent 6 hours shooting this rifle. She got curious though and asked how much it cost per round. (we were shooting lake city arsenal rounds that I had)..I told her that that days' fun ran about 275.00 in just .308 ammo.
after that she made me buy her a 22 rifle and hasn't shot over 100 yards since..dang it.

oh, and if you want one, I know a fella that's selling one..he wants 1500.00 for it and it's well worth it. That rifle is cherry.

that's a handsome rifle, and perfect for the 100 yard range!
I have every confidence that you made a good deal and I know you'll enjoy that rifle.