All I ever get is a picture of a black stick thingie.Royal Small Arms Factory and Birmingham Small Arms Company factories (UK), Ĥ.337 kg (9.56 lb) empty It's a flat black rifle that seems to suck the light out of the room. No pictures of the DSA possible, I've tried. With proper adjustment spent shells can found next to you on the shooting bench. I NEVER found a single piece of brass the PTR ejected. Cheap surplus 308 ammo was the other key to happiness. Being voracious ammo gobbler means it seldom sees daylight anymore. But I still have a DSA SA58 hiding in the safe. Sadly I let the Century L1A1 get away from me to a friend that wanted/needed/lusted after it. I went home and sold the PTR that same day ! Smoothness in action, comfort while shooting, felt recoil, WAY DIFFERENT !!!

Loved shooting both of them till one day when I took them both out at the same time and shot them side by side.Īccuracy with same ammo, about the same. More expensive but also a faultless, great shooting gun. Wonderful, affordable, gun.Īt the same time I had a PTR 91 G3 kind of gun. I swear it was the only gun Century EVER assembled correctly and it never hiccupped, ever. Years ago I had a Century, inch pattern L1A1 dressed in a full set of Australian wood. Thank You for the welcome, Smiths are making a big comeback for me personally! A *good* M1 Garand will run about the same. It took a real man to hump that M1 through Europe IMHO but MAN! That is a RIFLE! That's the next on my short list.Ĭost to build, properly, is going to run a bit shy of $2K but they are great pieces. Well, I can't stand AK's and quite frankly got tired of building AR's or more specifically, I got tired of bubba's attempting to build AR's and then bringing them to me to fix.įor those that want to know, YES, they are heavy, about like an M1 Garand. I also snagged recently an Imbel gear logo receiver he's going to build for me. Mine was built on a Coonan type III receiver and Imbel parts kit. I've got one Mark built for me - I would build myself but tools are a premium and headspacing is a bit different on these. (Brad Washa) has quality Imbel kits available and Mark at Arizona Response Systems is the premier builder. I know a guy who has some and can put you in touch with him if you wish. Receivers are still available from DSA or Coonan (IF Coonan ever makes a comeback from a recent re-org.) and there are a few over on falfiles too.

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