Method, which has, we think, proved itself the There are several different ways of finding theĬorrect adjustment but we suggest the following Stay away from the Indian ammo that Cheaperthandirt and places sell, it is dangerous garbage. The Argentine and Portuguese( FNM )ammo is okay albeit a bit innacurate. The best 7.62x51 out there are Australian and South African. Save it for a bolt gun or a Walmart rifle. The stuff at Walmart is too expensive and not suitable for use in military rifles. Yours might differ.Īmmunition has a lot to do with the gas setting as well. my L1A1 will work down to a "7" gas setting. the empty cases should land closer as the gas port is opened further until at one point the rifle will not cycle anymore.ĥ) set gas one before the number at which it stops cycling ( i.e. there should be considerable recoil and the empty should fly out in the blue yonder about 5 meters to your rightĤ) now set gas to one ( 1 ) and repeat above. My -guess- is that I need to fiddle with the gas nozzle (I forget the proper word).ĭoes anyone know an easy way to gauge how much gas pressure I need to be setting this rifle to fire with? Possibly a way that doesn't involve shooting it? (Long shot, I know, but I rarely go to WW FWA and there are no public rifle ranges closer.)ġ) with rifle unloaded and on safe ( of course ! ) set gas to zeroĢ) load 1 round in magazine, insert mag and chamber round ( never ever feed by hand into the chamber as this does not allow the rifle to properly cycle )ģ) fire. (I have 5 magazines for it, though I only sent 3 with it, so only 3 are fixed )Īnyway, I got back to the range with it just today, and while the three magazines worked properly, I did note that after the first 20 shots, I started having failures to follow again, though this time it was that the bolt wouldn't follow through all the way. I got it back, and was told that it was a problem with the magazines not being properly fitted to the rifle. So I took it to Ludco Gunshop over in Parker City and had him send it to a gunsmith. He had never fired it before, and had bought it from an old friend.Īnyway, I took it to the range at Wilbur Wright FWA for the first time late last year or early this year, and I found that after every shot, the magazine would get jarred loose and would fail to feed the next round. I am just tired of spending time hunting for data that i use to know.So I bought an R1A1 from a coworker last fall. If someone adds a correction i will correct it.
If i remember more i will add it and if i remember something different i will correct it. Please remember that this is an old man trying to remember stuff or looking at random notes before it is all gone from his mind. Some receivers are marked L1A1 (inch) type 3 and type 1 Some receivers are marked R1A1 ( metric) type 3 i don't remember which rifle they were used on (metric or inch). metric receivers, type 3Ĭentury bought out FAC (?) inventory when they went bankrupt, there were some receivers in the inventory. PAC (?) made a few receivers for century and are Imbel receivers.
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type 3ĬI on the serial number are thought to be imbel. they are type 1ĬA on the serial number are ( i forgot i will add this information when i remember it.) they were metric receivers. ( i think i remember FAC may have had something to do with them) they have the unibrow ramp and are cut for the folding charging handle. ICL on the serial number are early Dan Coonan. but, i read there are some inch made, but i don't know for sure. i have only seen metric receivers, type 3. NC on the serial number are made by North Country Machine in Vermont. The early L1A1 receivers were Imbel metric receivers, but cut for the folding charging handle and had the unibrow cut. Imbel made some receivers with the gear logo on them. Imbel also made some receivers that were stamped Imbel, but without the gear logo on them. Hesse/Vulcan made some receivers for Century and they are usually stamped with Hesse on them, altho a few were not stamped. If it stamped "made in canada" then it is most likely an Imbel receiver, but there were a few Argentine (FMAP) receivers used (5 digit serial number ).
Century arms l1a1 manual free#
If you feel the need to do some bashing, then feel free to start your own thread. This thread is not "I repeat it is not for the bashing or merits of the Century receiver" it is only to gather information. If anyone has addition information please post it.
This is not going to be in any order, it is just information. I have collected some information on the receivers and it may or may not be correct. I have been using century receivers for many years and finding out information on a particular receiver is difficult at best.