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03-22-2009, 09:32 PM
Century Arms Golani Sporter Rifle For Sale 5.56/.223 Semi-Auto Rifle with 35 Round Mags. I have the chance to buy one. GLN serial number. Which to my understanding means the reciever was made by Caspian and is not the the.
I took the plunge from J&G, but I haven't gotten a chance to shoot yet. With all the chores lined up for me at home, I may not get a chance until well into summer.
The receiver looks good, the barrel clean. None of the metal defects that I've seen pictures of from a couple of years ago. The front sight was shifted all the way to the left, and when I took the sight apart it was full of dry cosmoline. Other than that, hardly any cosmoline in the izzy parts. The night sights are non-functional. The magazines are steel and in good condition. I wish I could find a reasonably priced adapter for AR magazines, as the unique Golani mags are expensive. The magazines wobble a bit, I don't know if that is a problem or if it will resolve when the mags are loaded. The barrel is thin, with 6 slot flash hider like the M16 A1. The functioning is almost exactly like an AK, so its probably built like a tank, even if not particularly accurate. The folding stock is a bit hard to work, but will probably break in. I had to file a little on the back of the reciever where a slot is milled for the back of the top cover to sit. My slot was too narrow making disassambly hard and reassembly harder. A few minutes of careful filing fixed it right up. There is no way to add a Golani bipod--I'd have to change the gas port to an ARM style, add the ARM style handguard and ARM carry handle--by then the price would be outrageous and I'd probably have too many import parts.
The main flaw I see in the design is that the bullets have to travel quite a way along the bullet guide to reach the chamber. I had an AK that wouldn't feed hollowpoint because they wouldn't slide into the chamber, so I hope feeding isn't a problem in the Golani. If so, I wouldn't know what to do to correct it. I'll have to wait and see how things go at the range with live ammo.
The receiver looks good, the barrel clean. None of the metal defects that I've seen pictures of from a couple of years ago. The front sight was shifted all the way to the left, and when I took the sight apart it was full of dry cosmoline. Other than that, hardly any cosmoline in the izzy parts. The night sights are non-functional. The magazines are steel and in good condition. I wish I could find a reasonably priced adapter for AR magazines, as the unique Golani mags are expensive. The magazines wobble a bit, I don't know if that is a problem or if it will resolve when the mags are loaded. The barrel is thin, with 6 slot flash hider like the M16 A1. The functioning is almost exactly like an AK, so its probably built like a tank, even if not particularly accurate. The folding stock is a bit hard to work, but will probably break in. I had to file a little on the back of the reciever where a slot is milled for the back of the top cover to sit. My slot was too narrow making disassambly hard and reassembly harder. A few minutes of careful filing fixed it right up. There is no way to add a Golani bipod--I'd have to change the gas port to an ARM style, add the ARM style handguard and ARM carry handle--by then the price would be outrageous and I'd probably have too many import parts.
The main flaw I see in the design is that the bullets have to travel quite a way along the bullet guide to reach the chamber. I had an AK that wouldn't feed hollowpoint because they wouldn't slide into the chamber, so I hope feeding isn't a problem in the Golani. If so, I wouldn't know what to do to correct it. I'll have to wait and see how things go at the range with live ammo.