CETME Bolt Gap?

[Ammo Guy]

Got one of the Century Arms rifles. :spew:
To start with it had a ground bolt and NO bolt gap.
I have since replaced the following parts: bolt head, locking piece, and installed +4 rollers.
All of that effort and all I get is .007 (seven thousands) of an inch for bolt gap! :nonono:
Any ideas on what I can do at this point? :1087:
I was happy with this rifle till I got educated. Almost wished I'd stayed ignorant of the thing. Almost.

The Ammo Guy :cool1:
"Aim small, miss small."

[Smokehouse69]

Well, you are in spec... barely. .004 is minimum acceptable. I think there are +6 rollers available other than that the only thing I can think of is to repress the barrel. I know that would be a pain in the a55 but it would give you opportunity to get your bolt gap perfect with stock rollers. I think I'd just shoot it as is and go back to being happy with it!

[vista461]

I'd shoot it as is since you're in the spec window. Then if it falls out of spec then repress it.

[jeff54]

I've got the same problem!!! Mine ends up with a .006 gap and I've been shootong for about a year and the gap hasn't changed. Where would I get .006 rollers? Thanks, Jeff

[Yoslick]

Gonna take a lot of shooting before your outta spec and at the cost of x51 these days it may take forever!!

Slick!