New Cetme owner

[LastFaction]

I recently jumped into a CAI CETME sporter without doing proper research first.

The rifle originally came with the cheap plastic CAI stock and hand guard which was cracked near the top mounting point. No surprise there considering how cheap the stock actually looked. Thank jebus that the bolt wasn't ground down.

The next problem I face is the bolt gap. It has absolutely no bolt gap what so ever. While, I don't have feeler gauges yet, I couldn't even get a piece of paper to slide between the bolt head and bolt carrier.

I have since visited Robert's RTG parts site and ordered a surplus G3 wood set, gotta love that wooden look, an HK complete recoil assembly and buffer, and also some +4 rollers.

I installed the rollers without much problem, except I broke my roll pin for my roller plate. Luckily, I was able to cut my roll pin from my cheap cetme recoil guide rod down to the size I needed and used that. Will probably order another roll pin to replace it though.

When I let my action slam forward and checked my bolt gap, I finally had a small gap there. It is enough to slide a piece of paper though. Though it may still be not enough.

Any advice on getting more bolt gap? Should I invest in a locking piece, or should I just contact a gun smith to reseat my barrel?

[Milsurp]

Welcome aboard. First thing you should do is get yourself those feeler gauges to see exactly what your gap is and then go from there. You could possibly be going to spend money that you don't need to at this time. Once it's running good you'll really like your Cetme.

[SA80Dan]

Welcome aboard; big plus 1 on what Milsurp said - get yourself some feeler gauges from autozone or somewhere and properly check that gap. The gauges cost less than 10 bucks and are an essential item for Cetme/HK owners.

[yellowhand]

Also check and see if the bolt head has been cut/shaved, many of ours were to give false BG.
Look on the rear end of the bolt head and if it's sharp, it's been cut.
On not shaved BH's it's nicely rounded at the edge.
There are photo's here some where, if you can't find them, post and i'll dig up mine and post on what to look for.
Welcome...

[rudrules]

WELCOME!

:America::2pistol:

[bladeworks123]

Glad to have ya aboard....!!!

[Vagabond]

Welcome aboard. First thing you should do is get yourself those feeler gauges to see exactly what your gap is and then go from there. You could possibly be going to spend money that you don't need to at this time. Once it's running good you'll really like your Cetme.

Good idea to get some feeler gauges, however I found a set at Autozone that was defective, the .006 gauge was really .013 this was driving me crazy until I got out my calipers and took a reading of the gauges, This set is marked as made by OEM.

[sava6e]

+1 on what everyone has already said, patience is key!!! it took me a little bit of time to get my home build done and now its my favorite battlerifle
!!!!

[LastFaction]

Ok got a set of feeler gauges and my bolt gap measures about .006 to .007 inch gap. I can't quite fit the .008 gauge in there. Am I ok to shoot?

[Milsurp]

While it's on the low end of the scale (.004-.020). Yes your good to shoot. Check it again after a few rounds to see if it drops a little bit.

[Perro Del Diablo]

Am I ok to shoot?

check for cocking tube gap before you do - you want a little

to check this you are going to slam the bolt home into battery and then without lifting the cocking handle your are going to try to move the cocking handle fore or aft to see if the cocking sleeve (the part the cocking handle is pinned to) can move fore or aft some. Also try to pivot it around the cocking tube inside.
as long as its not tight and has some movement youre good to go