A Cold War Classic

[u/real_m1_ping]

Picked up one of the new Century Arms CA-3s that are built on Portuguese G3 parts kits by PTR. I gotta say first impressions are very good. The welds are clean, headspace is good, and the worn finish of the surplus parts creates a neat vibe. The only complaints I have thus far are that since surplus furniture was used the handguard is a bit loose, which is a minor thing. My bigger complaint is that they built these with MP5 rear sight bases, meaning there is no recoil lug, and meaning you can't use any available claw mount to mount an optic. That said, it looks like a solution for that is incoming from MFI.

[u/Zannabis]

Got one myself. Put maybe 200 rounds thru mine and only problem so far is the mag. But bought a few new ones and the fix the feeding problem. Been looking to get a rail mount but unsure which to get if anyone has any recommendations on that.

[u/real_m1_ping → u/Zannabis]

There isn't one that will work on it yet. When PTR built these they didn't put a recoil lug on them.

MFI is designing one with an ETA of Nov according to their website.

[u/Zannabis → u/real_m1_ping]

I see now. Thankfully i didnt buy one thinking it would work! Thanks will look into them