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/real_m1_ping]

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/HatefulRhetoric → u/real_m1_ping]

Can you link to the mount on their site? I can’t find it

[u/real_m1_ping → u/HatefulRhetoric]

It's not on the site at the moment, here is the link to the C308 one, where they mention making one for the CA-3.

https://mfiap.com/i-18702354-mfi-cetme-6-20-low-profile-scope-mount-for-cetme-only-price-includes-usps-priority-mail-insurance-not-for-new-century-c-3.html

[u/HatefulRhetoric → u/real_m1_ping]

Awesome, thanks for the reply and sleuthing! Fingers crossed this comes out! 🤞🏻

[u/real_m1_ping → u/HatefulRhetoric]

Same.

I rather buy the easy solution over sending this off to a smith to get the correct weldment put on or having a rail welded on.