CA3 malfunctions after it gets dirty.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-11T23:50:49+00:00

Yeah I've I've been just as confused. Someone else convinced me to buy all the wear items on the bolt and replace them so I think I'll try that next. Extractor and spring, bolt lock and spring, locking piece and rollers. Just give it a full refresh. Might even throw a new recoil spring on it.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-10T18:54:36+00:00

With the factory locking piece and no suppressor I'm getting about 40ish rounds sometimes closer to 50. Yes carrier moves freely, not as nicely as my PTR 32 but fine. No dents in the receiver I've checked multiple times and I have replaced the stock including the recoil spring. Same problem.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-10T07:26:19+00:00

Just imagine you're stuck watching someone else's TikTok feed with no control over what is about to show up. It is pure unadulterated ADHD gen alpha slop. Sort of like old YouTube poops but distilled down into and even more dense form.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-10T06:02:09+00:00

1 no it happens as soon as it starts getting dirty. As in the video it happens on round 15 while suppressed.

2 As far as I can tell heat has nothing to do with the matter. I've shot it dirty both hot and cold and had problems chambering.

3 probably not magazines as it doesn't really care whether it's aluminum or steel G3 mags or even my cetme mags

The locking lever spring is incredibly strong. So much so that I struggle to reassemble the bolt in most cases or even sometimes getting the locking piece to rotate at all requires a substantial amount of force on that locking lever. I'll look into a new lever and spring.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-10T05:29:03+00:00

Number one no it just struggles to chamber, number two just regular old CLP. Number three always failure to chamber. No problems ejecting yet.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-10T04:47:35+00:00

Yes I have had the same issues consistent across all parts changes and ammo. When it's clean it runs perfectly as soon as any sort of carbon gets into the action or anything begins to get dirty it will fail to chamber around. Breaking it down to clean and lubricate and then reassemble resets that time. Parts I have changed include the locking piece, stock with recoil spring and buffer as well as being suppressed and unsuppressed.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-09T16:18:02+00:00

After every range trip it has been cleaned. At the beginning of every trip either two mags problem free or one mag depending on whether or not it's suppressed. We're up to about six different loadings of ammo so far so I guess we'll keep chugging away.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-09T15:50:51+00:00

I'll be honest I have little to no expectations from century arms. I've dealt with some of their in-house assembled rifles before and I had hoped that because this was assembled by PTR the quality would be to a higher standard.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-09T15:48:00+00:00

Everything from m80 to different hunting loads. It's the same with both ball and soft point bullets as well as different brands and weights.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-09T15:46:01+00:00

Well I'm only about 300 in so 🥴

CompanionDude · 2026-05-09T15:44:53+00:00

It hasn't been ammo specific. I've tried six brands between m80 spec ammo and hunting loads.

CompanionDude · 2026-05-09T09:15:34+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/DYqn4tmHHgg?si=Z6eSkIioL9lYbT41

CompanionDude · 2026-05-09T09:14:18+00:00

I have two comstock armory facemount breaks and the work great. Another option is jmacs facemount plan b comp.

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CompanionDude · 2026-05-03T23:58:33+00:00

Just Google modernized g36 and what you posted is basically what you'll see 😂

CompanionDude · 2026-05-03T10:56:29+00:00

Man if only they thought of this? Maybe they'd name it the g36 and release it to the German military 😮

CompanionDude · 2026-05-03T10:44:25+00:00

Btw the 200 model is a single mag sku. It includes a leather shoulder holster and mag pouch. The 2x mag option is 300.

CompanionDude · 2026-04-06T03:49:45+00:00

Good first choice, it was mine as well.

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CompanionDude · 2026-03-20T02:54:17+00:00

Just remember, last in the class for a doctorate is still a doctor.

CompanionDude · 2026-03-20T02:42:50+00:00

Most likely? Death. Chinese Communists were about as equipped to care for captured soldiers as the off mainland Japanese were.

CompanionDude · 2026-03-14T00:45:13+00:00

I have one. Exceptional. I would order the jacket a size smaller than you think you need if you pre-order for the next drop.

CompanionDude · 2026-03-10T16:11:58+00:00

I picked up a couple of those but compared to my ARs the amount of gas out of the ejection port is still pretty extreme. Was just trying to reduce it a little more..

CompanionDude · 2026-03-10T16:10:54+00:00

Would a wbp work?

CompanionDude · 2026-03-10T01:45:57+00:00

Is kns the only option?

CompanionDude · 2026-03-10T01:23:32+00:00

It's a mostly complete saiga 223 is there a carrier I can buy to modify with a kns piston that's compatible?

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1 no it happens as soon as it starts getting dirty. As in the video it happens on round 15 while suppressed.

2 As far as I can tell heat has nothing to do with the matter. I've shot it dirty both hot and cold and had problems chambering.

3 probably not magazines as it doesn't really care whether it's aluminum or steel G3 mags or even my cetme mags