Any hope for a decent/well priced semi automatic .308?

[Smittyman]

My father had two CETME's. Both looked and shot great. One was a little finicky with different mags but it still worked. I know Century pretty much butchered 75% of these rifles during assembly. And from what I can tell they have stopped making the CETME rifles. Maybe there's a good used one out there? I would love to have a dependable G3 clone style rifle (or FN FAL) but around $500. Is it realistic to find a used one of these, or have they dried up in the market? Any other input is greatly accepted!

Maybe I'm asking too much.

[bonzii34]

Havent seen anything along those lines lately. But i could be looking in the wrong places. Ar10's running double that of course and are plentiful. Let me know if you find 2!

[Guest bkelm18]

Pretty much the only semi .308 in that price range is going to be a Saiga.

[Magiccarpetrides]

the saiga's are pretty decent once converted....I don't know what the going rate is know but at one time Sportsman's Warehouse had the SX-AR (camo-d FNAR) for $850...I still got mine....its rediculously accurate.

[1gewehr]

A simple Google search yielded several CETMEs for under $500. They are still out there. And while I have seen some of the Century horror story rifles, most have been reliable, accurate shooters. In the 'under $500' category, I would stick with the CETME. You MIGHT get real lucky and find a used FAL in that range. It depends how hard you look. Century sold a boatload of FALs for under $500, and you might find one of them who doesn't know how much the price has gone up. I've seen a couple in the past year at local gun shows. Usually being carried by someone with a sad look on their face.

[gregintenn]

742 or 7400 Remington.

[Smittyman]

I think I'll continue the search for a CETME or FN FAL. They have to be out there somewhere. I hope

[Magiccarpetrides]

FN FAL....not so much at that price...Cetme...all day long...downside to CETME is they are really hard on the cases during ejection. Century has a new G1 FAL out that looks pretty nice for about $700