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Century International Arms : Centurion 39 Sporter

14/02/08 at 11.36pm   /   by Rob Ski   /   23 Comments
C39 Sporter

C39 Sporter
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The Centurion 39 Sporter is newest addition to rapidly growing, made in USA, milled AK’s family. Rifle is chambered in 7.62×39 mm and as you may know already, it is based on milled receiver. According to Century International, which manufacturing Sporter, receiver is machined from an 11 pound block of 4140 ordnance quality steel.

C39 left side charging handle

C39 left side charging handle
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Sporter is loaded with some surprises. Most noticeable one is left and right side charging handle allowing the right handed shooter to keep his primary hand on trigger guard during reloads. Another interesting addition is, combined with gas block, front post sight.

C39 rear sight

C39 rear sight
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Rear sight was also modified. Instead of adjusting for windage from the front sight like on other AK rifles, the rear sight is adjustable for both windage and elevation. Finally, Sporter has an oversized mag release button, for easier mag changes.

C39 hand guards

C39 hand guards and bolt carrier
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The upper and lower handguards have four Picatinny rails, but please note that upper hand guard will not work as an optic mount, because it is not rigid enough for this kind of job. From my first impression, I will tell you also, that rifle is incredibly light for milled receiver version. It weights 7 lbs and 3 oz (unloaded) – that’s only 3.26 kg. Some weight saving was done on bolt carrier group. Century basically created open slots in it, to get rid of dead weight – interestingly enough, I have seen something similar done on AEK 971…just saying.

C39 internal "guts"

C39 internal “guts”
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Barrel is chrome lined, 16.25” long with 1:10 twist and has “bird cage” type flash hider. Overall, initial feeling on it is good and Sporter is easy to drive from target to target, but the real results will come from the extensive range and field use…I should have report on it done in the next few weeks…

-Rob Ski

Ps. You can get C39 Sporter for around $650.

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23 thoughts on “Century International Arms : Centurion 39 Sporter”

  1. Nate says:
    February 9, 2014 at 7:16 am

    I just got this rifle two weeks ago and I am looking forward to what you have to say. I am even more interested in the ambidextrous charging handle because I am pretty sure I do not have that…

    Reply
  2. Ted says:
    June 8, 2014 at 10:42 am

    The rear sight adjustment what size hex nut is that? i tried adjusting it and it is a B1tch! thing stripped two hex wrenches already. Lefty loosy right?? The factory adjustment the sights are off way to the left, not to mention the stock is way to short.

    Reply
    • Rob Ski says:
      June 20, 2014 at 10:30 am

      Ted, yes, you are loosening it to the left. I just have full set of small bits for things like this and i don’t remember the size…sorry.

      Reply
  3. Matt says:
    July 19, 2014 at 9:51 am

    What sized hex wrench do I need to adjust the Rear Sight for windage? I have a full set and none of them fit????
    Can anyone answer this correctly?
    Thanks-in-advance……

    Reply
    • Rob Ski says:
      July 20, 2014 at 3:12 pm

      It is a metric size. I don’t remember the size, but it is a metric one.

      Reply
  4. Larry Shephard says:
    August 7, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    I have the same problem as Matt. I can not find the right size of Allen wrench to adjust the rear sight on the Centurion c39 Sporter. Does anyone know what size to use? I have tried all my Metric and SAE sizes and nothing has worked.

    Can anyone help?

    Thanks in advance!!

    Reply
    • Rob Ski says:
      August 7, 2014 at 12:53 pm

      It is metric size. I will try to look at it today, I don’t remember from the top of my head…

      Reply
      • Rob Ski says:
        August 7, 2014 at 2:48 pm

        It is not a metric, it is Imperial 1/16 – use Craftsman wrench, works great.

        Reply
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  6. Joel says:
    July 5, 2015 at 8:24 pm

    Anyone know where I can find a replacement, complete bolt that is compatible? I really like the gun but I destroyed the pins and cannot for the life of me disassemble the bolt ><

    Reply
    • Rob Ski says:
      July 9, 2015 at 9:51 am

      Ask with Century…i have no clue who makes these for them.

      Reply
  7. Brandon says:
    October 16, 2015 at 10:58 pm

    my gun shoots great but needs a new bolt carrier it is shit cheep meddle were the hell do i find a replacement and were the hell do i find any part for this gun iv had it over a year and still cant find any replacement parts

    Reply
    • Rob Ski says:
      April 3, 2016 at 7:42 pm

      Try Apex Gun Parts and remember that you have to check head spacing.

      Reply
  8. Donald Collins says:
    October 29, 2015 at 10:48 am

    How do I take off front sight post to put one on that’s green r red

    Reply
    • Rob Ski says:
      April 3, 2016 at 7:40 pm

      You have to press it out and press it in. You need press for it.

      Reply
  9. Don Ferguson says:
    December 1, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    Lost rear adjustable site where can I get a replacement for it ?

    Reply
    • Rob Ski says:
      December 2, 2015 at 7:00 am

      Only from the Century…

      Reply
  10. William Bales says:
    March 19, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    Rob,
    I’ve run about 500 rds thru my c39v1 i picked up new last year, bolt is mushrooming already, ugly guess ill go back to century, any guidance??

    Reply
    • Rob Ski says:
      March 21, 2016 at 9:40 am

      Just watch for locking logs. Locking logs on bolt are more important than bolt carrier dove tail…that may stop. And if it will not, worst thing can happen it will jam your rifle. Bolt logs on th eother hand may lead to some bigger problems…

      Reply
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  12. mark says:
    December 12, 2018 at 11:46 am

    What does the S stand for on the rear sight of the centurion 39 sporter

    Reply
    • Rob Ski says:
      December 23, 2018 at 8:46 am

      “Start”, but this is so called “battle zero”

      Reply
  13. Michael B Sheegog says:
    March 8, 2019 at 5:14 pm

    Does anyone have info on a replacement stock for this rifle. I replaced the stock one with a bump stock until the anti-gun crew took that option away. Unfortunately I tossed the other one. Now forced to get a regular stock.

    Reply

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