Golani any good?

[matai]

So I'm looking at this gunbroker ad:



http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=119428255


and am wondering how this Golani compares to a standard <$1000 M4. I usually really like isreali stuff, so I'm interested and the price seems good. Just not sure if its worth spending the few hundred bucks for a M4. What do you all think??

Thanks

 

[nalioth]

I suggest you use the search feature.

If you're a gambler, go for it sight unseen.

Hint: They're not Israeli any more.

 

[HorseSoldier]

They're made by Century, who have a solid reputation for taking perfectly reliable military rifle designs and making them problematic civilian legal semis. (Including some problems with Golani that Nalioth's suggestion of a search will explain in pretty good detail.)

I'd consider one I could look over. If I was ordering sight-unseen, I'd be prepared to get it to the range the day it arrived, and start melting phone lines calling Century if it had issues.

 

[hawmanai]

google century golani

I got one this summer from J&G, had a problem, but I like it.

When I first got it, it would jam occasionally. When stripping the round from the magazine, the bullet tip would stop on the barrel breechface. A little work on the magazine feed lips so the bullet would sit higher helped.

It now feeds reliably, there are still marks on the breechface where it hits and I think a small feed ramp might help more. (Noticed my AR also slightly damages the tip on soft points while feeding from the magazine.)

Overall I like the gun, fun to shoot, folding stock is handy, just be ready to ship it back or do some work on it.

 

[shotgunjoel]

I've always thought they were neat, they are like an AR and AK hybrid. They have neat little features like a wire cutter in the bipod hinge and a bottle opener on the bottom of the front grip.

 

[FMJMIKE]

I have read more bad reviews of this rifle than good. I wouldn't buy one..........

 

[alemonkey]

I really wish these had better reviews. They're such a sweet looking rifle. I'd love to have one but I hear too much bad stuff about the CAI builds.

 

[PERRK]

Not recommended due to personal experience as a former owner. Like the others said, it is an "interpretive" recreation of the Galil made poorly.

 

[nalioth]

Not recommended due to personal experience as a former owner. Like the others said, it is an "interpretive" recreation of the Galil made poorly.

Yes, it is very sad that the ball was dropped on this project.

 

[forquidder]

Discount

Here's one at a cheaper price if you're still feeling lucky.

http://www.classicarms.us/

 

[salvo]

I bought one a little over a year ago. I must have got lucky it has been a great rifle, no problems at all. I must confess if I had read all the horror stories before hand I probable would have passed.

 

[salvo]

I bought one a little over a year ago. I must have got lucky it has been a great rifle, no problems at all. I must confess if I had read all the horror stories before hand I probable would have passed.

 

[salvo]

I bought one a little over a year ago. I must have got lucky it has been a great rifle, no problems at all. I must confess if I had read all the horror stories before hand I probable would have passed.