CFS $119 Polish kits

yosuthnmasa said:

Did anyone here order one of the recent Polish kits from CFS? Just wanted to get some feedback from those of you who had.

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First kit I checked out had matching numbers, a bore that looked like it had never seen a bullet through it, dark wood, red plastic grip, front trunnion wasn't touched in the cutting process, rear trunnion was cut close and can be made useable. Everything appears straight and almost like a new gun that was cut up for parts.
The second kit....where should i begin??? It had a nice barrel with excellent bore, one of the sight ears was doggy looking but nothing a little sandpaper couldn't fix. The front trunnion looks beautiful too. Now for the bad and wierd stuff.
1. This has a laminate pistol grip instead of a red plastic one. wouldn't be bad if it matched the wood.
2. speaking of wood, the wood doesn't match and appears to be off from three different guns (upper is beat to crap, lower is dark wood like the first kit but different in a few ways like it wasn't polish), and the laminate pistol grip is a different color. This will definitely give the battlefield look, lol.
3. The numbers do not match on this kit. The bolt and bolt carrier seem to have the same proof marks but the number on the bolt carrier is barely legible and is different than on the trunnion. Also the bolt and bolt carrier are very worn compared to the barrel assembly.
4. The underfolder looks good and is straight but is a totally different style mechanism than the other cfs polish kit and also is different than the global trades polish kit I have. Did Poland make different style rear trunnions/locking mechanisms? or maybe this is a different country for the underfolder stock. I definitely need to get some pictures taken.
5. The rest of the parts are a hodge podge of parts with different numbers from different guns. The gas tube looks worn to nothing and yet the barrel is in excellent shape.

All in all do I think these were a good deal? The first kit definitely yes, the second kit well do I have a choice? Sure I could return it but if they sold out of the polish underfolders already I wouldn't be able to get another one in exchange - would I? For the price some would say why B*tch and complain. Well I'm not complaining but I do feel that looking at the second kit it looks nothing like the kit Lois posted a link to the picture of (my first kit looks as good as the picture in the cfs link though). Sad thing is with ordering two kits, one was for me and one was for a buddy of mine(yes he already paid me for it). You can only guess which kit I am stuck with, lol. I figure I will call Lois in the AM and see what I can get worked out to see if there are any polish underfolder kits left where I could make an exchange for the second kit. If not I will keep the second kit and practice my wood working skills (or lack of) with the wood in that kit.

Here are some pics of the kits and some closeups of the underfolders. I wish I knew what country the underfolder in the second kit is from.

Kit #2


closeup of underfolder in kit #2 this almost reminds me of a chinese underfolder - but then again the receiver doesn't look thick enough to be chinese. Any ideas?


kit #1 this is a nice kit with all numbers matching


rear underfolder trunnion from kit #1


notice the straight backside of the trunnion area where the one in kit #2 was curved slightly.


some differences in the stocks. Looking at the stocks - I don't think they both came from poland, unless one is a newer style - does anyone know?

yosuthnmasa said:

Mike, missed these pictures and ask to see them in the other thread...sorry. Both of my sets of wood look very similar to yours. Is it not Polish? If not, what would you expect it to be. Have any of you guys dealt with Lois at CFS replacing certain pieces(rear trunnion) because they were cut up, or banged up too badly? I'm hoping maybe that she can get me one so that I can keep one of the kits. 762, are your Polish kits all from Global? Global's website says they are all sold out of Polish kits, so I'll have to check with Sportsman Guide and FAC. FAC's is $159, so I'm more inclined to go with them based on the price. What experience have you guys had with their kits?

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I would feel comfortable to say that the wood with my first kit is polish and that the wood is in decent shape. Of course my first kit is all numbers matching. I'm not saying the wood in my second kit isn't polish just that it doesn't seem to be from the same gun. The lower handguard doesn't fit the receiver chunk that is still attached to the front trunnion of kit #2 and the gas tube of kit #2 is going to need to be fitted where the gas tube in kit #1 fits perfect. I tried to call Lois this afternoon and left a voice mail message. So can't help you there. But past experience with Lois has always been positive and she did help make it right for me by helping me to get some wood replaced on an AMD63 kit I had bought through her when centerfire was first offering the amd63 kits. One good thing with sportsmansguide is that being a member of the buyers club gets you the discounted price, plus if you're not already a member when you join SG usually throws in free shipping on that order. Plus there are usually coupons that can be used. so the total price is lower than expected.

Here is a link if you need it http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=91958 I am thinking the FAC kits are global trades kits also, but am not sure.

also for comparison here is the kit I got through SG.

Nice wood on this and looks perfect.


How it was packaged and this was inside a carboard box.

DrugRunR said:

I guess it is possible that it was a field repaired gun but I don't think so.
I suspect that someone at CFS just tossed some stuff in a box.


I would really of liked a picture of the laminated grip.

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Here is a pic that I took the same day I took the other pics I posted earlier. I didn't post this one originally - but this is the only one I have with the laminated grip in the picture.