What's the consensus on the Type 81 SE rifles? Bent?

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Hey, wondering if anyone here could share their experience with their Type 81 SE rifle(s). Are the folders bent? Are the fixed ones bent? How's the accuracy? If anyone here can share it would be a great help.
 
I dont own a SE model, but i have seen plenty of evidence that indicates they suffer from the same issues that the original imports did and then some.
 
Murray 3-D said:
I dont own a SE model, but i have seen plenty of evidence that indicates they suffer from the same issues that the original imports did and then some.
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I have both models and the original ones have a slightly better quality, maybe also because of the different finish. I like the bluing better.

As to the bent barrels, none of mine suffers from that. I had 2 more which I sold and none of them had it either - I did the test gunutz on youtube shows.

I have both fixed and folder.
 
i been told that phosphate is a cheaper process compared to bluing. i wonder why they went with red stain? i suspect it has something to do with the change in the wood. the wood under the red looks different than the blonde wood, the blonde wood was made of from beech.
 
My SE folder is straight. Shoots awesome. Super fun rifle but there's no way in hell I'd ever pay over retail for it. Happy with the build quality and finish. It's a tool not a toy and it does everything it's supposed to.
 
Haven't shot mine yet. It isn't bent. I prefer the looks of a blued finish, but from what I've read parkerized is better functionally.

I would have to agree t81s are not worth scalper prices, but for 1200 I think it's fine.
 
Curtton said:
i been told that phosphate is a cheaper process compared to bluing. i wonder why they went with red stain? i suspect it has something to do with the change in the wood. the wood under the red looks different than the blonde wood, the blonde wood was made of from beech.
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Parkerized is more durable and more steps involved, bore and chamber need to be plugged, can't let the solution in the bore or it will ruin it.
Bluing doesn't require that extra step, blast and blue is a very cheap finish process, definitely cheaper and less durable then parkerized.
TI said the light wood was Beech, but it sure looked like Chu to me. Easiest way to test it is to see how heavy it is. Beech is a heavy dense hardwood, Chu is very light and about as hard as Pine lol.
 
Hitzy said:
Parkerized is more durable and more steps involved, bore and chamber need to be plugged, can't let the solution in the bore or it will ruin it.
Bluing doesn't require that extra step, blast and blue is a very cheap finish process, definitely cheaper and less durable then parkerized.
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question: have you done parkerize or bluing? the man i know who told me bluing is more expensive, actually works with parkerizing.
 
Curtton said:
question: have you done parkerize or bluing? the man i know who told me bluing is more expensive, actually works with parkerizing.
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Yes.
Depends on what blued finish you want, high polish blueing takes more metal prep time so costs more labour.

Blasting and blueing or blasting parkerizing, parkerizing requires the extra step of plugging bore and chamber with parkerizing, bluing solution cost vs parkerizing solution is negligible, both can be made instead of purchased as a solution easily as well.
Really boils down to the metal prep and labour involved, the cost of the gear is similar.
 
I recently purchase a SE Optic ready from TI and the first one was straight but the front sight was canted to the left by about 3mm. Sent it back and received a replacement rifle which also has a canted front but not as bad as the previous one. I mounted a scope on it and I wasn't able to zero in my LPVO as the receiver is bent more to the right and my LPVO ran out of adjustments to compensate. Iron sights are fine as the front and rear sight are aligned to the barrel or should I say the rear sight is connected directly to the trunnion. Nevertheless, the blonde LMG I have has a better build quality.
 
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