CETME buttstock removal

[bbrown]

I want to replace the much-distressed wood that came with my CETME parts kits. How do you remove the buttstock from the buffer/housing? Do you do something like you do with a SMLE rifle buttstock, i.e., clamp the thing in a vise and use a big honking screwdriver or tire iron on the big bolt in the hole in the end of the buttstock? Or is there a less drastic method?

Do you need to do anything with the buffer parts showing in the housing first?

To my novice eyes there doesn't appear to be an easy way to get some Kroil down into the bolt threads, either.

The pictures over at

http://cetme.homestead.com/stocks.html

are very helpful, but I'm still stuck. As is the buttstock.

TIA,

Bryan

[Che]

Remove lower from upper by removing push pins and pulling buttstock assembly out of receiver (leaving you with the buttstock and the recoil spring/buffer assembly).

Remove buttpad. Use big ass screwdriver (or tire iron (mine has a flat spot on one end used for prying (or as a big screwdriver)). Unscrew the large screw that goes through the buttstock.

Now remove the smaller screw at the bottom end of the buffer assembly/plate. Now wiggle the buttstock free.

Above is from memory but I think it is complete.

[bbrown]

Thanks for the information. I was able to unscrew the bolt using a tire iron and an improvised lever arm. Just like on a SMLE.

There was no smaller screw (unlike the G3), but I was able to tap out the buffer from the back end and jiggle the buttstock free. Now everything's apart and ready for a replacement buttstock.

[AZshooter]

Now that you've got it all apart, you may want to consider a replacing that old, dry & hard segmented buffer with a new one from Blackjack - it's a one piece polyurethane buffer & works great.

[bbrown]

Thanks for the buffer suggestion. I've just ordered a 2fer.

[W.E.G.]

CETME stock removal

Target acquired.



Tools required



Wife and son put to good use



Tango down



Bolt was un-marred before capture



Bolt/Buffer relationship



Bolt/Buffer/Stock relationship



Bolt/Buffer/Ferrule/Recoil-Assembly relationship

[W.E.G.]

Ferrule/Buffer relationship (front view)



Ferrule/Buffer relationship (rear view)



Ferrule viewed from rear



Ferrule viewed from front
Notice how the ferrule is two layers of metal, an outer sheath bonded to the inner cup by heavy duty crimping and spot welds (welds not visible from inside of ferrule)



Welds visible from outer side of ferrule.
Crimp marks are transferred to stock where it sits inside ferrule.
Crimps are not configured to serve as means of stock retention.
With time, it appears that the wood swells into the crimp holes, and usually “attaches” itself somewhat to the inside of the ferrule.

[Che]

Now that you've got it all apart, you may want to consider a replacing that old, dry & hard segmented buffer with a new one from Blackjack - it's a one piece polyurethane buffer & works great.

How do you replace the buffer? I have had my stock off and parts disassembled but cannot get to the actual buffer. Is there a trick?

[Smokehouse69]

I must have been very, very lucky. I removed my old wooden butstock yesterday evening and had no problem at all. I did it with a 8,0x150 screwdriver and needed very little torque to get it loose.
Seperating the metal from the wood was much more difficult, the stock was so soaked in oil that I think the wood was swollen inside the metal.