I’d throw this in the C&R, but as close as I can tell from the serial number this is a late 70’s Nornico (SN is right bear the end of serialized manufacture from factory 26, or whatever the heck the big one was).
I did want to thank the member here who sold it to me as I’ve been looking for one for awhile. A bunch of paint stripper, some light sanding, tru oil and steel wool later...
Oh and honed the sear with a 600 and 2000 grit stone to give it a positive sear angle and much smoother (I’ve hammered on the trigger group with a mallet and done a bunch of drop testing and I can’t get it to accidently release the hammer). Slightly shorter and much smoother pull. Trigger weight wasn’t too bad before (it is probably 6lbs, which I am okay with on it).
Swapped the front sight for a techsight post (about 3/5 the diameter of the original).
Removed some cosmoline from the firing pin channel, extractor and a few places under the receiver/mag well.
A nice bath in remoil and a wipe down and back together (after lubing with my standard 5w20 Mobil 1 lube on bolt and receiver bearing surfaces).
Before and after (had to track down a new wood gas tube cover as the old one was lost and replaced with a synthetic. I did have to stain the wood on the new one as I think it is beech and the stock is chalpa wood. Some American Natural stain matched the stock perfectly).
I did want to thank the member here who sold it to me as I’ve been looking for one for awhile. A bunch of paint stripper, some light sanding, tru oil and steel wool later...
Oh and honed the sear with a 600 and 2000 grit stone to give it a positive sear angle and much smoother (I’ve hammered on the trigger group with a mallet and done a bunch of drop testing and I can’t get it to accidently release the hammer). Slightly shorter and much smoother pull. Trigger weight wasn’t too bad before (it is probably 6lbs, which I am okay with on it).
Swapped the front sight for a techsight post (about 3/5 the diameter of the original).
Removed some cosmoline from the firing pin channel, extractor and a few places under the receiver/mag well.
A nice bath in remoil and a wipe down and back together (after lubing with my standard 5w20 Mobil 1 lube on bolt and receiver bearing surfaces).
Before and after (had to track down a new wood gas tube cover as the old one was lost and replaced with a synthetic. I did have to stain the wood on the new one as I think it is beech and the stock is chalpa wood. Some American Natural stain matched the stock perfectly).
