Picked Up a "New" Norinco Today

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  • Combloc

    Stop Negassing me!!!!!
    Nov 10, 2010
    7,243
    In a House
    I'd love to pick up one of the AR's and an MP5.
     

    Steve_Zissou

    Ultimate Member
    Jun 11, 2017
    1,042
    Baltimore City
    Norinco proved decades ago that Chinese manufacturing was a force to be reckoned with (when they actually care about making something high-quality, that is) and we've obviously paid the price, and dearly, for underestimating their ability to build stuff every bit as well as we can.

    That's a great looking 1911, especially with the commie star and the "made in China" on the side of a gun that looks better-built than most sub-1k 1911s today. I've had a hankering for tracking down an old Norinco Hunter to use as the starting point for a Totally-not-a-Galil/Vektor R4 clone build, and this thread really isn't helping on that front.
     

    snake-eye

    Active Member
    Jan 27, 2015
    170
    MD
    Norinco 1911

    I just picked up one two weeks ago. Stainless steel model. Looked to be new and unfixed in the box. Put 5 shots all touching at 15 yards from a supported rest. Also have a Chinese 1897 shotgun I use for cowboy action shoots. Great shooter.

    The MP on the barrel indicates a magnetic particle inspection of the barrel.
     

    rmocarsky

    Active Member
    Apr 20, 2011
    294
    I have 2 1911a1 Norincos purchased in the late 80s/early 90s.

    Neither had a lanyard ring; I wonder why they would make models with and without those.

    Rmocarsky
     

    Combloc

    Stop Negassing me!!!!!
    Nov 10, 2010
    7,243
    In a House
    That's Chicom firearms for you. The first rule of collecting them is never say never when it comes to variations.
     

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