Rare Mauser 714

[alvin]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Brand new, good machining, very good finish.

Well, probably depends on compare with whom. Neither Navy Arms, nor Federal Ordnance are regular gun makers. I would say, their machining, finish, etc are even less than Norinco's factory. At least, Norinco's labor cost was low, so they could afford spending more hours on their products without any problem. But that's not true for small mills of Navy and Federal, they don't have expertise in gun making domain, and they could not afford many hours on their products either. So, their final products have nothing standing out in terms of machining nor finish IMO. Quality is way lower than Norinco M213 9mm Tokarev.

If it's not for looking, then, it better performs well in range? After all, it's a gun. If it performs, I will still praise it. Nope. I shot one example 9mm in range, it could not even throw out 10 rounds smoothly. For those rounds indeed flied out, I could not find where they went. So, it's still for looking... but really nothing attractive on it to look at.