Norinco Luger at Simpsons

alvin · 02-07-2014, 06:43 PM

Norinco's pistol always appears like a reblued one, even at NIB condition. Not only Luger, but also Tokarev -- even in new condition, it looks like ice-cream exposed in summer hot weather too long and starts melting. Some SKS also appears that way. I guess this Luger was made by a small factory in southern China (Norinco is just a trader, not a maker), sanded the gun surface heavily by hand before dumping into blue tank, so, with this appearance.

Those factories were built following Russian style, focusing on cost and basic function. If you tell them western commercial guns having better appearance, they would say, "well,,, they cannot build guns at my cost". Undeniably, that's an advantage. Regarding retail price $1995, of course, most of that $$ was not Norinco's profit. If it were so profitable for them, they would have continued making it.

02-07-2014, 06:43 PM	#13
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Norinco's pistol always appears like a reblued one, even at NIB condition. Not only Luger, but also Tokarev -- even in new condition, it looks like ice-cream exposed in summer hot weather too long and starts melting. Some SKS also appears that way. I guess this Luger was made by a small factory in southern China (Norinco is just a trader, not a maker), sanded the gun surface heavily by hand before dumping into blue tank, so, with this appearance. Those factories were built following Russian style, focusing on cost and basic function. If you tell them western commercial guns having better appearance, they would say, "well,,, they cannot build guns at my cost". Undeniably, that's an advantage. Regarding retail price $1995, of course, most of that $$ was not Norinco's profit. If it were so profitable for them, they would have continued making it.