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11-29-2010, 11:33 PM | #21 |
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In the late 80's I talked to David Keng at a gun show in FL. He told me of the "Legend" Line of firearms. First was the Legend AK and the 14S M1A1 copy (of which the first pre-ban rifles were well finished and the later post ban Norincos were not) Then the Norinco 1911A1 arrived. There were to be more but the Clinton ban killed that.
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And last but not least, plenty of affordable accessories are offered for this rifle. Stocks, mags, scopes and much, much more....
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Well, the reliabilty of an AK is based on its ingenious design, not any particular manufacturer....hell, back in the 80's, back alley gunsmiths in Peshawar were making functional copies using nothing more than files, hand drills , and foot powered lathes. As far as the reliabilty of a Norinco M14 clone, sure it might be reliable for a few hundred rounds. In Kunhausen's exhaustive work on the M14/M1A ,he documents major dimensional errors and substandard heat treatment of the Chinese versions, e.g the bolt, the critical heart of the weapon, measured 37 Rockwell hardness as opposed to GI standard of 52, and the locking lugs were badly miscut. My Springfield M1A has approx 3500 rnds through it and headspaces and shoots tight as a drum...would you put your face behind a Norinco after 3500 rnds?
Nuts and bolts aside, I paid 1200.00 for my M1A back in the mid-90's and could have bought a Norinco for 600.00, and did it gladly. That's 600.00 that will never buy the ammuntion to kill my sons with. The Chinese generals are on record stating they are planning for total war with the US, but we keep whistling past the graveyard and sending them our money. We are precisely at the same point now as we were with Germany and Japan in the late 1930's......a lot of Chamberlains and precious few Churchills ...(insert Satayana's quote here) |
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[QUOTE=nukem556;186369]Well, the reliabilty of an AK is based on its ingenious design, not any particular manufacturer....QUOTE]
Try telling Century arms that.
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i just had to add my 2 cents worth, if norinco or poly tech wanted to build a really good and beautiful luger they could no question as they are first and formost price conscious and are really good at business.. all the norinco guns i ever had functioned with no problems and yes even the 1911 45 auto.. that my friends is a fact... Matt
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quality has become much better over the last few years. Norinco makes some very nice looking and extremely reliable firearms nowadays. |
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22 years of abuse and nothing has fallen off yet.
I've heard horror stories but you can't prove them by me. I'll stand by my Chicom any day.
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But it is not a pleasure to shoot...It is all sharp edges...Especially the trigger guard...which never fails to cut me on rapid fire... I should probably clean it once in a while...Nah!!!...
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Yes, you can order junk from China, but pay a Chinese factory 1/2 of what an American factory makes and you will actually get better quality! India is next, soon they will enter the market, learn QC and run with sales all over the world. The fact is that extremely high quality products can be made in any country if you pay for quality. It's not all about wages, it's also about government interference, which we have in spades and our competitors don't.
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The fact that the Chinese can put a man in orbit suggests that they can master 100 year old technology vis-a-vis the Luger. Yes, their copy is ugly.
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I used to own a Norinco 1911A1 and miss it every time I think about it ( the ATF wouldn't let me bring it back to the states)! Even if Norinco did start to mass produce a Luger we could never get it here in the states unless it was smuggled in.
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I have visited the Waterford Crystal factory in Ireland. It was amazing to see those precision craftsmen work their trade. Soon to be no more... they have moved manufacturing operations to CHINA. I bought some the last crystal ware made in Ireland while I was there to leave to my children someday...
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Don't get me wrong..I LIKE Chinese stuff. It's usually very inexpensive and high quality. I am sure they will improve as time goes on just as the Japanese have.
All I know is the Norinco .45 I had 20 years ago was poorly made. Perhaps they make a better one now. I didn't have any trouble with how it shot..just that everytime I looked down a part had fallen off. John...Unfortunate to hear about Waterford. Times they are a changin.
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Guys, we have no farther to look than Corning NY, home of Steuben glass which will soon be no more. They've done fantastic art glass for 100 yrs, give or take, and now they are done. More out-of-work craftsmen...
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I did marketing and consulting work for Sheaffer Pen, built entirely in Fort Madison, Iowa........until a couple of years ago when the entire process was moved to Asia and several hundred craftsmen were put out of work in an already depressed town.
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Interesting Thread!!......Was the Norinco Luger prototype made from forged Steel?.....
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Harry..That's why so many Americans have lost their jobs.
No. The reason so many Americans lost their jobs is an indepth subject that cannot be explained so simply. My fondness for Chinese stuff is shared by millions around the World. The chinese managed to play the game better than the Americans. Maybe they will slow down when their version of the EPA puts the same stranglehold on their economy ours has. That or they form unions. Or get a corrupt government that favors banks over the people. I could go on but you get my point..we did this to ourselves. WE are responsible for letting the Chinese rule manufacturing of the World. People are only making choices...good products..good prices. Only a fool would decide to buy inferior products at a higher price. I can buy a Chinese made cordless 18V drill for 15 bucks. Best drill I have owned in 30 years. I don't know how they do it but they do..a comparable product made anywhere else starts at 5 times the price. Having a limited income makes the choice for me. I work hard for my money. I have to make it work for me. I would prefer to buy American..I am a political patriot..but an economic anarchist. America must decide to live with controlled pollution and not all of us will become millionairs. We have to decide we WANT to make things the World wants at a competitive price. Untill and unless we do we are doomed to spend our wealth away and slide into economic obscurity.
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