my norinco ar did not have one failure over 1000 rounds.
My keltec fails all the time.
Wow!!! 1000 rounds that must be a new record.
Which keltec do you have that fails all the time? If your talking about an SU-16 or a Sub2000 then what do you expect for the price, if you're talking about an RFB then you either have crappy mags or you don't know how to set up the gas system.
You couldn't give me an SU-16 after the couple days I spent playing with one.
Your M-forgery works because it's a clone of a well designed rifle, problem is that just like everything else that comes from Norinco there is no QC and while your's may run fine the next one off the line may be so out of spec it won't even chamber a round.
When you buy Norinco you roll the dice, there is no warranty and no parts support. When these T97's start to break they are garbage and can only be stripped for parts, problem is that when they start breaking it will probably be the same part on all of them so the rest of the rifle will be useless.
Buy them if you want but all the T97 fanboys will be singing a different tune when something breaks and they can't get parts to get it running again.
Let us know how they're working after 5000+ rounds.
I'm no Tavor fanboy either, I've shot a few of them and was not impressed. Well, not impressed enough to buy one anyway.
I do think the Tavor is a much better design and is much better quality but for $2500 it should be.
Unless you feel that you need to have a bullpup I think there are better rifles available to us.