Weak rifling on brand new Norinco JW25A

I was going to buy one when they were $200. At the time I had heard a lot of very good things about them. But I went a different way, for about double the price I got a Israel .22 conversion Mauser and love it. Why have something that looks like a Mauser when you can have a real Mauser. It shoots great and will only go up in value. Down side is it a single shot and more difficult to mount a scope on than a norinco. Just my 2 cents
Trevor
 
Will check one out, and report back on appearance of rifling. Some of these are awesome, but as with a few Norinco gems some are pretty bad. Sight issues on one that passed through, and hopes of just popping a scope on it are negated as the rails for the rimfie scope aren't parallel! Tried to buy a rimfire-dovetail rear apreture sight for it, and the rails are too rough to accomodate it. Next step involves files...
sgt.rock said:
The grooves can't be any shallower than Marlin's micro-groove rifling.
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Rimfire rifling doesn't seem to have to be too deep to work. I had a very old Savage single shot pass through, and the rifling looked like it drawn on with a pencil. Looked washed out entirely, but it still shot very well (as many micro-grooved Marlins do).

I wouldn't send any rimfire back based on shallow rifling until I tried it though.
 
camster said:
Will check one out, and report back on appearance of rifling.
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Thank you!


I'm going to take your guy's advice and shoot a couple of hundred rounds to get a group, before contacting Marstar. If it groups alright, I'll keep it and just deal with the little pits that are catching the cleaning patches.
 
One thing about these rifles....although the 'JW15 is copied from a fine gem, and the 25 is a dressed '15, I think the market was more for mauser fans than rimfire fans. I don't wanna sound negative; The dressing shows more than th'base gun. Fun plinker for mauser fans, but (big but) for fine shooting rimfires that will actually hit stuff consistently. There are better candidates for the same price. Some of these 25's are awesome rimfire shooters (I've seen them!) but some are not. They all look like a cool gem, and even hold an authentic bayo.
 
Just to give you guys an update: 3 trips to the range and about 250 rounds through it. No problems with accuracy. It'll happily shoot 2 inch groups at 50 yards which is about all I'm capable of.
 
kjohn said:
I had two JW25A rifles. My wife bought me one and I had ordered another one later. They both shot well. I just sent the other one to a fellow CGNer. I am going to put a cheapo scope on mine and use it at our indoor range. They are a beefy little rifle.

It's okay boys, I have 6 CZ 455's, so no need to harp on the "buy quality once, cry once" blather. I treasure my JW25A as a gift from my wife. I also had a JW15 sporter, but it was stolen. It shot just fine, too.
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I'm considering a JW25, but have heard mixed results; you sound like you like them? How about the iron sights, the trigger? Opinion?
 
For those who want a K98 military looking rimfire,I think it's a reasonable choice, but the JW15 is a fine shooter in both the regular and short barreled versions and seem just as functional and accurate as the BRNO they were copied from if not as finely finished.I don't turn my nose up at them because they say 'Norinco'on them ,they are shooters, not collectors,sort of the modern day 'Cooey ' that hung in every barn.

As for being 'mass produced' and lacking the fit and finish of a fine sporting rifle,the JW 25 fits right in along with most of the WW 2 military rifles of that era....
 
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