Chinese or Norinco...how to tell?
- Thread starter berger
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No, Norinco = Chinese = Norinco.
Norinco is a Chinese company selling Chinese made products. A Norinco is Chinese, but Chinese may not be Norinco.
They are alive and well.
cant tell the difference between chinese sks and norinco sks but i can tell the difference between early chinese and norinco . early chinese are ex-military and they are better made than the norinco.
so the ad using just the word chinese to describe a norinco is acceptable.
btw, dont get hung up with cfc registration , i got a sino-soviet (1956) that is registered as norinco , i guess to cfc all chinese made sks are norinco.
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Thanks guys!
I wasn't too concerned, just curious. I tried to do my research, but there is a lot of info ou there and many different manufacturers of this rifle. The rifle is nice and now looks really good in the OD tapco stock!
I wasn't too concerned, just curious. I tried to do my research, but there is a lot of info ou there and many different manufacturers of this rifle. The rifle is nice and now looks really good in the OD tapco stock!
yes indeed , there are tons of info , im still learning about the rifles i own . SKS are never boring.
altho you didnt post any pic or describe it in details , it sounds like your SKS are reasonably well made, it all depends on the price you paid.
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threadedWhich is better? Pinned, or threaded?
Which is better? Pinned, or threaded?
Only matters if you plan to replace the barrel in the future.
Threaded would be easier...Just a bench vice with a wrench.
Pinned would require some heating and one hell of a gear puller.
Other then that no difference to function.
Unless of course you get one of the pinned/threaded hybrid abortions that found their way onto the market out of a parts bin a few years ago.
The barrel/receiver types are not interchangeable with each other.
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