Colt vs Norinco

I have heard nothing but good things for the norinco 1911's even the Chinese haters out there all say "CHINESE GUNS ARE CRAP..........accept the 1911's there good":D

If you are a starting shooter then they are all good go ahead.

If I was going to buy a gun to have slicked up I see NO point paying $1000 for a firearm, the taking off all the parts and paying to have them replaced.
 
Denka said:
is it really matters? if yes for you then 3rd.


To others, instead of saying like Hyundai and Lexus and so on... If you have experience with two brands, just provide your experience like TGC, NAA, Canuck44. Thnx guys. If you have something to say towards my question please do so, otherwise do not flood this topic
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Denka, I meant no offense to you language wise.:redface:
 
Denka said:
Fellas,
I am looking around for 1911 however, I would like to know your opinion on this one. which is better Norinco 1911 or colt 1911
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Just where do you find all this questions ??

NORINCO wins hands down, no question at all !!!

Apparently this Browning Guy stole the Blue Prints from Norinco and presented it as his own invention...
 
From what i hear and read (no pleasure of owning yet, im only 17) : Colts are fantastic and reliable and so are the Norcs. but it seems to me that Norinco generaly has a better quality/price ratio. (CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG!)
 
Well,.....so far I haven't seen or heard of a stainless norinco & I'm not saying they are bad, but I like shinny!

For me it's Colt or Spingfield with the Colt in the lead by a little....:rockOn:

What the heck it's only money & I've spent it on worse things in the past. Why not support the North American economy at this time, I/we are only helping ourselves.....:)
 
LOL at darkshadow's reply..... I'm surprised that he was the first to pick up on that :D


I got to hold a Norinco 1911 for the very first time about two weeks ago. Overall finish was fair to good but the references about the need to remove sharp edges that I've read is spot on. The sharp edges of the safety and slide release could be used to filet salmon with ease. One slip and you'd be lubricating your new gun with your own blood. And there were lots of other edges that I would want to ease on the outer edges. All this smoothening would require either spot reblueing or a full on reblueing to restore the overall look of the gun. So figure on adding that to the cost of the purchase unless you are happy with spot re-bluing.

The slide action for the half pull I gave them (trigger locked and I didn't want to leave them with the hammer cocked) felt smooth with no slop. These were the blued police and the two tone models.

So from this I'd have to say that if you have the skill and tools to treat these as a "kit gun that is assembled for your convienience" then I think the Norinco isn't a bad option at all. And especially as mentioned that if you're going to upgrade some of the stuff then why pay for the high priced option in the first place?

Now if I was going to pay the big bucks for the Colt or you're pretty sure you'd want to send the Nork off for the custom work to make it more livable then cost wise I'd suggest that paying a little more for some of the other custom brands (Dlask, STI, etc) is the way to go. Something where there is no need to replace anything because they come with all the good stuff installed and fine tuning already done.
 
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