The best part of a norc...(range rep added to post 1)

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Is that they are so cheap, you can afford to customize them however you want and still have a 1911 for about a grand.

Meet the newest never sell in my collection :)

Big thanks to Arwenace (casey) for doing a beautiful job! It was definately worth the wait! This trigger feels smoother than any 1911 I have shot to date (springfield, kimber, s and w).

Here is what we did:

Fusion bob tail main spring housing (black, chain design)

Nighthawk custom solid medium trigger (3.5 lb trigger job)

Wilson combat deluxe commander hammer

Fusion extended sigsauer style extended slide stop

Wilson combat sear and a new pin

Wilson combat internal spring set

Trijicon Novak style tritium sites

Vz black operator ii grips

Smoothed everything out, took all edges off, rounded the trigger guard

Parkerized and baked black finish

Before:

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After:

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These pictures really don't do it justice but they are off my black berry and I suck at taking good pics.

RANGE REPORT

I took a little of everything to the range. The gun handled all of it but there were a few fail to feeds and the hollow points were not getting picked up well so the gun would occasionally not go to full battery (for some reason it was worse when I would slingshot then if I used the slide stop to drop the slide). These problems were solved by swapping in a heavier guide rod spring. I had a feeling the one I had in would be too light.

The trigger is golden. It has no take up and breaks cleanly. It made my springfield trigger seem very second rate.

Slide locked back on empty every time.

The grips feel great and made one handed shooting feel much more comfortable than I have previously experienced.

In terms of kick, it really felt no different than the 5 inch models. It handles really nicely.

In terms of accuracy, I am not much of a shooter but those bullets went where they should have! It is definately capable of tight groups at 25 meters in the right hands...not my hands!

No brass was flying back at me, it all went nicely out to the side.

The sights were great, I was thinking I should have gone with fibre optics, but these were easy to focus in on even while doing some faster shooting.
 
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Nice and clean.:cheers:

How does it shoot?

How is the bobbed MSH fitted to the frame?

Thanks.

Casey had to cut the frame and fit the part. He mentioned the steel in these norcs is extremely hard, not something to try at home I think!

I have not gotten the chance to take it to the range yet, I just picked it up. He fired some test rounds and was very impressed.
 
Very nice!! I have the exact same Norc, now you're giving me some ideas. Did he also do the work on the trigger guard?
 
Very nice!! I have the exact same Norc, now you're giving me some ideas. Did he also do the work on the trigger guard?

He did all of the work on the gun. I pretty much screwed on new grips :).

It is tapped for a rail and I have one I can add but I don't think I am going to. It looks too good without it.
 
You say Novak "style" sights, are they Novak? If they aren't , what are they? That's one thing I don't like about my Commander, those tall sights.
 
The low price of the Norincos makes for a good starting point for customization, especially if you want to try your hand at doing it yourself. I just fitted an Ed Brown beavertail grip safety to mine; I'm not sure that I would feel too confident about doing that to a Colt, given the amount of grinding required to blend the frame.

I think my next step will be to have it Arma-Coated. This will have to be farmed out because I don't have a sandblaster.
 
You say Novak "style" sights, are they Novak? If they aren't , what are they? That's one thing I don't like about my Commander, those tall sights.

Can down is right, trijicons. I should warn you, the smith mentioned that cutting the dove tail almost cost him a blade.
 
The best part of a norc...?
Well, referring to my Sport and second generation Commander...the best part is that they both work just fine for me.

I only had to replace the arched MSHs with Flat ones. Didn't even have to buy as my parts bin and a buddy's provided the flat MSHs.

May have to polish the feed ramp/barrel throat if Truncated Cone heads continue to hang up every once in a while. Round nose and SWC heads are fine.

Government Model Norks if shot more than one magazine a year, need at least a beavertail/ring hammer, IMO. Hammerbite hurts.
 
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