Norinco AR full of white powder?

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AR noob here, just bought a norinco 10.5 and I opened it up and it's full of white powder similar to flour and a cloth bag that contained the powder until it was tore up by the BCG moving from my racking the bolt after taking it out of the box.

What is this stuff? Is it some sort of anti humidity thing I was supposed to remove? If this is not normal I can post pics of the inside of my AR full of flour like stuff....
 
Yes you were supposed to remove it, now you are going to have to clean it all out of everywhere it has gotten to by racking the bolt. My guess is it is one of those moisture things, but I haven't came across this specifically and it is kind of odd to be in the action? Someone else will chime in who has experience here.
 
Desiccant, cocaine, powdered sugar, heroin, ricin, or someone was doing some baking on the production line.

That said, there should typically only be a small amount. Most of the ones I see are little pellets or granules. Brush it off, try not to eat it or get it in your eyes.
 
Stevebot-7 said:
Desiccant, cocaine, powdered sugar, heroin, ricin, or someone was doing some baking on the production line.

That said, there should typically only be a small amount. Most of the ones I see are little pellets or granules. Brush it off, try not to eat it or get it in your eyes.
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But it might be REALLY COOL if you do.
 
Check the manual...I believe it says something to the effect of "allowing better annihilating powder"...that's probably what it is, a little bag of annihilating powder. ;)
 
Runningfool said:
Check the manual...I believe it says something to the effect of "allowing better annihilating powder"...that's probably what it is, a little bag of annihilating powder. ;)
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Poorly translated manuals is the main reason why I'd never trust shooting a commercial-grade chinese firearm; if the quality control is so piss-poor that they can't properly translate a user's manual into the most popular international language (English), one is left wondering what "other corners" the company has also cut on the production line to minimize cost.

That said, I did own commercial Norinco stuff... and none of it was impressive. Some of it was just plain dangerous, like safeties that would release a cocked hammer when the safety was being engaged! Better not have a round in the chamber, lol.... Safety ON, BANG!!! (without even touching the trigger) :eek:

Fine Norinco quality control strikes again, lol. Their Chinese military-issue stuff is OK for the most part, but their commercial-grade guns (all of them copies) are pure **** in my experience.
 
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762mm said:
Poorly translated manuals is the main reason why I'd never trust shooting a commercial-grade chinese firearm; if the quality control is so piss-poor that they can't properly translate a user's manual into the most popular international language (English), one is left wondering what "other corners" the company has also cut on the production line to minimize cost.

That said, I did own commercial Norinco stuff... and none of it was impressive. Some of it was just plain dangerous, like safeties that would release a cocked hammer when the safety was being engaged! Better not have a round in the chamber, lol.... Safety ON, BANG!!! (without even touching the trigger) :eek:

Fine Norinco quality control strikes again, lol. Their Chinese military-issue stuff is OK for the most part, but their commercial-grade guns (all of them copies) are pure **** in my experience.
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Mandarin (Chinese) is the most widely spoken language in the world. Quality control your statements.
 
762mm said:
Poorly translated manuals is the main reason why I'd never trust shooting a commercial-grade chinese firearm; if the quality control is so piss-poor that they can't properly translate a user's manual into the most popular international language (English), one is left wondering what "other corners" the company has also cut on the production line to minimize cost.
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I don't speak Mandarin, but I am going to go out on a limb & say maybe it was translated literally??? If so, then I get a chuckle out of the BETTER annihilating fire power comment!!!

And, OP... You should have removed the dessicant packets prior to playing with the gun... No worries though, now you get to practise your cleaning skills & remove all the of the 'annihilating powder'...

Cheers
Jay
 
Definitely Anthrax.

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GR0M said:
Mandarin (Chinese) is the most widely spoken language in the world. Quality control your statements.
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NATIVELY spoken, yes... internationally spoken, no.

In other words, a lot of people who speak a native language also speak the most popular international language: English. However, they don't get added to the stats, because their NATIVE language is something else (Mandarin, Arabic, Polish, Russian, etc).

Also, there's this to keep in mind:

Number of speakers: 508 million

While English doesn’t have the most speakers, it is the official language of more countries than any other language. Its speakers hail from all around the world, including New Zealand, the U.S., Australia, England, Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Canada.
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http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/


As for my quality control... it may not always be perfect, but it's still a thousand light years ahead of Norinco's. :p

(spoko, stary... to tylko taka mala zabawa na forum!)
 
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