2007 Norinco M305 - Yay or Nay

[TacticalTeacher]

thanks for all the info everyone. Just one question - seems like the common upgrades are the rod guide and shims under the gas tube, what makes you notice these flaws? does it fail to cycle, jam, not accurate etc?

Not necessarily stopping the shooting cycle or dicks falling off, but the gas cylinder and front band will be loose (like my Winchester 12.3 Prohib M14 ). Often the op rod guide (the figure 8 thingy under the barrel) can be loose, so we just knock out the pin (which may shatter depending on which High school shop class put your M305 together) and then knurl the barrel to raise the metal.

You should see how sloppy the op rod guide is on my Winchester M14 (yes, it's a real M14 from USA)... shake, rattle, and roll!

We sort out these loose items at the TSE (Heritage near Blackfoot) just a month or so ago (13 Sep 2015) M14 clinic I just delivered there!

Cheers,
Barney

And YES, I own BOTH an LRB M25 and a Norinco M305 in 2007 vintage! They happen to be in my basement right now!

 

[Dake21]

They are a good entry level non-res semi-auto rifle. Hard to beat for the price but they seem to be worth an extra $50-75 every year. If you are handy you can make them pretty accurate.

 

[Rocket Surgery]

My stock 2007 shot tighter than my buddy's SA, he sold his and bought a norinco lol

His 2007 shoots well also, he's about 2000 rounds into it without any tweaking or upgrades so he's happy.

 

[TedNugent]

Take a look at many of the videos by TonyBen3 on youtube. Here is a link:
http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=33995

Didn't have a real grasp of the function of the rifle's components till I watched a few of them, really gives you a
good idea what's going on and what you need to look for.

 

[Price449]

Yay