..and use the difference to buy ammo

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Yes, another one of these "My first handgun..." threads. :sucks:

What can I say? The price was right - and I fully intend to make up the difference in cost between a name-brand gun and this Chinese clone of it's namesake - of course the 1911A1. The other great thing about slinging a Chinese clone around is that I don't mind the inevitable dings and nicks

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I got this from a good fellow off of the EE slightly used. Thanks Mike!

Thus far, it has functioned flawlessly, and eats every kind of ammo I have fed it.

All in all I am very satisfied with this pistol. It shoots a bit low and left of POA, but I am hoping that some adjustable sights will sort that out. Problem being - I don't want to send it away for work - I just want to shoot it! Damn that slow boat from china - I need backup guns!

The first thing that needs attention other than sights are the grips. The original plastic grips from the motherland are just terrible, and if your hand is slippery at all it makes for some interesting shooting.

Question for you Norinco owners - is the Sig Clone as well built as these 1911 clones? .... :pirate:
 
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I'm not surprised to hear that you are pleased with your Norinco 1911A1. The represent incredible value! Enjoy.

If it was me, I'd try some Hogue rubber grip panels...I love them, and they're cheap!
 
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Question for you Norinco owners - is the Sig Clone as well built as these 1911 clones? .... :pirate:
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I've handled a Norinco Sig clone, and found the double action trigger heavy and rough. More importantly, concerns have been raised (by others) that Chinese aluminum framed pistols may be prone to cracking with use. I'll admit they make decent forged steel stuff, but I wouldn't trust them for a piece of aluminum. I say stick with your 1911 for now.
 
Thanks for the input guys - I'm holding off on any major work until i've got enough rounds downrange to make an informed call on how well, or how poorly the factory sights perform.

Tell you the truth - I like how lowprofile they are. some of the adjustable ones seem like they have a lot of potential for snagging on other bits of equipment.

Copy on the sig-clones. Those factory refurbs seem to be a good value, perhaps I should start hunting around for one of those.

I don't have a manual of arms for this pistol - while I've had no [major] issues field stripping, and reassembling the pistol - I'd feel a lot better if I had a more reliable source of information than youtube videos :redface: which brings me to my next question -

Is this the Kuhnhausen I should be looking for? There are a few titles by this author...
The U.S. M1911/M1911A1 pistols & commercial M1911 pistols: A shop manual (.45 auto series)
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Go to the 1911org forum. You can download the instructions to strip your 1911 to the frame and return it to working order with no extra parts. Frankly I am as mechanically inclined as a slug and iI managed it first try. Gun is a dream to strip and you can actually accomplish the whole operation with parts from the gun if you want to go that route. JMB was a genius.

Congrats on the Norinco. You have a real shooter there. I have three of them and they all are 100% dependable and very accurate as well. My other 1911's cost a lot more but they don't do it any better than my Norks, which kind of figures given it is me who is doing the shooting.

Take Care

Bob
 
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