I wanted one of these pistols for a while now to go with my other Chinese guns. With Lever's dropping of $100 off their previous price and the lack of other new toys out there (that aren't being derailed by the Canadian firearms bureaucracy) I thought now would be a good time to pick one up.
I also noticed that there have been a couple members posting that they have these, but no one's done a detailed post on them.
So, here it goes...
The CF98 is a double action 9mm pistol with a rotating, locking barrel. My initial impressions are that I like the grip size as my hands are about as big as a small girl's. I can very easily reach the mag release, slide locking lever, and the de-cocker/safety lever. That said, at this point (still unfired outside the factory) the de-cocker/safety lever is very stiff and rough. I don't know if or how much this will smooth out with use, but time will tell.
With everything else comfortably in reach it surprised me that the trigger is quite the reach in double action. It's just within my comfort area in single action, but when in double, it's out there. Someone with man-hands probably wouldn't have an issue.
Here's the "####":
The CF98 comes with 2 double-stack magazines (originally meant to be 15 rounders), and a cleaning rod/punch tool.
The cleaning rod tool together:
and unscrewed to use the punch:
The glossy (hence the flash glare in the pic below) manual had good pictures, but the person that translated their existing manual into this English version needs to find another job. It was painful to read and try to figure out (I gave up during re-assembly and watched the Pakistani guy on You-Tube for directions):
Also, with all good Norc products comes the famous gun case
:
Okay, so here's the pistol stripped:
Some close ups of some of the components (named as they are in the English-ish manual):
The Bolt:
The Firing Mechanism (I wasn't adventurous enough to strip this part further):
The Grip with the Firing Mechanism together:
The Connection Seat:
The top of the Connection Seat (you can see where the rotating barrel's lower lugs ride):
The Connection Seat with the Returning Spring and Returning Spring Guide:
The Barrel:
The Barrel Sleeve:
I also noticed that there have been a couple members posting that they have these, but no one's done a detailed post on them.
So, here it goes...
The CF98 is a double action 9mm pistol with a rotating, locking barrel. My initial impressions are that I like the grip size as my hands are about as big as a small girl's. I can very easily reach the mag release, slide locking lever, and the de-cocker/safety lever. That said, at this point (still unfired outside the factory) the de-cocker/safety lever is very stiff and rough. I don't know if or how much this will smooth out with use, but time will tell.
With everything else comfortably in reach it surprised me that the trigger is quite the reach in double action. It's just within my comfort area in single action, but when in double, it's out there. Someone with man-hands probably wouldn't have an issue.
Here's the "####":
The CF98 comes with 2 double-stack magazines (originally meant to be 15 rounders), and a cleaning rod/punch tool.
The cleaning rod tool together:
and unscrewed to use the punch:
The glossy (hence the flash glare in the pic below) manual had good pictures, but the person that translated their existing manual into this English version needs to find another job. It was painful to read and try to figure out (I gave up during re-assembly and watched the Pakistani guy on You-Tube for directions):
Also, with all good Norc products comes the famous gun case
:
Okay, so here's the pistol stripped:
Some close ups of some of the components (named as they are in the English-ish manual):
The Bolt:
The Firing Mechanism (I wasn't adventurous enough to strip this part further):
The Grip with the Firing Mechanism together:
The Connection Seat:
The top of the Connection Seat (you can see where the rotating barrel's lower lugs ride):
The Connection Seat with the Returning Spring and Returning Spring Guide:
The Barrel:
The Barrel Sleeve:
