First 1911

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This is norinco 45acp,after a bunch of work, G10 grips, I think, they work good, I had to smooth off the edges a bit as they where too sharp.
Nice wood I like, but my other one has rubber huge's on it that work great also.
Just shoot the heck out of it for a while, and latter, if you want than you can get the trigger tuned up and fit a match barrel, bushing, and link. But that is not home brew stull if you don't know what you are doing.
My 9mm is all stock, other than grips and after 2k rounds the trigger smoothed out real nice, I don't have a picture of that one , NP29.
Have fun.
 

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I've tried all different kinds of grips, my favorites on my "go-to" 1911 are Pachmyers.

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I've tried everything from rubber to wood to ivory to mother of pearl to homemade lexan. I like them all but these ones have been on this pistol for years and I can't see changing them out any time soon.

For misc internal/small parts, I've had good luck with anything Wilson Combat. There are other brands that work well, but that's what I've used mostly. No issues. I typically buy from Brownells because its easy.

And watch the ee, lots of misc stuff for sale, never hurts to keep the parts bin stocked....
 
The Norc is a great starter , awesome to learn on without being scared of messing up a 2000 dollar gun
I started with this
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and ended up with this , love shooting this bad boy

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sweet, I just got my first: Norinco, .45 cal AND 1911, all in one solid shot. Punisher grips were what first came to mind but now I'm not so sure LOL
 
Seraphim Armoury 1911s are not Made in Canada. SA is Made in the Philippines under a Canadian brand contract and build supervision. IIRC, this is built by Shooters Arms Manufacturing (SAM), located in the southern Philippines. SAM makes affordable variants of 1911 for local and international markets.

CopperCoatedCandy said:
Does anyone know what happened to the Seraphim Armoury 1911s? The prices are great, especially for the quality, and as a bonus they're made in Canada. However, I can't find them anywhere.
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ambishooter said:
Seraphim Armoury 1911s are not Made in Canada. SA is Made in the Philippines under a Canadian brand contract and build supervision. IIRC, this is built by Shooters Arms Manufacturing (SAM), located in the southern Philippines. SAM makes affordable variants of 1911 for local and international markets.
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You're right, I didn't know that. However, after checking their website, they're saying that they're now moving production to the US. Must be why I haven't seen anyone stocking them.
 
Sam make guns for many different companies , quality, fit and finish is up to the buyer/ price, the fit and finish is quite good , I have had SAM named ones and with other names on them.
 
My only 1911 is a Norc A1 Model in 45 ACP
They are very well built.
Virtually indestructible, very decent accuracy and can be bought for under $400 all over the EE any day of the week.
Snobs snub their noses but Norinco hit it out of the park with these clones.
Not all of their products are a sure thing but you cannot go wrong with the 1911 clones from them.
 
Travis Bickle said:
My only 1911 is a Norc A1 Model in 45 ACP
They are very well built.
Virtually indestructible, very decent accuracy and can be bought for under $400 all over the EE any day of the week.
Snobs snub their noses but Norinco hit it out of the park with these clones.
Not all of their products are a sure thing but you cannot go wrong with the 1911 clones from them.
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is the same can be said for the 9mm 1911?
 
Travis Bickle said:
My only 1911 is a Norc A1 Model in 45 ACP
They are very well built.
Virtually indestructible, very decent accuracy and can be bought for under $400 all over the EE any day of the week.
Snobs snub their noses but Norinco hit it out of the park with these clones.
Not all of their products are a sure thing but you cannot go wrong with the 1911 clones from them.
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While I agree 100%, just be aware that there have been some issues with the Slide release not locking the slide open on the last shot; and no, it is not the "cheap" Nork mags either, as myself and others tried mags of other brands as well. I built mine up by Tig welding the end that engages the mag follower, then hand fit it to engage the followers, but not interfere with the bullets in my 1911. Perfect repair, Since that time I have done about 5 or 6 for other members on this and another forum; and all work. I do it for $5.00, the cost of return shipping.

Regardless, I would buy another one; it really shoots; and am very tempted to try one in 9mm.
 
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is the same can be said for the 9mm 1911?
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Meroh said:
While I agree 100%, just be aware that there have been some issues with the Slide release not locking the slide open on the last shot; and no, it is not the "cheap" Nork mags either, as myself and others tried mags of other brands as well. I built mine up by Tig welding the end that engages the mag follower, then hand fit it to engage the followers, but not interfere with the bullets in my 1911. Perfect repair, Since that time I have done about 5 or 6 for other members on this and another forum; and all work. I do it for $5.00, the cost of return shipping.

Regardless, I would buy another one; it really shoots; and am very tempted to try one in 9mm.
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I will also vouch for the 9mm Norc 1911
I owned one for a while and shot the devil out of it.
Couple thousand rounds hard and fast over a couple months of owning it.
It never had a single issue, stoppage etc I have not beat a 9mm Norc 1911 like I have a standard .45 ACP A1 model but the 9mm I owned for a while was also very well made, tightly machined, well finished and dead reliable. It was one of the brushed chrome looking models.
I only ever shot FMJ bulk 9mm though to be fair.

Meroh,

I was not aware of that issue. I never had it personally after owning 3 of them over the years now.
An interesting note on the "cheap" Norinco 1911 mags; I shot my old 1911 A1 Norc 45 ACP side by side with my friends high end Sig Spartan 1911.
My Norc shot more accurately than his Sig. Also his sig mags fed in my Norc 1911 with no issues but my Norinco mags would not work in his :D
I would say you will not be disappointed with a 9mm Norc either Sir.
I was very happy with mine. It exceeded my expectations by a mile.
 
I had a Norkie 1911 in 9mm. Only issue with it was the mag follower. The front edge of the follower was binding inside the mag tube. Simply filed off a few hundredths of an inch from the offending area of the followers of both included mags and then the gun and mags functioned flawlessly.

The good thing about this Norkie was it was so easy to shoot accurately. The bad things are that it was too easy to shoot accurately and its too heavy IMO to shoot the 9mm round.

The only reason I sold this Norkie was I felt it was cheating to be able to shoot a 9mm pistol so well yet so easily:p.

With 1911s, for me it's .45 ACP or nothing.

The slide release/lock on three of the Norkies I had in the past had issues like Meroh's above. Since I had original stock Colt slide releases in the parts bin, I just swapped these parts. No complaints since I never liked the extended releases that originally came with the Norks anyways.

I still have a Norkie 1911 Sport .45 that was customed was Roger Kotanko with Bomar style rear sight, long aluminum trigger, Smith Alexander style magwell and a great trigger job, which are the only things that a Norkie Sport needed, IMO. As long as I can help it, this pistol will remain in my possession the rest of my life. I like it as much as my Springfield Loaded and Ruger SR1911.

Quick note on original Norkie 1911 .45ACP mags. I had 6, they are ugly but man, do they work perfectly on the three 1911s mentioned above. Then a friend gave me several more brand new Norkie mags and they worked perfectly too. No tweaking required.
 
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