And now your going to think this is funny Easyrider604. the Gunsmith you mentioned is the one I mentioned in my post Rodger Kotanko .
GI Style 1911 Recommendations?
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And now your going to think this is funny Easyrider604. the Gunsmith you mentioned is the one I mentioned in my post Rodger Kotanko .
easyrider604
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If you grip a 1911 as it should be gripped you'd be gripping it one-handed, in which case the original grip safety is perfectly serviceable. Beavertails are a concession to evolved ideas of how pistols should be held.
I put GI grip safeties on all of mine, as they place my hand exactly where it needs to be.
Plus that "memory bump" on almost all modern 1911's is the stupidest damned thing anyone has saddled that pistol with. No one else puts a big bloody pressure point in the middle of their blackstrap. But that's a different rant.
There is nothing wrong with the Norincos and if it fits your budget and gets you into shooting fly at it. Those who claim "junk" don;t have a clue what they are talking about. The gun has a cult following in the US among 1911 owners. Wilson Combat used to advertise they would customize a Norinco but would not work on a Kimber. The steel in the frames and slide is rock solid. If you decide to build one out what do you care if the price tag is not recoverable? I have had a Dlask prepared Norc for 22 years. I don't shoot it often. I put about $500 in it back in the late 90's. I'll never get my money out of it and don't care. After Joe replaced all the innards and most of the outside the gun shoots with the best of the 1911's. About the only thing stock on the gun is the frame, slide, the spring steel extractor and Norinco firing pin.
I also have a bone stock Norc from the same era that is dead nuts reliable and combat accurate out to 100 yards. I carried it under a Wilderness Permit for a number of years.
One of our shooters out of Kitimat has a bone stock Norc that he competes with to the SS level and I have never seen him have a jam in the last seven years shooting IDPA. Seems to work for him. He is young enough to see the Gi sights the gun comes with.
They are not the prettiest of guns and you can get the odd dog but that is true of most guns theses days. Most work great some examples don't.
I know it wasn't all that long ago Norinco won a contract to supply one of the Mil/LEO groups in the Philippines with 1911's so they are not as bad as some here would suggest. NAA has some good examples, others do to.
Take Care
Bob
I also have a bone stock Norc from the same era that is dead nuts reliable and combat accurate out to 100 yards. I carried it under a Wilderness Permit for a number of years.
One of our shooters out of Kitimat has a bone stock Norc that he competes with to the SS level and I have never seen him have a jam in the last seven years shooting IDPA. Seems to work for him. He is young enough to see the Gi sights the gun comes with.
They are not the prettiest of guns and you can get the odd dog but that is true of most guns theses days. Most work great some examples don't.
I know it wasn't all that long ago Norinco won a contract to supply one of the Mil/LEO groups in the Philippines with 1911's so they are not as bad as some here would suggest. NAA has some good examples, others do to.
Take Care
Bob
Well stated; mine is tight, and now, after a couple thousand rounds is nicely broken in and runs like a sewing machine; and accurate. I have a couple other Norinco Pistols, a NZ85 and an NP58. All great guns. They are not cheap discount consumer copies, but firearms made by one of the largest arms manufacturing consortium in the world. The civilian market is tiny compared to their military and police contracts.
http://en.norincogroup.com.cn/
Travis Bickle
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Second this highly.
There's some Norinco products that deserve a skeptical eye cast their way but the 1911A1's are not one of them.
They are excellent pistols in general. When you factor in the price for them in this country you would be foolish not to own one wether you had more expensive guns in your safe or not.
You can find the odd one that needs tweaking. But my 1200 North American made WK180 was a finicky jam o matic
Not much is made well anymore these days anywhere unfortunately.
I asked about it because i'm in a love and hate relationship with my norc's . I picked up a shiny used one to get in the 1911 world to see if I like it before spending.
It Jammed with range reloads but swapped ammo and last range time I had only one jam in 150 rounds. I was using range reloads, then bought 1000 rounds of remington at tenda when they were nicely priced. The grip exploded in my hands, and a mag release screw went south a while ago... The front sight dot is not centered.
So that being said Wc internals won't do much to it from what i understand from you guys. The fit & finish other than sights is fine. So I might give it a bit of love after reading you guys.
It Jammed with range reloads but swapped ammo and last range time I had only one jam in 150 rounds. I was using range reloads, then bought 1000 rounds of remington at tenda when they were nicely priced. The grip exploded in my hands, and a mag release screw went south a while ago... The front sight dot is not centered.
So that being said Wc internals won't do much to it from what i understand from you guys. The fit & finish other than sights is fine. So I might give it a bit of love after reading you guys.
