Is the Norinco 1911 as good as it looks?

How is the Norc 1911 Treating You?

banjaboy said:
/i'm set to buy one guys, cant go wrong at that price.
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So, it's been a couple years. Did you end up buying that Norc? If so, how do you like it? I'm new to pistols and picked up an NP28 (9mm double stack) from a friend of a friend that had already had the trigger done. I love it. It's an absolute tack driver so far, though unfortunately I've only had a very short range session with it before leaving town for work. A couple stovepiping issues, but they seem to be magazine specific. How's yours working out?

BTW, I do agree with your OP that .45 is the best for a 1911, but I wanted a double stack as I want to do a black badge and get into IPSC. So the .45 is next, probably.
 
Forget the norinco bashing from guys that are mad they spent to much on their kimber and get out shot by that cheep ugly chineese made $400 gun. I own a norinco 1911a1 and have around 3000 rounds of 230 grain hardball through it no issues so far. I also own a kimber Stainless target 2 with around 1500 rounds through it. The only down side to a norinco is the fit and finish is not that of a $1400 + gun. And guys enough with the norinco is only a "copy" if you call norinco Products copies than i guess most of the firearms market only offers copies. If it aint a colt you must own a copy then.
 
Love my NP-29, but I did do a large amount of mods to it. I ran fine before, just did for ####s and giggles, for a bit more you can get a SAM that you can take to the US and looks a tad bit nicer. Thats the only downside to the Norcs, you can play with them down south
 
After my first pistol purchase (HK p30), I couldn't get over sticker shock so I ordered a government model 1911 from marstar instead of a more expensive 1911. Gun functions perfectly, actually surprisingly accurate, but when the gun came it had some very very fine blemishes on the bluing on the slide.. and where the front sights are there appears to be slight slight pitting on the frame??

I accepted it as i received it not knowing better but come to think of it I should have called marstar up on it because pitting is not bad finish that's just bad and shouldn't be acceptable

oh and also the pistol only came with ONE magazine.. when I called to ask about it marstar told me they all come like that, seriously?H:S: don't all autos come with two magazines out of the box?

The one magazine that came was useless anyway as it caused feeding problems (before trying out the gun, I fed snap caps). I got stainless kimber pro tac mags for the pistol and its worked flawlessly in live fire ever since
 
also my norinco will feed cartridges even if you chamber it at a snail pace... if that means anything, I've heard that that is indication of reliability? and it would also feed empty shell casings
 
I bought a Norinco 1911 Commander model about 6 years ago. It stovepiped when using wadcutters so I now use only 230 grain copper-jacketed ball ammo. No problems ever. Might buy a full-sized model now that I've seen Clint Eastwood in the movie 'Gran Torino'.
 
banjaboy said:
I'm sure this is a much written question but cant seem to put my fingers on anything as yet so here goes.......I was out with my son gun shopping yesterday, I'm a lefty and dont intend to try and shoot or manipulate my main handgun with my right hand so my first choice and almost written in stone is a S&W M&P in 9mm or .40 cal. Its almost completely modifiable to a lefty, I have heard great reviews from dealers who say customer service from the factory is second to none so I think I'm set on my choice. I also looked at several 1911 .45 cal[who would buy a 1911 in anything BUT .45?]. I looked at several, the Kimber ss was very pretty and no doubt the poser value is 10 out of 10. Then I made a big mistake.....I looked and played with a Norinco 1911 for less than $400!!!!! I could buy 4 for the price of a Kimber. I have my poser piece in my Beretta o/under, beautiful gun but is it worth 3 times what I could have bought an o/u for? Who cares, I like it. But you know, that Norinco looks more like my idea of a 1911 than most others I have played with. Are aftermarket parts easy to get? Are they a reliable viable option for my .45 1911? Money is not a huge factor for me but I really liked the rugged feel of the Norinco, the Kimber felt different, not better, not worse, different. Any unbiased, un emotional opinions out there? I'm a long long time lurker and infrequent poster. This site is bar none, THE BEST resource out there. Thanks for reading me guys and gals...........
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-My Norinco 1911 is very accurate and has never has any issues. I would not hesitate to buy a 2nd.
 
I have two 1911's My first was A Norc 1911a1 and my second a Ruger Sr-1911. The Ruger is beautiful whereas the Norc is rough and tough. Both go bang without FTF or FTE and that's what counts in my books!
 
Norinco 1911 are ok for the price (350$)

My first 1911 was a norinco, but 1 year later I bought a Smith &Wesson E series. For me norinco was a good 1911 starter, but I wanted to upgrade really fast.
 
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cyclic said:
I would not call it relaible, you get what you pay for with one of those.
You'll get a good 1000 rds out of it before little issues pop up, they aren't terribly accurate and don't shoot nice.
I have shot other 1911's and own a Kimber, when you shoot the Norinco IMO you can tell it's a cheap gun. Some guys out there can tune them and upgrade parts in them though to get them shooting nice.
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-My Norinco 1911 is incredibly accurate out of the box. I have shot a Colt series 70 and other than the finish there was no night and day difference in accuracy & function.

This debate over Norinco will go on forever. I would personally buy a Wilson combat over Norinco any day of the week, however I can't spend $2500 or more on a hand gun.

Someone told me a few years back that the Norinco 1911s are forged from railway ties? No I do not believe everything I hear.
 
I have to jump on the Norinco bandwagon. After a trigger job and some new magazines, it is extremely accurate and you can't beat the price. Solid as a rock, even if it's finish is not that of some other more expensive versions. For me it's worth every cent and I still have some $ left for more ammo!
 
Black slide said:
This debate over Norinco will go on forever.
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^^^^This.

I have a Norinco commander sized .45, and a Norinco M305. Are they "nice" firearms? No. Do they work? Yes. I'm no Norinco lover, I bought mine because they were cheap. I bought the commander because I wanted a project gun to chop and tinker on, I bought the M305 because I can't afford a Springfield M1A. Is a Norinco made of good quality material therefore a good base for a build? Popular opinion says yes, so if you want to spend some money or time you can make one "nice".

They are rough, crude copies in stock form. This is only my opinion. I would prefer to shoot any of my other 1911s any day of the week.
 
They are a great "bang" :) for the buck. Pull it out of the box, flip through the "chinglish" instructions, clean the sticky grease out of it, buy a few quality magazines and off to the range.
 
Someone told me a few years back that the Norinco 1911s are forged from railway ties?

Nope they are not made out of wood...lol...railway track maybe...and that is a rumor that we all hear...the steel is probably from one of our abandoned rail lines...!
 
Nestor said:
No more Norinco here.
Three crappy firearms out of three tries over the last few years.
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That's some pretty bad luck you had there. I trust the retailer warrantied them without issue.

I was blown away by the functional value on the three Norincos I've bought over the last two years. While the fit and finish is exactly what you'd expect at the pricepoint (or maybe even a bit better in some ways), they all vastly exceeded my expectations for accuracy and reliability. 1911a1, m305, m93 :rockOn:
 
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