JW 25a
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To the best of my knowlege they are the standard Noninco JW15 which actually shoots very well ,in a military style wood stock.Why they didn't use hardwood is beyond me,even beech would be far better than the softwood they use and one of the main complaints
Their plastic stocks are at least functional ,which is probably the best description of the JW15....functional,unititarian, good shooters, the modern day 'Cooey'.The JW15a 'backpacker' with the 13'' barrel is my best 'grouse gun',never leave camp without it.
Their plastic stocks are at least functional ,which is probably the best description of the JW15....functional,unititarian, good shooters, the modern day 'Cooey'.The JW15a 'backpacker' with the 13'' barrel is my best 'grouse gun',never leave camp without it.
The one at the Alberta auction went for $275. plus buyers premium (10 or 15 %), plus taxes (?), and plus possible shipping...so another $50. ...at least. I'd guess it cost around $350 when all was paid for...It was used but seemed in great condition. It had a sling as well.
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Sorry... Late to the game on this one, but I just want to add one thing.
I have two of them and they shoot incredibly well. A buddy saw one of mine and bought one new himself. It was about 10MOA to start. I kid you not. His targets looked like he was shooting birdshot. He kept pulling it out though, and now, after about 1,000 rounds, he can put rounds into the same hole at 50m. The barrel shot itself accurate. Norcs are quirky. But I really like that rifle. It's a great plinker.
I have two of them and they shoot incredibly well. A buddy saw one of mine and bought one new himself. It was about 10MOA to start. I kid you not. His targets looked like he was shooting birdshot. He kept pulling it out though, and now, after about 1,000 rounds, he can put rounds into the same hole at 50m. The barrel shot itself accurate. Norcs are quirky. But I really like that rifle. It's a great plinker.
best word on anything Norinco...
I have a jw-25 that has a rear sight monkeyed by a fellow cgn'er (that must have started as VERY bad), and dovetails for optics that will require some file love before they'll line up with anything.
...have an awesome dovetail mounted rear aperture for the day I can get it to jam on there!
sestroretsk
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Nice thread!
I was curious as to how they perform, but was expecting good things considering (best I can tell) it's basically a JW-15 in a different stock, which itself is a Brno knock-off; so a good design anyways.
CZ 452/455/512 mags apparently fit them, if you want to trench-mag your trainer.
I know one of the dealers on here has them in stock, but looks like I'm not supposed to post the name (still new to CGN).
I was curious as to how they perform, but was expecting good things considering (best I can tell) it's basically a JW-15 in a different stock, which itself is a Brno knock-off; so a good design anyways.
CZ 452/455/512 mags apparently fit them, if you want to trench-mag your trainer.
I know one of the dealers on here has them in stock, but looks like I'm not supposed to post the name (still new to CGN).
Got mine on the same $99 sale a bunch of you folks got yours from probably ten years ago now. It shoots pretty well, but I couldn't stand how hideous it looked and felt. I always said I was gonna get around to refinishing it, and years later I've finally started. Looks way better than before even without any finish after stripping the old gunk off. I'll give it a week to dry then I'm gonna start with the BLO treatment.
Has anybody done a post on what they've done to clean up the bolt action a bit? The trigger feels great, but like a lot of you folks are saying the action feels pretty gritty, and I can't even engage the safety. The extent of my gunsmithing abilities was putting together my AR, but seeing as how I've been using this gun to learn about stock refinishing, if it's not too hard I'd like to take a crack at some amateur gunsmithing.
Has anybody done a post on what they've done to clean up the bolt action a bit? The trigger feels great, but like a lot of you folks are saying the action feels pretty gritty, and I can't even engage the safety. The extent of my gunsmithing abilities was putting together my AR, but seeing as how I've been using this gun to learn about stock refinishing, if it's not too hard I'd like to take a crack at some amateur gunsmithing.
I cleaned the exterior of my bolt up with a jewler's file on the rough high points and removed the rough machining marks on the mating faces of the bolt components on a machinist lapping plate with a micro grit lapping compound. I then polished the chamber with a 12 gauge bore mop covered lightly with Flitz polishing compound on a cleaning rod chucked in a drill. Go slow and check often, the metal in my bolt was relatively soft. Once I had it feeling right, I cleaned it up and lubed it very lightly with moly grease. It made a vast improvement going from feeling like it had valve lapping compound in it to incredibly smooth. It worked for me in this case and has held up over the years, YMMV.
Iraqveteran8888 did something similar with a Mosin Nagant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLL20Oh4P8M
Brookwood
Iraqveteran8888 did something similar with a Mosin Nagant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLL20Oh4P8M
Brookwood
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gunsaholic
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba
While on the topic of K98 wanna be's, you guys need to add one of these to your K98 collections to be complete! For those who aren't familiar with it, it's made by Diana. I was going to buy a JW 25A when they were on sale a couple of years ago but for some reason I didn't buy one at the time.
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gunsaholic
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba
Yes, they aren't cheap. You might say an expensive novelty!
I've had a couple of JW-15s, I used red lead as a tracing agent to find the tight spots, then rework with diamond files and small stones, polishing with fine emery cloth and scotchbrite. I then lubed the bolts with lithium die makers grease and after 500-1000 rounds they smooth of nicely. The valve lapping compound is something I have been meaning to try, as I have heard much success.
I did one similar to you. I would sit on the couch watching TV, cycling bolt. After a while, look inside and see where it was rubbing. Clean area a bit using file, fine sand paper, stones, dremel or what have you, depending on where it needed work and how easy it was to reach.
Makes quite a difference; the last one I got was so tight I had to put the barrel on the floor and just about stand on the bolt handle to close the receiver; worst fitting one ever out of the box; now smooth and the best shooting one of the the three!
