Hello johnone.
DR LECTOR;
Please take a few moments and do your research....
1)
Norconia is the European marketing arm of Norinco....
I did not state, suggest or implied otherwise.
I was aware of the whereabouts of Norconia
long before this thread started.
2)
The Germans have NOTHING to do with the manufacturing of this pistol....
I did not post anything that (even remotely) suggests
the said pistol was German-made.
Our ad was clear when we said that we had obtained pistols that had been made for a European client....
3)
These pistols are 100% Norinco, made in the factory in China, not Germany, not Vietnam....
John
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I my previous post in this thread
I did not refer in any way to Marstar, its products or its ads.
What I said was referring strictly to Norconia products sold in Europe,
and I stand behind every word from my previous post in this thread.
Not everybody on this site is new to Norconia, you know...
To re-state the info from my first post ,
Norconia products generally and traditionally contain
parts made in few countries beside Chinese parts,
(as do "Norinco" products sold in Canada and elsewhere,
in case some people did not know).
Also, as stated in my previous post,
in Europe, Norconia sometime sold parts
to firearm related businesses
and the said parts are made in a multitude of places, not only China
Those parts are not even limited to 1911’s, AR’s or AK’s.
A large portion of these parts are made in Vietnam
in facilities owned by Norinco or by others.
I will leave you the pleasure to find out exactly what Euro or US products
incorporate Vietnamese parts.
If the said pistol sold by Marstar is purely Chinese-made,
I do not know, but I respect the fact that you do.
On a different note, if you do your research,
I am sure you will find out that
the former North China Industries
owns/co-owns over 100 factories outside Chinese borders.
One of these factories (that happen to be in Vietnam)
recently celebrated 35 years of manufacturing
(and it is not even the oldest Chinese firearm factory in Vietnam).
I wish you all the best.
Regards
PS Below is my un-edited previous post on page 3 of this thread
A lot of the parts used by Norconia are made in Vietnam.
Some custom builders (that I trust) who had the chance
to extensively use them, consider these parts
to be slightly better than the Chinese ones.
Quite a few Euro companies use Vietnamese parts
and lately they started to appear in US as well,
although in US they are not branded as such.