Norinco CQ A
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Phat Eagle
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Fraser Valley, BC
Cheap and work. There are American ARs for similar money which are superior (S&W comes to mind...)
You might get a better response in the Black/Green rifle forum. I've found Norinco stuff to be generally quite good for the price. They aren't fancy but they work. An upper should fit fine on any milspec lower, but the handguards in particular may not be easy to change, if you have that in mind. Also, the gas block/front sight assembly can be extremely hard to remove...many people find the pins are locked in tight, possibly placed by machine press. However if you plant to shoot the upper as is, it should be good to go.
I had one and I really liked it. It shot everytime I pulled the trigger and rarely had a failure. It was however, very crude. The chamber was really sharp, you'd cut up your fingers if you put them in there. the paint (yes paint) was ####. I had to repaint it with bbq paint.
It did work good, and i never really shot it farther then 200 yards. Thats all my range could do. I would buy another one for a good price. but for a few hundred more, you can get a lot higher quality.
It did work good, and i never really shot it farther then 200 yards. Thats all my range could do. I would buy another one for a good price. but for a few hundred more, you can get a lot higher quality.
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Maverick22
Regular
- Location
- Interior, BC
They’re great. If you’re looking for something pretty, then they’re not for you. But if you’re looking for something cheap that keeps running, then it’s the one for you. I can appreciate that I’ve customized mine several times over until I found the iteration that I was most happy with. And through all that I was comfortable knowing that if I royaly screwed something up, it was no big deal as it wasn’t a super expensive rifle.
I’ve had several people put it through it’s paces now; people who own fancy expensive rifles. And even they have begrudgingly admitted that my cheap Norinco has impressed them. Would they trade their Daniel defence for it? No way! Hahahaha but it still managed to win those cynical buggers over
I’ve had several people put it through it’s paces now; people who own fancy expensive rifles. And even they have begrudgingly admitted that my cheap Norinco has impressed them. Would they trade their Daniel defence for it? No way! Hahahaha but it still managed to win those cynical buggers over
I've got a CQA 20" and two DA 20" pencil barrels and I've found them to be rugged, very reliable, and surprisingly accurate. The biggest problem with Norc ARs is that their QA occasionally lets things through that should have been tossed in the bin, so I'd suggest buying in person so you can give it a good eyeballing for rightness.
