Norinco M14 "M305A" 18.6" 7.62x39 (Non-Restricted) has arrived in Canada

Reliability is the most important aspect of a firearm in my opinion. I would rather have a crappy gun that goes bang every time than a nice looking, accurate gun that jams.

Now when you say it's inaccurate AND unreliable...
 
GUB said:
Did you have the M-14 scrubbed cleaned and greased??
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I cleaned it right after unboxing.. I am not an M14 nut so it is possible I under or over greased something.. I have watched a few trouble shooting videos for M14s (one called the tilt test..) I'll give that a try. But to be honest... I prefer guns that don't need to be pampered with special lotion in special places. For $800 It should just go bang 5 times.
 
awinchester85 said:
I cleaned it right after unboxing.. I am not an M14 nut so it is possible I under or over greased something.. I have watched a few trouble shooting videos for M14s (one called the tilt test..) I'll give that a try. But to be honest... I prefer guns that don't need to be pampered with special lotion in special places. For $800 It should just go bang 5 times.
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You're sure the gas system was turned on, because you can turn off the gas for single shots. Did it cycle at all?
 
awinchester85 said:
Some times it would cycle , but most of the time not.. How do you turn the gas system on and off?
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http://imgur.com/S7Rtiku

Rotating this part turns it on and off. Vertical is on.
 
Mark-II said:
Do the gas ports on the barrel and cylinder line up?
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Yes. I have worked out some kinks in the rifle i noticed with some slight binding in the action where the bolt goes back and forth. It now passes the "tilt test" and everything else looks good. Will see if I have it beat this weekend when I take it out again.
 
awinchester85 said:
Yes. I have worked out some kinks in the rifle i noticed with some slight binding in the action where the bolt goes back and forth. It now passes the "tilt test" and everything else looks good. Will see if I have it beat this weekend when I take it out again.
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UPDATE : So after doing some light sanding on the serial numbers on the piston (which was causing some drag) and a few hairs of metal, one in the receiver and one in the area where to piston protrudes through to the op rod.. I took the gun out to my range again for a second chance. No jams, flawless cycling, no problems. one quick elevation adjustment after the first group and you can see what happened for your self. I was shooting chinese 123grain FMJ mil-surp. there was a little wind and a fair amount of rain at approx 25 yards. Shot from standing with a shooting stick. My next groups were shot casually and still not bad. Very pleased.norinco update.jpgnorinco update2.jpg
 

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awinchester85 said:
I will next time I'm out. Hopefully not in the pissing rain .
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Please do.
I'm curious to see what it can actually do.
My SKS with the cheapest ammo I could find could do groups tighter at 25 meters.
A guns dispersion and actual accuracy in a medium sized cartridge are not apparent until about 100 meters IMHO.

That also being said I will take an 8 MOA rifle that works every time over a 1/2 MOA rifle that only works once in a while....
 
Travis Bickle said:
Please do.
I'm curious to see what it can actually do.
My SKS with the cheapest ammo I could find could do groups tighter at 25 meters.
A guns dispersion and actual accuracy in a medium sized cartridge are not apparent until about 100 meters IMHO.

That also being said I will take an 8 MOA rifle that works every time over a 1/2 MOA rifle that only works once in a while....
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I will do another sks vs m14 (at 100 meters) I hope to get out this weekend.
 
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