Well, I took out my new to me Norinco M77B 9mm last night. I must say I am quite impressed with the gun. It is quite accurate and I ran 100 rounds of 115 grain Gold Dot JHP through it with no hiccups or any failures. People have complained about the recoil on this pistol as being brutal, but I am pretty sure they have never fired a gas delayed blowback pistol. It feels the same as my P7M8 and my Steyr GB's. There is little muzzle flip and all the recoil comes straight back. The Norinco is quite a bit bigger than the P7M8 and slightly smaller than the Steyr GB. The adjustable rear sight is quite nice and I have no problem rattling off continous X-ring hits on a RCMP target at 15 meters. I will do more detailed group sizing this summer. There is no possible way for the trigger guard cocker to hit your finger because as the trigger is pulled a steel lever pops up and blocks the trigger guard cocker (that and with the way the trigger guard cocker is designed there is no way the slide could pul it back with it). The pistol is machined quite nicely, better than any other Norinco I have ever seen. The slide to frame gap at the back of the slide is so thin as to almost be invisible and there is no slop in the frame to slide fit. Even the inside of the pistol is nicely machined. The front and rear strap are grooved, the sight rib is also grooved to reduce reflection. The trigger is a bit long but crisp and quite light. The pistol has a magazine disconnect on it. The safety locks the trigger, slide and firing pin. The slide has a gas piston mounted to it, same as the P7. Disassembly is quite easy, remove magazine, verify unloaded, sweep safety all the way down to the white dot. Pull slide back and up and over like a P7 or a PPK. Slide comes off the front. Take recoil spring off of the barrel. Gun is now field stripped. To reassemble, reverse the previous instructions. On the security arms website it mentions that the trigger guard slide racker is tough to use but I can fully cycle the slide with either my left or right hand but my girlfriend could not cycle it with either. She got pretty close though. I think it is a neat idea, allows for full one hand use of the pistol. Pistol feels really good in my hand and shoots very well. Norinco obviously put a lot of time and effort into executing this design and it is a worth addition to my collection. Here is a picture of it with my other delayed blowback 9mm's... (its the one at the very top)
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