Norinco Non-Corrosive .223

I had case splitting failures. 4 out of 425 rounds. The case would split and the powder discharge would end up in the magazine well. This was on a Daniel defense mk18. I sold the remaining cartridges. Not worth having a failure that does cause damage.
 
Nephilim70 said:
I had case splitting failures. 4 out of 425 rounds. The case would split and the powder discharge would end up in the magazine well. This was on a Daniel defense mk18. I sold the remaining cartridges. Not worth having a failure that does cause damage.
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Same here, got rid of it after a few back to back failures.
 
Nephilim70 said:
I had case splitting failures. 4 out of 425 rounds. The case would split and the powder discharge would end up in the magazine well. This was on a Daniel defense mk18. I sold the remaining cartridges. Not worth having a failure that does cause damage.
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Same here also. I chronoed my first rounds to discover how hot and inconsistent they were. The accuracy was very average. I shot 4 boxes and sold the rest. The saving doesn't offset the risk of blowing my noveske, it's still cheaper to reload.
 
I would hate to not trust my ammo. Imagine playing Russian roulette everytime you pull the trigger? The flinch I would have wondering which case would split and blow up my rifle everytime I shoot a round!
That's why I don't use Norc. Ain't worth the savings.
 
I have shot that stuff since the 1980's and never had a FTF, FTE, etc. I also have been loading the brass - many of which have been loaded 5 or 6 times with nary an issue. Buy it cheap, stack it deep.
 
Lots of places still have them. I totally endorse Norc ammo.

Only had 1-2 rounds with issues in 2x1120 cases so far (2240+ rounds and counting as of today). These were all low Lot #' cases.
Accuracy out to 100yards of my 14.5" AR is actually a tiny bit better then the AE 223 black box I also use.

Went in by myself when CanAm had the "buy 4 crates for the price of 3" deal going. Worked out to $239.25 per case of 1120.
That's $0.21 per round of 5.56 folks. You can't even reload your own for that cheap.

All my buds laughed when I paid that much.. Guess who's laughing now? Muahahahaha. :evil:
 
saskcop said:
I have shot that stuff since the 1980's and never had a FTF, FTE, etc. I also have been loading the brass - many of which have been loaded 5 or 6 times with nary an issue. Buy it cheap, stack it deep.
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Factory ammo can't boast that. That is an absolutely unbelievable claim.

Don't take these guys opinions. Look up norinco kaboom.

Norinco ammo is cheap for a reason. Is there any commodity that is high quality and cheap? Think about it.
 
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gord1986 said:
I was just wondering if anyone has had problems with the Norinco Non-Corrosive .223? If so what were the issues you had? Also does anything recommend against firing it out of an expensive rifle such as a Tavor or a Benelli MR1?
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Threads of interest from the past few months:

Norinco 5.56mm blown primer

Norinco 223 ammo failure *NO-FLASH-HOLE*

Norc Ammo Blew Up in My Tavor

saskcop said:
The Norinco 5.56 is loaded fairly hot/high pressure. The brass is pretty decent for reloading. I have shot 1000's of rounds of the stuff. Buy it cheap and stack it deep. Not corrosive at all.
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The brass is terrible. Most everything else is better quality.
 
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