Norinco NP-22 - Accessories, Modifications, and Improvements

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Hey Guys,

I just acquired my first pistol, which is a Norinco NP-22. I bought it used, but it is in mint condition and looks nearly brand new.

I haven't yet had an opportuninty to go out and shoot it, but just handling it at home I can tell that first off, I love this pistol, and second off, I'm going to need to alter a few things.

A close friend of mine has a real Sig P226, which I like alot, but was out of my current price point, so I felt this was a decent compromise to hold me off for a bit.

Anyways, here are the things I feel need improving, and I want some opinions, and ideas on how to improve them.

#1 - The grips, the previous seller put a set of Hogue grips on, which are awesome, but a touch too thick for me I think. I can handle the pistol well still, but I feel my trigger finger reach is slightly less than ideal. Is there anything else out there with the feel and gripiness of the hogues, but the slimness of the stock grips (which I put back on to test, but hate them)

#2 - The trigger seems heavy in DA, and gritty and stagey in SA. I don't know much about pistol triggers, but is there any DIY improvements, or drop in parts that would help? Also I assume this would also translate to the hammer pull, which feels heavy.

#3 - The sights. They are plain and simple, anything out there that will fit this gun that would work better (ie Fibre optic sights?). I thought I heard somewhere that Sig sights DO NOT fit these guns, that true?


Other than that, is there any other improvements you guys have done with your NP-22's? Or anything NP-22 related you want to share???
 
my best advice:

don't do anything...I had an np-22 for the 'tide me over till i get the real one' justification. ended up selling the thing 6 months later for almost what i paid less shipping and taxes. just shoot it, you'll appreciate the real deal when you get it.
 
As stated above. Don't bother modding it. Yet anyways. Just shoot it and buy something better later on. Besides, the DA pull will smooth out after a few hundred rds anyways.
 
I like to tinker with my guns, especially the Chinese knock-offs. So I suggest some modest DIY work on that trigger. It's much cheaper and (for me) more interesting and usually more effective than using live rounds to smooth things out. But I'd hesitate to dump any serious cash into it (especially the sights) because you probably won't get that back if you decide to sell the pistol down the road. Maybe you can find some cheap Sig grips, in which case go for it. Or shell out for thin alum grips, as they should hold their value. Not sure if the E2 kit will work with your pistol, but you could look into it as it changes the Sig feel pretty dramatically.

Here's what I would do with that trigger: First, decide whether or not you can handle the responsibility of possibly wrecking something. Then, learn how to function test your pistol so that you can evaluate its safety after any modification (IMO, you should do this regardless). Now, dry fire it a bunch so that you will be able to see where the parts are wearing against one another (say... 300+ pulls DA and SA?). Then the fun begins: I think of the work as happening in stages from simply polishing to removing bumpiness to redimensioning. I'll just describe the polishing stage here:

Take it apart and simply polish the contact points in the fire control linkage. Just smoothing things up can dramatically reduce the "felt pull". Unless you know what you are doing, stay away from redimensioning the hammer and sear hooks for now. It's not rocket surgery, but it is surprisingly easy to make your gun dangerously unsafe. The hooks are where you can really improve (or ruin) your trigger, so if you eventually want to go that far, do some serious research first. In terms of simple polishing, you may also find spots on the frame where rough machining bears against the fire control linkage. While any polishing amounts to removing metal, your goal is to simply make the rough parts smoother by flattening the peaks of the rough marks. With a few exceptions, you are NOT trying to remove the machining marks entirely. Removing machining marks entirely can amount to several thousandths of material, which is too much to remove in many areas.

Hammer pull is primarily affected by mainspring weight, but also by friction in the hammer strut and on the hammer itself. You can opt for a lighter mainspring, as this will also lighten your trigger pull (at the expense of risk of light strikes), and it's a cheap part to experiment with. I'd try polishing things up first. Polish the strut to reduce spring friction, and polish where the strut attaches to the hammer; lightly polish the sides of the hammer, very lightly polish the hammer pin and where the pin rides inside the hammer. This will also help the pistol cycle more smoothly.

Have fun!
 
The easiest mod you could do for your trigger would be to drop in the Sig SRT trigger in there. It significantly reduces the reset in SA for mine. From what I remember the mainspring can be swapped out for the lighter trigger pull but I think the NP-22 is of the older style.
 
buy snaps caps and practice your trigger pulls with the snap cap in the chamber, works the grit off the trigger for no real cost.
 
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