Norinco NS522 build: NEW MAG RELEASE

Hitzy said:
Tradex has some nice target sights for rimfire dovetails.
http://www.tradeexcanada.com/produits/90
You will need some kind of high front sight set up....
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thanks, I will call him up and see what he can set me up with!
Barring that I will likely order a set from the U.S but there are a lot that do not fit this rifle, from what I understand it's bolt interference, but I will find the right ones!
 
It appears Father is MIA, hope he is ok,, does anyone know where he sourced his trigger springs from? I will need a few each for sure in different weights!
 
bobdbldr said:
It appears Father is MIA, hope he is ok,, does anyone know where he sourced his trigger springs from? I will need a few each for sure in different weights!
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You can always try the safety pin mod. It doesn't take much time to do, you can fashion another quickly if you don't like the first attempt, and it's easy to revert back to the original spring if you want to pursue another option later.
 
minimouse said:
You can always try the safety pin mod. It doesn't take much time to do, you can fashion another quickly if you don't like the first attempt, and it's easy to revert back to the original spring if you want to pursue another option later.
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Good advice.
My rifle shoots very well with the safety pin spring. Of course, I still have the original spring too.
 
minimouse said:
You can always try the safety pin mod. It doesn't take much time to do, you can fashion another quickly if you don't like the first attempt, and it's easy to revert back to the original spring if you want to pursue another option later.
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I will likely try the safety pin with my rifle but if the cadet squadron want to borrow a couple of my 522 for their shooting squad I would prefer to have something a bit closer to original! I will just be cleaning those up, deburring as father instructed bolt, reciever and trigger group! The original may be fine with a little squeeze, I don't want it to have a really light trigger as these kids may have very little experience!
 
I received mine yesterday afternoon and went through it this morning. Overall it's a pretty decent rifle. The action is definitely not smooth but I still need to shoot it so hopefully it will improve. The barrel looks class and the trigger seems totally fine to me. The stock is, well, the stock. The finish is a lot nicer than I was expecting but there are a few nicks and dings in it and when I lifted the barrel/action out of the stock a small chunk of the stock broke off right beside the safety. It's not huge but it's annoying on a brand new rifle regardless of the price.

I wanted another bolt action target style .22 for cheap and that's exactly what I got. I'm looking forward to shooting it. If I get the accuracy of what most others in this thread have got I will be pretty happy. Fingers crossed.

Anyone on the fence about getting one should just go for it. It's cheap (and hopefully accurate) fun.
 
Why they use pieces of 2x4 for stocks,I don't know,even cheap hardwood would be much better and add very little to the cost.I'm going to refinish mine and try one of the hard sealers to try and compensate for the soft wood.I have an older BRNO knockoff in .22 magnum,and after sliming down and refinishing the stock it was much better and I think the 522 will be the same.

Haven't shot it yet but the trigger is really nice right out of the box and that barrel is classy!

Thanks Bill Clinton ,for banning importing Norinco arms into the U.S,it's a silver lining for Canadians
 
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ratherbefishin said:
Why they use pieces of 2x4 for stocks,I don't know,even cheap hardwood would be much better and add very little to the cost.I'm going to refinish mine and try one of the hard sealers to try and compensate for the soft wood.I have an older BRNO knockoff in .22 magnum,and after sliming down and refinishing the stock it was much better and I think the 522 will be the same.

Haven't shot it yet but the trigger is really nice right out of the box and that barrel is classy!

Thanks Bill Clinton ,for banning importing Norinco arms into the U.S,it's a silver lining for Canadians
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Yea thanks Bill, I just opened one of my 3 and it is great, no nicks on this one and I haven't looked at the other 2! That barrel is really nice looking, almost like it was varnished and the swirl is cool! I will clean it up tomorrow and take some base line groups to see how accurate it is, and then do the same after each step of bedding and trigger work! Really happy with it so far!
 
The history of these rifles is a bit obscure as they were originally imported into the US in the mid 1990s. It is my understanding that Keng's ordered only the barrelled actions, then stocked the 522 actions themselves, in America, with walnut stocks purchased from Bishop's. The resultant rifle sold quite well, as they were relatively inexpensive and were, of course, very accurate. More barrelled actions were then ordered, but then the ban on Chinese weapons went into effect, and the barrelled actions were orphaned, winding up marooned in some customs warehouse for the next 15 years or so. Then someone in Canada got wind of those marooned barrelled actions and bought them up. The stocks they were sold with in Canada did not come with the 522 barrelled action, nor were those stocks ever intended to fit the 522 (they appear to be stocks intended for the EM-332, another Norinco rimfire rifle, which shares the basic 522 action--with a different bolt handle and a sporter weight barrel). So, the Clinton gun ban cuts both ways--Americans got the 522s with the nicer stocks, while Canadians got the guns new for far less money than used 522s are selling for in the US.
 
I was wondering if someone was able to help me out with getting dimensions of one of the screws the next time you take apart your rifle.

So this afternoon, I decided to take the the brand new rifle apart to remove all the packing grease with brake cleaning. Unfortunately when I was out on my balcony, I dropped one of the screws on the ground and was unable to find it.

So now, I need to go to the hardware store to find a replacement and was wondering if someone can measure the dimensions of the screw for me. The screw I am looking for is the rear screw that attaches the magazine well to the rest of the action (it's the one on the opposite side of the magazine release).

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
 
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ray00 said:
I was wondering if someone was able to help me out with getting dimensions of one of the screws the next time you take apart your rifle.

So this afternoon, I decided to take the the brand new rifle apart to remove all the packing grease with brake cleaning. Unfortunately when I was out on my balcony, I dropped one of the screws on the ground and was unable to find it.

So now, I need to go to the hardware store to find a replacement and was wondering if someone can measure the dimensions of the screw for me. The screw I am looking for is the rear screw that attaches the magazine well to the rest of the action (it's the one on the opposite side of the magazine release).

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
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I watched a takedown video and the guy said they were the same length, because when he was putting them in he said it didn't matter which was front or back
 
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