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What he said, buy a few before they are all gone, or buy the 332 and a bunch of mags, then again where are you gonna get 1 10 round mag for $37.
Norinco NS522 build: NEW MAG RELEASE
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What he said, buy a few before they are all gone, or buy the 332 and a bunch of mags, then again where are you gonna get 1 10 round mag for $37.
Just click on the# in the selection box an delete/ back space then add the number you want and refresh or update page, or email/call them and tell them to add a few more mags!
I did a vid on my 522 with a little detail about the feeding problem. Forgive me as I'm not a good spokesman.
I didn't see any need to go into detail about bedding, pillars or technical stuff as most here know how it's done and I'll follow through later with good ammo reports and finalized tweaks when time permits. Enjoy
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I didn't see any need to go into detail about bedding, pillars or technical stuff as most here know how it's done and I'll follow through later with good ammo reports and finalized tweaks when time permits. Enjoy
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Nice video. 522 barrels were hammer forged in China on machinery purchased from Austria. The barreled actions, made in China, were brought to the USA by KFS of Atlanta, GA. Some 2000 of these were stocked by KFS using hand-checkered walnut stocks purchased from the Bishop Gunstock Co. The Clinton gun ban ended the importation of these around 1997. Some left over barreled actions then somehow made their way to Canada some 16-17 years later. At some point they were dropped into Norinco EM-332 stocks. The 332 stocks differed from the 522 in that the former was cut for a slimmer, sporter barrel, and it had a wide cut out in the stock for the 332's "spoonbill" bolt handle, which was significantly wider than the 522's sporter style bolt handle. Interestingly, the 332 stocks on the Canadian 522's differ from the OEM stocks on the EM-332's that will delivered (in quite small numbers) to the US before the '97 gun ban. The stocks on the Canadian 522 closely resemble the stocks on the EM-332's that were sold in New Zealand and Australia. So, the 522 barreled actions that originally came to America in the '90s ended up, almost 20 years later, in Canada, in 332 stocks originally meant for the Australian market. How's that for some whacky history?
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I should had let you tell the story on the video. I could never remember all that.
Indeed, some good history minimouse!
With your permission I could add that history in the description box.
I've already edited the video removing my comments about the history as they are not factually correct.
Indeed, some good history minimouse!
With your permission I could add that history in the description box.
I've already edited the video removing my comments about the history as they are not factually correct.
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I would like to clarify one or two points in my post above on the "informal" history of the NS-522. The NS-522 ("Norinco Sports" 522), along with the Norinco models JW-15 and EM-332 were briefly imported into the US in the mid-1990's. The US version of the EM-332 featured the same action as the 522, but had a lighter, sporter-contour barrel, with barrel mounted sights front and rear. (Note that both guns had the same bolt handle.) The US model EM-332 stock was styled as sort of a "biathlon" rifle, and featured twin cut-outs on the right side of the wood buttstock for two spare magazines. Importation of all three models ended around 1997.
New Zealand and Australia, meanwhile, imported a different version of the EM-332. This model featured a "spoonbill" style bolt handle (which is flattened out so as to resemble the handle of a spoon. Think early M-S carbines.), and a correspondingly larger cut in the stock for the wider bolt handle. This is the 332 stock that somehow came to be united with the orphan 522 barreled actions. A Chinese barreled action, made on machinery imported from Austria, travelled first to America, and then arrived in Canada many years later, wearing a stock meant for the Australian edition of the EM-332.
New Zealand and Australia, meanwhile, imported a different version of the EM-332. This model featured a "spoonbill" style bolt handle (which is flattened out so as to resemble the handle of a spoon. Think early M-S carbines.), and a correspondingly larger cut in the stock for the wider bolt handle. This is the 332 stock that somehow came to be united with the orphan 522 barreled actions. A Chinese barreled action, made on machinery imported from Austria, travelled first to America, and then arrived in Canada many years later, wearing a stock meant for the Australian edition of the EM-332.
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Here is the version marstar brought in...
And here is a US version with the mag holder in the stock...
Thanks, Hitzy! The top rifle is the version commonly seen in Australia/New Zealand. I assume, then, that is was also imported into Canada? It has the action with the spoonbill bolt handle. That is also the stock the Canadian 522s came installed in. You can see from the two pictures why the Canadian 522s have such a large cut in the stock for the bolt handle--it was originally cut for the spoonbill bolt handle of the non-US model EM-332, and not the slimmer bolt handle that graced US-bound EM-332s and NS-522 barreled actions. Thanks for posting the pics--they are indeed worth a 1000 words.
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Yes, imported in small numbers by marstar mid 2000's iirc. They still have the manual up online https://www.marstar.ca/html/reflibrary/Manuals/norincoem332.html
I think they were listed at $350 at the time while the JW's were $150, they didn't sell very well.
And with these new Scorpio EM332 which still have the big spoonbill notch in newly made stocks but stubby little bolt handles is just another WTF to add to the story. I should get my smith to weld on a spoonbill just to have at least one rifle look proper lol
I think they were listed at $350 at the time while the JW's were $150, they didn't sell very well.
And with these new Scorpio EM332 which still have the big spoonbill notch in newly made stocks but stubby little bolt handles is just another WTF to add to the story. I should get my smith to weld on a spoonbill just to have at least one rifle look proper lol
Have you tried the 332 in the wood stock yet? I haven't gotten around to it!
I remember reading that the Canadian 522's came with spacers between the stock and the action (a couple of washers IIRC). I've always wondered about this, as US 522's don't have such a thing. Canadian 522's came in 332 stocks, which have a barrel channel cut for a sporter contour barrel. I would guess, then, that the spacers between the action and the stock serve to "free float" the barrel by lifting it slightly above the barrel channel. It would be easier for the company selling the 522/332 hybrids to add a couple of washers between stock and action, than to re-cut the barrel channel in the 332 stock for the bigger barrel contour of the 522 barreled action. What say my Canadian friends? Does this sound like a reasonable explanation for the washers between the stock and action on your 522's?
