Norinco NS522 build: NEW MAG RELEASE

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Norinco NS522 build: SOME NEW PICS ADDED FOR NOW

***I will be adding Hotlinks soon to help some folks with the key points of this thread. In the meantime please check out Archer Sam's trigger mod work on page 140. Pretty rad.***


I have been following this wee rimfire for quite some time and when a used one for a sweet price popped up on the EE it was perfect timing for a winter build. I wont bore you with the details of this rifle, but word is, it is supposed to shoot very well and let me tell you, it sure does.
My goal was (is) to turn this into a sleeper and surprise my local Silhouette team with its accuracy. I will break this down into several stages, ( as time allows) but the stinky Tung oil stock needs to go first!

Stage 1. Stock redo, pillar/glass bed.
Stage 2. Trigger work. 1-2lbs goal.
Stage 3. Bolt smoothing, metal polishing.
Stage 4. Magazine strip/Thorough detailing
Stage 5. Trigger update- added over-travel screw (pending further testing)
Stage 6. Accuracy testing/retesting after mods.

When I received the rifle, I took it to the range to test fire 11 different types to establish a baseline. It was very hard to concentrate, as the Tung oil smelled like a thousand dead camels., but the results were...

I was going to post these results now, but I have decided to show and compare all targets at the end. After this test it was time to shelf the results and get on to tinkering!

The previous owned had done a swell job of stripping the stock and putting 3 full coats of Tung oil for a nice oil finish. It looked great, but Tung oil smells like unholy death to me and I couldn't stand it. I stripped the stock and applied a nice dark (Ebony) stain as well as 4 coats of polyurethane gloss finish. I chose Ebony, as I wanted the stock to be as dark as possible. Just what I wanted, no other reason. Since I was stripping it, I installed the dual pillars and glass bedded the action AND bottom metal. Since this stock was made for a completely differnt (EM322) rifle, I needed to do 3 separate epoxy sessions. This gave me the results I needed/wanted due to dealing with such a loose fitting "stock". For those who are not aware. There are metal spacers under the factory bottom metal to try and get this stock to fit right. I chose to extend my pillars and bed deep the surrounding area with epoxy. It worked perfect.
It looked like the "inletting" was done with a dull chainsaw.


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Yah I bought one. I almost want another. I took mine out and it shoots lasers at 50 yards and that's before any upgrades
 
Yeah the finish on these is horrible. Almost looks like paint. When I was sanding my barrel channel I was thinking that it wouldn't look half bad if refinished. Not sure what kind of wood it is, maybe beech or birch?
For now, all I've done to mine is sand the barrel channel to float the barrel and bed the front of the action. Haven't shot it since. What ammo does yours like?
I've only shot mine once and oddly enough, it grouped best with Winchester dynapoints. Shot those better than cci mini mag, cci standard vel, and laupa club.
 
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super7 said:
Yeah the finish on these is horrible. Almost looks like paint. When I was sanding my barrel channel I was thinking that it wouldn't look half bad if refinished. Not sure what kind of wood it is, maybe beech or birch?
For now, all I've done to mine is sand the barrel channel to float the barrel and bed the front of the action. Haven't shot it since. What ammo does yours like?
I've only shot mine once and oddly enough, it grouped best with Winchester dynapoints. Shot those better than cci mini mag, cci standard vel, and laupa club.
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Good old chu wood....I wish it was beech or birch...lol
 
zelly said:
I was just shooting bulk blazer and it was grouping impressively at 50 yards. It would be scary with match ammo
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What kind of group size are you getting at fifty? Haven't tried blazer. I've tried the 555round winchester bulk pack but it didn't like it much. I've been using Federal Gold Medal, the one rated for 1080 fps, at 100 yards and most of my groups have come in at just about an inch. I'm thinking the rifle is good for better because sometimes I can stack three or four but always push one out of the group.
 
It looks pretty good so far, although I still prefer a oiled stock over a varethaned stock myself, but thats just me. Hopefully it will be a nice shooter.,
 
Magellann said:
It looks pretty good so far, although I still prefer a oiled stock over a varethaned stock myself, but thats just me. Hopefully it will be a nice shooter.,
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I do like a nice oiled stock as well, but Tung/Linseed oil is like pure unholy hell to my nose. Funk factor five!
Since the bare wood is some sort of recycled pallet wood. I wanted to stain dark to hide it more.
 
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