Norinco rifle quality

[The Son Of Sam]

I think he's been talking to the dog again.

How did you know?
Was this you who posted this photo of me?

 

[bmdstorey]

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[RememberTheSomme]

The best thing about the norc is its receiver. It is forged and as close to GI spec as it gets, it alone is worth the cost of the rifle and then some. All the other parts are a bonus.

So get a Norc, a krieger barrel and a nice usgi stock, then get the thing built and tuned by a good gunsmith. He will index barrel, set headspace and properly fit and tune all those norc parts. Now you have a good accurate M14.

If you want to spend the big bucks on a US M14, import an LRB rifle and stay the hell away from Springfield Inc. LRB is forged with good parts and not cast with parts from Taiwan like today's Springfield rifles. Those boys ran out of usgi parts a long, long time ago back when they built good rifles and yet they still want the same bucks for their now substandard products.

This post by J996 encapsulates the M-14 story in Canada right now. Read it closely and you see all your options from a very good, bone stock 399.00 Nork up to a great DMR type rifle worth 5 times more+ with the correct parts added and tuned.

Springfield Armory exists in name only unfortunately.

The price of the M1A would lead us to believe it would equal an SA M-14 made circa 1960 in quality and function. Sorry it doesn't.

 

[yomomma]

M305 + $1000 = $2100 m1a

 

[enefgee]

I know where there's a great Springfield M1A - it's marked Devine, Tx. It's also most definitely not for sale at any price, I've tried.