Norinco YL 12-1 M-37 "Tactical"

cantom said:
I talked to service at Ithaca shotgun today. My old M37(made in 1947) uses a pitched, interrupted thread for the barrel. A new barrel for it would have to be custom made and fit for it for mucho dinero. Not worth it. The newer guns with serials over 855### or so have a different barrel mounting setup and I believe they are interchangeable.
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That's unfortunate, but on the plus side, the threaded barrel is probably stronger, and better at maintaining concentricity during disassembly/reassembly :D Those old Ithaca's are solid, which is probably why Norinco copied them :rolleyes: So what are you gonna do now? If I were you, I'd just buy a Norc, clean out the cosmoline, rack it fast and hard and shoot it until your arms are numb, and every day thereafter enjoy a very serviceable 12 gauge for $229 ;)
 
poweredbybeer said:
That's unfortunate, but on the plus side, the threaded barrel is probably stronger, and better at maintaining concentricity during disassembly/reassembly :D Those old Ithaca's are solid, which is probably why Norinco copied them :rolleyes: So what are you gonna do now? If I were you, I'd just buy a Norc, clean out the cosmoline, rack it fast and hard and shoot it until your arms are numb, and every day thereafter enjoy a very serviceable 12 gauge for $229 ;)
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Ah, but feeding problems? What a drag...every shotgun I've ever owned was completely reliable.
I've never actually seen one of the Norincos...wonder where one is to be handled? I didn't see one at the gun show last wknd.
 
Clean it before you shoot it. Why does no one expect their m-305 to work without cleaning out the grease and swarf, but they expect this shot gun to do it .

I once read a very slanted comparison of the Springfield M1a to the Norinco m-14 by a writer named Karwan. He shot both guns as fast as he could change magazines. The norinco was full of grease of course, and actually caught fire, annealing the springs and causing Mr Karwan to concluded the M1a was better. O f course, the guns and ammo were provided by Springfield.
 
buckbrush said:
Clean it before you shoot it. Why does no one expect their m-305 to work without cleaning out the grease and swarf, but they expect this shot gun to do it .

I once read a very slanted comparison of the Springfield M1a to the Norinco m-14 by a writer named Karwan. He shot both guns as fast as he could change magazines. The norinco was full of grease of course, and actually caught fire, annealing the springs and causing Mr Karwan to concluded the M1a was better. O f course, the guns and ammo were provided by Springfield.
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Ah, Cosmoline...I hate that stuff, although it is a pretty good preservative I guess...hard to get every little bit of it out of those nooks and crannies. Makes me wish I had a gun sized solvent tank.
 
poweredbybeer said:
I'll take an exploded-view style pic of mine, with the folding stock and pistol grip and related parts disassembled. I can also scan you the cutaway view from the Norinco manual, if you like? Hopefully that'll help you figure it out (and report your findings back to us, of course) :D
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Not to quibble, but it's probably best not to use 'Norinco' and 'exploded view' in the same sentence.
 
poweredbybeer said:
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Yah know...that does look rather neat. :)
 
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