My first new handgun is supposed to be arriving at my door today, I bought a Norc from Canada Ammo. Is their anything I need to know about prepping it for the range once it comes out of the case? I've never handled a new handgun so I didn't know if it's good to go or needs to be serviced, comments appreciated!
Prepping new gun
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Read the manual, get comfortable with the workings. Strip it down, visually inspect it for any possible flaws, clean off the heavy grease and re-oil/lube the parts, inspect and clean the barrel for good measure, reassemble and hit the range.
"strip it down" means only a field strip, not neccesary to take down to the detail strip level- mof , you might be better off doing the field strip until you learn WHERE EVERYTHING GOES and are able to put it back together;
buying a norc from canada ammo doesn't really give us enough information as "norc" makes several varieties and calibers of handgun- and there's different procedures for each type-
but basically, pull the slide back, eject the mag, lock the slide back, use the lip of the mag to compress the recoil plig, rotate the barrel bushing until it comes loose( CAREFULLY, ITS UNDER TENSION)
then allow the spring to expand, take it out, then take out the slide stop, and slide the slide off the frame- then remove the guide rod ( that's the other half of where the recoil spring goes) and slide the barrel out of the slide- it doesn't matter whether it comes out the front or you angle it and take it out the back- then comes the thousands of q-tips and rags, - you want to clean the magwell as well then oil the rails , and reverse the order, trying NOT to get the idiot scratch when you put the slide stop back in- you also might want to clean the back of the chamber in the slide ( ie the firing pin hole) and push on the pin to make sure it makes contact
buying a norc from canada ammo doesn't really give us enough information as "norc" makes several varieties and calibers of handgun- and there's different procedures for each type-
but basically, pull the slide back, eject the mag, lock the slide back, use the lip of the mag to compress the recoil plig, rotate the barrel bushing until it comes loose( CAREFULLY, ITS UNDER TENSION)
then allow the spring to expand, take it out, then take out the slide stop, and slide the slide off the frame- then remove the guide rod ( that's the other half of where the recoil spring goes) and slide the barrel out of the slide- it doesn't matter whether it comes out the front or you angle it and take it out the back- then comes the thousands of q-tips and rags, - you want to clean the magwell as well then oil the rails , and reverse the order, trying NOT to get the idiot scratch when you put the slide stop back in- you also might want to clean the back of the chamber in the slide ( ie the firing pin hole) and push on the pin to make sure it makes contact
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Field strip is as far as I'd go... if it's a 1911... once you take the MSH off, you're screwed if you don't know what to do! 
Obviously it can be done with some help from the interweb, but I'd just do a basic field strip (remove slide, barrel) and clean out the crap.
Then take it and shoot the piss out of it! No special 'break in' required...
Obviously it can be done with some help from the interweb, but I'd just do a basic field strip (remove slide, barrel) and clean out the crap.Then take it and shoot the piss out of it! No special 'break in' required...
The oil that bathes any of the Norincos that I've seen or gotten might be good for anticorrosion but it is not the best possible lubricant. I found that it also seemed to be a little gritty feeling. So the few Norinco guns I've gotten I field stripped and thoroughly cleaned by flushing them with my favourite general purpose cleaner and protectorant. Namely the cheap to mix up Ed's Red mixture. If you don't have or want to mix up any for now then I'd suggest a can of brake cleaner followed by a spritz of WD40 and then drain well and wipe down and use a proper gun oil on the action parts and either a little more oil or a THIN wipe of grease on the slide rails.
Depending on which model of gun you got You Tube is loaded with field strip videos on every possible "parent" gun that your norinco is modeled from.
Depending on which model of gun you got You Tube is loaded with field strip videos on every possible "parent" gun that your norinco is modeled from.
