The Type 97 is back . . .

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Ar180shooter said:
Don't forget, in order to keep an exclusive contract like that, you actually need to sell the rifles and keep ordering them from the manufacturer. If prices jump by 20%, I imagine there would be a slowing in sales, and the company would loose the exclusivity agreement as they are not maintaining the required order volume.

I swear, some of you guys need to read a book or two on business management.
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Stevo said:
Yeah, nice thought, isn't it?

But like AR180 shooter says, they have to sell to keep the contract.

Tavor prices are lower with North Sylva doing the importing, aren't they?
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Yep. They have greater buying power, and are thus able to keep the cost per unit down. Same thing happened when they took over importing CSA VZ-58's... the retail price went down by 10%.
 
My questions:

SFRC show 61 in stock (yea, I know)..... when would the pre-order be shut off? Will Norinco be able to fufill the orders? Just what changes would be made to the "stock" photo being used?

I gave up on this gun about a year ago (being prohib), now it feels like Christmas for real!!!!!!!
 
That's the "remaining stock" number from their second pre-order batch. I imagine "0" will be the end of it, as it was for the first pre-order.
 
Anybody know if this is the 95-1 version with the relocated selector switch and improved ejection? I fired the original version in china and hated the location of the selector. The trigger was better than on my tavor if I remember correctly.
 
$1,000 for a Norinco? Man, this is quickly becomming a hobby I can ill afford. Good luck to all of you who plan on buying one. I guess I might have to pick one up on the EE for $1,250. :p
 
Stevo said:
That's the "remaining stock" number from their second pre-order batch. I imagine "0" will be the end of it, as it was for the first pre-order.
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AT one point the web site showed 13 units in stock. It then showed 61.

Will Norinco be able to supply such a large quanty of these firearms with keeping up to quality control?
 
Weren't the last ones being brought in a 97B? I definitely liked the looks of the older one. They are both ugly, but the previous version looked a lot more menacing.
 
mralberta said:
AT one point the web site showed 13 units in stock. It then showed 61.

Will Norinco be able to supply such a large quanty of these firearms with keeping up to quality control?
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I suspect they're minimum capabilities are hundreds of units per day. I'm more concerned there won't be enough ordered for them to warrant "tooling up" for a Canadian batch.
 
It's not a terrible looking gun, but I need some convincing about quality. Nice to see it back, though. Norc cares more about our market than a lot of other companies haha
 
Just pulled the trigger at SFRC. . . .24 left when I ordered 30 Min ago now only 9 left. . . .Craziness. . . . I wanted one of these first time around and never pulled the trigger. Glad I didn’t now knowing they went prohibited. I have a good feeling about this batch ant can’t wait till spring!
 
Grain said:
I suspect they're minimum capabilities are hundreds of units per day. I'm more concerned there won't be enough ordered for them to warrant "tooling up" for a Canadian batch.
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They're already tooled up as they produce the Type 95 and Type 97 for both domestic and foreign military use. All that is required is a slight redesign of the trigger group to make it Canada legal.
 
mralberta said:
AT one point the web site showed 13 units in stock. It then showed 61.

Will Norinco be able to supply such a large quanty of these firearms with keeping up to quality control?
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Norinco. Quality control. Man that's the best joke I've heard in a while.
 
mralberta said:
AT one point the web site showed 13 units in stock. It then showed 61.

Will Norinco be able to supply such a large quanty of these firearms with keeping up to quality control?
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Well considering Norinco supplies the chinese military along with a whole slew of 3rd world militaries I'm pretty sure they can handle the 10000 rifle appetite of the canadian market lol
 
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