I agree. Additionally, that is widely reported on the forums where they can actually own them.
I have handled my uncles Type 56 and there was also a rental 56 at the range I worked at in my youth - they are nice rifles tho I have nothing to compare them to as I’ve only handled the Norinco AK’s
I’ve got several dewat ak’s,one of which is a Norinco .233,and a few friends have sizeable prohib collections,one has a pretty large selection of Ak’s of all different makes,FEGS mostly and m76’s and norc’s,and the Norcs are beautiful....I’d almost say nicer then the valmet,but i think that goes down to the fact that the Norc is brand new versus the m76 which has thousands of rounds and lots of bush use before it got relegated to the safe queen it is today.