What are Norinco rifles like, CQB andM14?

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I heard bad opinions about norinco rifles from two shooters I met at the range and have had prejudice against them since. The other day I met a shooter at the range who was shooting CQB and he told me that it has worked like charm for him and that it is very accurate. Now because of that I am begining to think maybe I shouldn't save some $1500-$2000 to buy my first AR rifle but save me a lot by just buying Norinco CQB and M305 if they are good that is.
What do you guys think of these two rifles?
 
personally, for cqb, i think i've had my one and only,an ar15a2- colt was the only one making them at the time i got mine , so it's basically an m16a2- however, if i was to get back into 223, i think the way to go would be TAVOR , and possibly tavor long barrel for precision- i think the ar system is somewhat antiquated, and there are better choices out there for the money now
as far as the other goes, i've got 4- 3 real ones and an early norc- best investment in 308 as you can get
 
Great value guns.

For the money, I'd rather have 2 CQ's, 4 mags and 1000 rounds of ammo than 1 Armalite and 1 mag.
 
Meet a younger fellow at the indoor range last time with his Norc AR. He finished firing it off on the rifle side with 223 and then was on the pistol side with a 22LR kit swapped into the AR.

No issues with 223 and the pistol side was great for him too.

Cheapest 22LR kit he could find and he was having a blast. Couldn't get it to FTF/FTE. Just emptied mag after mag into the targets.

Talking to him was Great, he was happy and able to afford getting a good day at the range.

Something to be said for affordable firearms that allow new users and even old ones get to the range :D
 
They're great for the money, both of them.

Sure, there are better made AR15's and M1A's out there, but you can't get them without dropping 3-4x the money on them.

If you're just getting into the sport, they're a great place to start for semi auto center fire rifles.
 
This has been beat to death but,
If you want the mystic of owning the "real thing", save your money and get the real thing. However, if you want to shoot,--and shoot and shoot and shoot, buy a norc. and lots of ammo.:ar15:
The rest of the money you save can go to gas, back and forth to the range, and coffee for the trip!
 
Love them both, the AR is restricted, so it will be a range toy likely for the rest of your life. The M305(M14) is an excellent buy and most new ones require little work to make them excellent rifles for target shooting or hunting.
 
good post

caper587 said:
This has been beat to death but,
If you want the mystic of owning the "real thing", save your money and get the real thing. However, if you want to shoot,--and shoot and shoot and shoot, buy a norc. and lots of ammo.:ar15:
The rest of the money you save can go to gas, back and forth to the range, and coffee for the trip!
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...AND SHOOT AND SHOOT AND SHOOT.....YES..zero problems with mine.Norinco 14"s are very good.
 
caper587 said:
This has been beat to death but,
If you want the mystic of owning the "real thing", save your money and get the real thing. However, if you want to shoot,--and shoot and shoot and shoot, buy a norc. and lots of ammo.:ar15:
The rest of the money you save can go to gas, back and forth to the range, and coffee for the trip!
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In the case of an M-14, most people can't buy the real thing and nobody can shoot the real thing :)
 
M1A is a semi-auto variant of the M14.
M14 is a select fire full auto. USGI M14s are no longer newly manufactured for the US army, I believe there are companies that re-manufacture and Fulton arms who do their own receiver but the M14 trademark does not exist.
M1A is trademarked to Springfield Armory I believe.
Norincos are semi-auto variants of the M14 and have a lot in common with the M1A, however because of trademark they are sold as m14 and m305.
This is the situation as i understand it.
 
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