I've never heard anything negative about a Norinco. Had one myself at one time. I'd be interested to know if anyone ever got really serious about accuracy and tested one off sandbags at 25 yards? I didn't do that with mine. A beginning shooter in those early days.
So many gun articles these days report the accuracy at lesser distances, and even by non-supported shooting. I don't think we can get a real impression of a pistol's potential until it's fired from a rest at a full 25 yards. The writer's reasoning is always that the weapon is for self defense, and 25 yards is not a reasonable test for a belt gun. I think they simply won't shoot them that far because they know the result would not be favorable to the article. I don't own any pistils or revolvers that haven't been sandbagged at 25 yards. I suppose it's not that important for a belly gun, but I still like to know. If the shooter is already at the range, it just takes a few minutes. When I see the articles testin guns at shorter distances, I decide quickly that's not the gun for me. The promoter is hiding something.
You know what else galls my butt? "Professional" shooters making videos of a pistols shooting characteristics. I've seen the famous "Hickcock" on Youtube do that very thing. Invaribly, they empty the magazine at their target and then flinch for that last trigger pull when the slide is back and the weapon empty. Not only did they not count their rounds (a very basic procedure for all knowledgable shooters), but they actually flinched. Therein lies another reason they don't test at 25 yards; they wouldn't be able to hit the paper.
We can take that further. If a policeman on the street has not had it drilled into him a thousand times at the range to count his rounds, he will lose the time he wasted in squeezing the trigger on a slide-back empty gun. They all know better. But the majority of videos we watch will show quickly that we've wasted our time clicking on that link. One more point: Tactical reloading--if a shooter does not know how many rounds, he can't know whether a tactical reaload is called for. A shooting incident might have it a lull--a lull that gives the officer time to insert a full magazine. He drops the partially used magazine into his hand, then inserts a full one. When the lull is over, he's back in the game with a fully loaded weapon, and he knows the number of extra rounds in the magazine he just dropped. A minor thing, maybe, but it might make all the difference before the conflict is over.
I learned a similar drill with an 870 pump. You'be been fighting, and your shotgun is dry. The slide is back and the loading port open. Load that first round by cupping the shell in your right hand and bringing it over the receiver to fall into the port. Slam it home. You've now one more instantly loaded round to save you. Plus, if there's time to reload the convential way, you can push them in knowing all the time that you have that one round ready to go. The opposite of that is to load an empty pump gun conventionally, by just shoving them through the gate. The folley of that is you have nothing in the pipe until you jack it in. Small things. Things that save fractions of seconds.
