Author Topic: Norinco 1911 (Read 1503 times)

kevin.303 · « **on:** December 22, 2003, 06:58:19 AM »

as soon as my handgun licencse comes i'm purchaseing a norinco 1911. my concern is if some of the accesories for the 1911 will work with this certain make. paticularly the .22 conversion kits and no smithing scope mounts. i'm interested in competitive shooting and want to use this as a starting platform.

Original Ken · « **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2003, 08:40:32 AM »

Can't give you an answer on the Norinco being able to accept after market parts. I looked at Narinco.ca web site and see that they are selling their 45ACP for $325.00 plus shipping, etc. In looking at the pics of the 45 on their site it appears that there are a lot of rough machining marks visible on that auto. If you are wanting to get into bullseye shooting I am not sure that this piece will give you what you are ultimately looking for. You didn't indicate how much you wanted to lay out for a 45 but in my humble opinion I don't think I would opt for a Chinese made 45 to do that particular job. There are a number of other companies that would give you what I think would be much more gun for a few hundred bucks more. From there you could have some modifications done either by yourself or a local "smith". I only offer this because I once bought someithing like this and disliked it from the day it arrived. Finally got rid of it a few years back and have never missed it either. Maybe some of the others on the forum might have a different opinion and I would stay open to whatever other threads you might see in response to your question. Ya gets whats ya pay fer!!!

:-D

Mikey · « **Reply #2 on:** December 22, 2003, 09:11:51 AM »

kevin: I've known of a couple of posters on the Graybeard sites who really like their Norinco 1911s but for what you wish to do with it I would easily second what The Original Ken has advised.

In reading many of your posts, your questions and your responses, you move pretty quickly when it comes to buying what you are thinking about but in this case I might wait for a bit, put some more pennies together and then get something more along the lines of what you wish to have as a final product.

An inexpensive handgun that may show the need for additional refining may give you serious headaches as you go to add aftermarket products such as barrel or caliber conversions, grip safeties, etc. I would hold for a handgun with better finishing as it often means you get a better product, both internally and externally. HTH. Mikey.

Castaway · « **Reply #3 on:** December 22, 2003, 10:06:29 AM »

Have to disagree. The Norince is as well made as any war-time 1911 and all parts are interchangeable with a series 70 Colt. It's a great pistol to build on, use as is or modify to your hearts content.

Savage · « **Reply #4 on:** December 22, 2003, 03:11:35 PM »

The Norinco is a good low budget, entry level 1911. Even Bill Wilson thinks so. They are on the list of acceptable platforms for the "Wilson Touch"! I don't own one but, bet they'd make a great truck gun as is!
Savage

kevin.303 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 23, 2003, 06:35:06 AM »

i think i'll get a norinco to get used to handgun shooting and when i want to move up to a competive pistol i'll start out with a springfield aromury job. i was thinking of using the norinco M-14 for rifle competition but read alot of bads things about it and gave up on that idea.

i do move fairly quickly when i buy stuff. i bought a parker & hale .303 without thinking it through and now no one will take it of my hands!!

Mikey · « **Reply #6 on:** December 23, 2003, 09:44:28 AM »

Kevin: sorry to hear about that Parker and Hale 303. I have seen one of those and they look pretty impressive for a SMLE. I wouldn't mind seeing another one in the same condition as I saw the first one, because I would probably buy it right up - like I need another 303. Oh my. Mikey.

444encore · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2003, 05:24:51 AM »

Kevin,
I can't speak for all Norinco 1911s , but there's nothing wrong with mine.
Ofcourse the finish isn't the greatest but the fit is superb. My Colt required
a lot of work to pull the slop out, but the Norinco had tight tolerances out of the box. All I did was install a N/M barrel bushing and this thing shoot's as good as I can.

Ghostrider · « **Reply #8 on:** January 16, 2004, 05:04:34 PM »

Hi guys!
Well I own a Norinco and have shot competetion with it . I refined it a little,Checkered the backstrap,added a mag well. nothing serious. It shoots right up there with the rest of them. Like the Govt issue colts in V.N. you can roll it in the sand and mud and it will still do what it was intended for. I was told that norinco actually bought some old colt tooling to start with and used chinese steel and produced a fine weapon.it aint as polished and purtey, but it will produce results with no surprises. mine has never jammed and i shoot a LOT of reloads. Dont get me wrong, it aint no full race gun. just a solid weapon.

T.J. McSuds · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2004, 02:11:24 AM »

The Norinco I had was well made except for the barrel. The lugs started peening within 50 rounds. I replaced it with a Colt barrel for $35. Had a trigger job done using stock parts. It was a good gun. I later had it updated at Wilson Combat.

kevin.303 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2004, 07:16:27 AM »

i've be watching this for a while now and have definatly decided to buy one, maybe two. it seems that malfunctions and poor workmanship would be a case of individual pistols and not of the model overall, and this can be the case with any make of longarm or handgun, not just the cheap foreign made ones. thanks for helping me make up my mind

by the way, has anyone fired cast bullets in these? i got a lot of free lead kicking around.

T.J. McSuds · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2004, 02:51:30 PM »

Unless it is a CCW gun, all I use is cast. Usually 200gr SWC.

mt3030 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 16, 2004, 07:21:44 PM »

I love my Norinco 1911. All stock except for higher fixed sights to go with my old eyes. Feeds cast 200 swc like it was make for them. Wish I could say the same for some of my other 1911 platforms.
mt

tranders · « **Reply #13 on:** March 03, 2004, 11:05:23 PM »

The Norinco I had sure wasn't nothing pretty,but it sure ate up everything I could feed it. After a trigger job and Dwyer group gripper it didn't shoot half bad either.

sureshot2040 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 11, 2004, 03:19:49 PM »

i have been thinking abt buying another 1911 styled pistol.
havent owned anything other than a single action revolver for a long time.
i was in my local toy store the other day and they have a norinco 1911 with a ghost ring rear sight and a big white dot front sight. it also has what appears to be a 6 inch threaded barrel and a big compensator attached.
other than that the gun looks stock. he is wanting 275 for it but said he would make me a better deal on it. what do you guys think abt that price?
since it has been so long since i have priced those type of guns, is that a good price or what?
yall let me know
thanks,
sureshot