Norinco 1897's, are they any good?

[1911JMB]

A local gun shop is selling a norinco 1897 trench model that I almost bought earlier today. What I would like to do is send it to Arizona so that Hans Vang can have his way with it. But first, somebody please tell me, are the Norinco 97's of good quality?

[pauli]

my understanding: the norinco guns, especially the newest ones, are mechanically great, cosmetically rough, and politically divisive. if they were from brazil instead of china, people would be going bananas over them. as it is, you're in for a long thread of "i won't support chinese slave labor."

[Kamicosmos]

you're in for a long thread of "i won't support chinese slave labor."

Heh. Ironically, most of those people will then follow up with 'Besides, you can get a mossberg at Wal-mart for less...'

:rolleyes:

I do like the looks of the 1897 though. be cool to get a genuine one, but I've also heard that the Norinco clones are good guns.

[1911JMB]

Didn't know about the whole chinese labor thing. Does anybody else repro the trench model? I sure won't be putting 3 or 4 grand for an original.