Just my opinion. I'm not trusting my life with a cheap, chinese made gun.
Hey, this is the Internet, remember? Opinions are what count most here, right?
Folks, we are NOT going to launch another flame war over this. Period. If you want one, buy it. If not, don't.
As for facts, while everyone is entitled to their own opinion, no one is entitled to their own facts. Here's what I can offer as to my own history with Norinco clones.
I went for years without buying one of the Norinco 870 clones, because I always found 'real' 870s cheaper in good used condition.
Then that stopped and the clones got cheaper than the real thing. So I picked one up just to experiment with, several years ago. I took it and an 870 Express to my gunsmith, and we field stripped both and went over them part by part. He file tested the steel in both guns and indicated that in some cases there seemed to be better metal in the Norinco. Fit and finish were about even as both guns were bought used and had been used some more.
Now I have about half a dozen Norinco clones - Hawk 981s, a 982, and several Pardner pumps. They're rougher to start with as far as the action goes but they smooth up with use. I haven't broken one yet. Are they as good as 870s? I don't know, it'll take another 40 years or so to answer that question. But I sure don't feel undergunned with one.
And Remington even copied the Security model of the Pardner pump in its newer 5077 model with the six round magazine. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, what does that say?