SouthronBoy
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Took my new (to me) Norinco 1911A1 to the local indoor range today. It's my first 1911, well at least since I got out of the Army and didn't have free guns, anyway.
My Norc is pretty accurate, actually it may be the most accurate of the seven handguns I own. I don't claim to be a great, or even a good shot, and the Norc put more rounds where I wanted them than any of the other guns do.
It was comfortable to shoot, although I noticed a slight case of hammer bite when I got home. I think it's had a trigger job, the pull was very light and crisp, with little takeup and a smooth break.
I took a hundred round box of WWB and another of Remington 230g JHPs. I had the magazine that came with the pistol and two brand new Colt mags from Brownell's. Most of the WWB went downrange with no problem, but I had a failure to extract the last round toward the end of the box on one of the Colt mags.
When I switched to the Remington JHPs, things got a little more interesting. The Norinco magazine didn't want to feed the hollow points. I kept fiddling with it until the first round would feed, then had no problems for the rest of the magazine. I consistently had FTE problems with the one Colt mag with the JHPs, always on the last round.
I like the gun, but I've got some mag and ammo issues to work out before it replaces my Mak as my bedside gun.
My Norc is pretty accurate, actually it may be the most accurate of the seven handguns I own. I don't claim to be a great, or even a good shot, and the Norc put more rounds where I wanted them than any of the other guns do.
It was comfortable to shoot, although I noticed a slight case of hammer bite when I got home. I think it's had a trigger job, the pull was very light and crisp, with little takeup and a smooth break.
I took a hundred round box of WWB and another of Remington 230g JHPs. I had the magazine that came with the pistol and two brand new Colt mags from Brownell's. Most of the WWB went downrange with no problem, but I had a failure to extract the last round toward the end of the box on one of the Colt mags.
When I switched to the Remington JHPs, things got a little more interesting. The Norinco magazine didn't want to feed the hollow points. I kept fiddling with it until the first round would feed, then had no problems for the rest of the magazine. I consistently had FTE problems with the one Colt mag with the JHPs, always on the last round.
I like the gun, but I've got some mag and ammo issues to work out before it replaces my Mak as my bedside gun.