Norinco 1911 value?

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I just stopped by a local gun shop and found a nice Norinco 1911 for 340 plus taxes, is it worth that? It has some holster wear but otherwise good shape.
 
Check the lugs and then make the deal. Decent price for a decent 1911.
 
My neighbor has one. I shot it a few weeks ago. Doesn't look like much but I would give him $400 for it today. Best 1911-A1 clone out there, all steel and pretty close to the original Colt.
 
Provided they are in decent shape I think $400 and under is a good price. As was mentioned earlier checking the barrel lug on norcs is a good idea.
 
You should get it. I bought mine in '94 for $299 and later added a trigger job, front strap stippling and Bomar sights and used it in Bullseye. :)

It sat for many years since but I traded it today for an a/c unit and heat pump for my shop and some other stuff all worth about $600. I would definitely buy it for $349.
 
It sounds like an excellent price to me. I have read lots of good things about them.
 
I remember when they were $350 new. Then again I remember when you could get a new Python for $600 so that doesn't help much does it? :)
 
A Norinco 1911 is well worth $340. The slide and frame are made from a good hard steal. The stock barrels are not the best and their springs are not as good as US made springs. I bought a Norinco, had a trigger job done, replaced the springs, grip safety with a beaver tail type, new hammer and barrel a Springfield barrel that was like new. Its a great accurate .45. One of these days I may replace the sights with night sights or something a little easier to pick up.

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I bought one a few years ago for $400. It's a great no frills gun. Very well made. I don't know how true this is, but I've heard the rumor/myth/urban legend/story that these guns are made from old Chinese railroad rails, and therefore are much stronger steel than your average 1911 because the rail steel has been work hardened over the long years of having trains drive over them.
 
I've put thousands of rounds through one I bought fifteen years or so ago with everything from 155 through 260 grain loads. Lots of pin matches won with it.
Gave it to my second son a few years back.
Added match bushing, trigger, beavertail grip safety and did the standard fit and polish job.
I'd jump on that one.
 
Personally, I don’t understand why anyone would spend that money, then pay more to replace springs, do trigger jobs, put in after-market beavertails, aftermarket barrels, etc…. why not just buy the 1911 you want in the first place. Then you know everything will work the way it’s supposed to. If you’re looking for a bargain 1911 that works and you’re not going to put any more money into, then that’s a different thing. I just prefer to buy one time.

That’s probably an okay deal for a less-expensive 1911 clone.
 
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Personally, I don’t understand why anyone would spend that money, then pay more to replace springs, do trigger jobs, put in after-market beavertails, aftermarket barrels, etc…. why not just buy the 1911 you want in the first place. Then you know everything will work the way it’s supposed to. If you’re looking for a bargain 1911 that works and you’re not going to put any more money into, then that’s a different thing. I just prefer to buy one time.

That’s probably an okay deal for a less-expensive 1911 clone.
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For some people the exact 1911 they want in the first place might not exist - it has to be assembled because they prefer brand X safety and brand Y of another part, etc.

Or it could be that they can have what they want with a $350 + $150 in parts whereas the same thing off the shelf might run $700+.

And again some people just like to tinker. If you want a project to work on in your spare time a ready-made gun doesn't supply that. Kinda like grease-monkey's who spend all their time in the garage working on a hot-rod. If they ever finish it they end up selling it and starting on a new one. I had an uncle that was like that. Always working on a new truck that he'd finish, drive for 2 months, and then sell and move on to something else. They don't want the end product: they want something to work on.
 
I'm not a huge believer in the whole idea of a "base gun" either, but a $340 gun with $30 worth of springs and a $200 barrel will probably shoot tighter groups than an off-the-shelf $600 1911. Most budget 1911s could use a trigger job anyway, so that would basically be a wash anyway.
 
Trigger on this gun has probably been worked on as it was very nice. Then again I am used to shooting glocks.
 
I bought one years ago. Well made and out shot a colt. I did a trigger job and other work myself. Wish I would have bought a couple more of them.
 
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Is this 1911 in question made in Turkey? If so leave it on display.
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No way. It's made in the People's Republic of China by the state-owned military arms manufacturing company Norinco.
Interestingly, contrary to the Chinese reputation of making poor quality items, Norinco arms are well-regarded pretty much universally.
 
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Is this 1911 in question made in Turkey? If so leave it on display.
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And I'll add that the reviews i've seen of Turkish 1911s (and most of their other guns, for that matter) are almost universally positive.
 
(If Turkish) For that price i would rather get a RIA. I would compare the turkish 1911 to a llama or star.
 
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