Norinco 1911
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$500 is a good price if it is almost new. Perhaps 6 as the supply is thinning out. I have one I bought for $399 three years or so ago; I got the main spring housing flattened out and checkered and a better and lighter trigger for it. It can shoot very well indeed.
I have a Gen 3 Glock 21SF to go along with it but I prefer the 1911. the below photograph is old and taken before I got the new trigger done and the ms flattened.
I have a Gen 3 Glock 21SF to go along with it but I prefer the 1911. the below photograph is old and taken before I got the new trigger done and the ms flattened.
ulflyer
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Sophio: Many years ago before Clinton put the ban on, they were about $200. For a long time, when they were still plentiful, and folks got the word out what a good basic gun it is, they became well known. In recent years, with diminishing supply, lots of new shooters have never heard of it.
Same goes for the German and Bulgarian Makarov's in 9X18mm. Incredibly simple construction, incredibly accurate, extremely functional. I got into these for awhile and like the Norks and assorted 1911 types, one was never enuf. I think I could qualify for that hoarding show on TV.
Sold most everthing off last Spring at the Greensboro show due to advancing age and health issues. Kept just a few shooters that I couldn't part with and a couple collectibles.
And then came the M1 Carbines.........OMG, hoarding once again!!
Same goes for the German and Bulgarian Makarov's in 9X18mm. Incredibly simple construction, incredibly accurate, extremely functional. I got into these for awhile and like the Norks and assorted 1911 types, one was never enuf. I think I could qualify for that hoarding show on TV.
Sold most everthing off last Spring at the Greensboro show due to advancing age and health issues. Kept just a few shooters that I couldn't part with and a couple collectibles.
And then came the M1 Carbines.........OMG, hoarding once again!!
Iron Sight
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svaz
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I liked my Norc and I miss it. The only reason I sold it was that I decided to go with a single caliber and .45 wasn't it. Like others here, I think $900 is about 100% too much. Half of that at 95% seems reasonable, although even that's too high for my pocket book.
Some norks get upgraded, some do not. For the most part, every one that has come my way is a good, solid shooter.
Value is subjective. Something that shoots well is probably worth $400 to me. Somethng that saved my life is probably worth more, and maybe not for sale at any price.
This gun save your life?
Value is subjective. Something that shoots well is probably worth $400 to me. Somethng that saved my life is probably worth more, and maybe not for sale at any price.
This gun save your life?
dirty dave
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They are tough guns I have a 460 rowland conversion from Brownell's on mine.And it runs them through with no problems.Great caliber.
Fredericianer
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Anyone here know anything about the high capacity Norincos (NP28)? I've seen one for sale here for about 200 dollars.
I bought one NIB when they first came out. Still have the receipt for $199. All forged frame/slide. Shoots like a champ and has been said before, one of the few guns (other than Colt) that the big names like Wilson, Swenson etc. would work on back in the day.
I should have bought a dozen of them!
I should have bought a dozen of them!
I just ran across one today at the local shop. Appears to be stock except for a replacement Hogue grips. Barrel is clean and rifling crisp with no markings, appears to be in good condition. Asking was $349 plus tax, since I am a frequent flyer at this establishment $330OTD, thinking about picking this one up.
schmeky
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sarge83,
Yep, I'd pick that up too.
I was at a gunshow in Texas many years ago and there was a guy selling off a bunch of his guns. He had a like new Norinco 1911 going for $175.00; I bought it, my first one.
Wish I still had it, but I've had several since then and still have a nork in my collection.
Yep, I'd pick that up too.
I was at a gunshow in Texas many years ago and there was a guy selling off a bunch of his guns. He had a like new Norinco 1911 going for $175.00; I bought it, my first one.
Wish I still had it, but I've had several since then and still have a nork in my collection.
ulflyer
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Sarge: I've had a bunch of Norks and in my opinion they are hard to beat. Better grab it. I sold two this past spring for $400 and $450, but they were NIB.
lonegunman
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They are made from fine steel, especially compared with today's cast crap. Anything over $500.00 is for those folks smoking crack.
Well I went back after my initial post to buy the norinco and it was gone. Flash forward to today. I went back in the shop to get a rifle out of layaway and it was back on display. The person who had put it in layaway changed their mind or didn't make their payments. So it went into layaway for me, $340 OTD.
Norinco steel quote
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So now we get into the 5100 alloy Norinco 1911 in particular. 5100 is an EXCELLENT receiver material. It hardens very well on the surface but maintains an adequately ductile core. This gives great wear resistance and great resistance to plastic deformation (deformation that causes the parts to permanently deform or warp). The one achilles heel to 5100 series alloys is that they are notoriously hard to machine. Norinco, I suspect, machines their parts with carbide cutters prior to heat treating. On a finished gun the only way you're going to cut it with HSS mill bits is if you spot-anneal the steel with a torch first. Most smiths have to buy carbide mill bits to work the steel, and even then there's a very high tool wear rate. This is probably why so few smiths will do Novak cuts to a Norinco slide - they probably only have HSS tooling!
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So now we get into the 5100 alloy Norinco 1911 in particular. 5100 is an EXCELLENT receiver material. It hardens very well on the surface but maintains an adequately ductile core. This gives great wear resistance and great resistance to plastic deformation (deformation that causes the parts to permanently deform or warp). The one achilles heel to 5100 series alloys is that they are notoriously hard to machine. Norinco, I suspect, machines their parts with carbide cutters prior to heat treating. On a finished gun the only way you're going to cut it with HSS mill bits is if you spot-anneal the steel with a torch first. Most smiths have to buy carbide mill bits to work the steel, and even then there's a very high tool wear rate. This is probably why so few smiths will do Novak cuts to a Norinco slide - they probably only have HSS tooling!
I don't know why I sold mine 
It was sharp looking and a great shooter.
Yeah I do...it was to fund another gun...should have sold something else, like one of the million Taurus revolvers I was into at the time. <kicking self in the @*@!!>
It was sharp looking and a great shooter.Yeah I do...it was to fund another gun...should have sold something else, like one of the million Taurus revolvers I was into at the time. <kicking self in the @*@!!>
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el Godfather
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Norinco 1911 sounds like Kung Pao Steak. Doesn't even sound right, but they work- to some that's what's it all about. They look like there has been no improvement since 1913.
Sam Cade
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This thread was started back in 2010. I bet he has made a decision by now.
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