Norinco type 54

[Renton83]

I bought this gun super cheap a few years ago brand new in the box. The weird thing is that even though it had never been fired and had a chrome barrel it looks like it has pitting in the bore. Could this be a bad chroming job or just bad storage? Someone told me that some pitting will only affect accuracy but I was wondering if there is some way to remove it like polishing the bore? I only fired this gun a few times and was suprised at the large muzzle blast but mild recoil. I don't know why some people think little of this round, my dad was in Vietnam and came across allot of Tokarevs and said it was flat shooting and had great penetration. Thanks for any advice you guys have about the barrel.

Kiel

 

[loop]

Can't tell, can't see it.

The 7.62X25 is an excellent round with a very flat trajectory. It was invented by the Russians to penetrate the many layers of clothing worn during the Russian winter.

It does that very well.

There are bullets made with a lapping compound on the outside, but you need to reload to use them.

Be careful not to use Czech ammo in the gun. It is about 20 percent hotter and will stress the Tok.

I'd just shoot it and be happy. It is a fine gun and known for its accuracy and reliability.

 

[Onmilo]

It is pretty hard to get a chrome lined barrel to pit unless there was oxidation present on the underlying barrel steel before the plating was performed.
More likely what you are seeing is corrosive salt residue buildup on top of the chrome.

Try cleaning the bore with a product such as JB Bore Paste and see if that doesn't remove the mess.
It is what I use to clean really fouled bores and the stuff does an excellent job.
When I had my own gun shop, I was buying Norinco Tokarev pistols for $80.00 each in lots of five and selling them for $125.00 out the door.
I kept one for a while but let it go after I got bored with the reliability and suprising accuracy the gun showed.

Somebody once told me these guns are only good for about five hundred shots before they start falling apart.
I can tell you from personal experience that isn't true because I was also buying cases of Chinese military surplus 7.62X25 rounds to feed the guns I was selling.
If I remember correctly, there were 13 boxes of 70 rounds per tin, and two tins per case for 1820 rounds per case.
I know I shot at least two cases of this stuff through my pistol and it was still tight and accurate when I let it go.

I now own a Romanian Tokarev and can assure you that, quality wise, it doesn't stand up to the Chinese gun though it displays the same level of reliability and rather remarkable accuracy. HTH

 

[Renton83]

I find that the Chinese guns are always rugged and reliable but find that there machining and finish on guns is always rough. The guy at the store I bought my gun from is Chinese and goes to China to buy surplus stock and he mentioned that there main concern is making them fast since they need millions literally. Is the Norinco brand ammo use corrosive primers? I hear allot about how quickly it can cause rust but I thought that corrosive primers were not used in along time.

 

[Teapot]

I have shot about 4500 rounds through my Norinco Tokarev. The rounds were Czech army surplus also used in their smg's. The velocity is about 1650fps. Casings are thrown about twelve feet or so. Since the primers are corrosive I strip down the pistol after every range session and wash the parts in hot water. After a careful drying I spray everything with CLP then re-assemble.
The pistol is stronger, of course, than the CZ-52 and can tolerate mush more pressure than the military rounds.
I like these pistols so much I bought three Norinco and one Soviet WW2. I shoot only one pistol though. I don't see a need to shoot them all though I did to test them out. The Soviet one didn't like the lacquer on the Czech rounds and I had several failures to exrtract. The lacquer build up doesn't seem to bother the newer manufactured Norinco Tokarevs.

 

[Renton83]

I see Norinco is making copy's of older guns like the model 97 shotgun and the mauser broom handle. I've always wanted to own these but there usually too expensive or in bad shape due to there age. Is the ban on Chinese imported guns still in effect in the US? I noticed my pistol has some stamp on the side with something about California but then it was stamped over so I guess it wasn't allowed to be sold south of the border.

 

[broken]

54"s and 213"s

me and my brother had a blued 54 for years eat everything we could feed it,now i have me a ss or chrome 213 in 9mm and its great ,brand new, not a scratch anywhere i traded for,the only thing i dont like is its slick on backstrap and under trigger,gonna put some griptape on it as soon as i find some.great guns,love norincos..

 

[Teapot]

Any chance, broken, of seeing a photograph of your pistol? SS or chrome? Lucky you. Do you still have it?