I just got my first Norinco 1911 and was planning to use it as a defnese or carry gun. What can you guys suggest as regards to modifying it or making it a better pistol? Thanks very much for all your inputs.
Good mags and good ammo are a requirement. Replacement springs are a good start. Maybe having a local smith check the extractor. If the trigger isn't what you expect, a basic trigger job/clean up/polish job.
I like Wilson mags just fine but I prefer McCormick Power Mags. The Power Mag bodies with Metalform rounded followers and the stronger Wolff springs (once the McCormicks wear out) are the absolute best mags I've ever used.
I haven't put a lot of rounds through my Norinco...but it seems to like just about any mag or ammo I put in it...which was a pleasant surprise. And I prefer a flat mainspring housing...so I did switch that out.
Thanks Dave Sample. Thanks to everybody's inputs. This Norinco pistol is a bit ugly but whenever I make a "feel" of the parts, it seems to be really very hard. It gives me a kind of retro feel on the look of older 1911's.
I like the way the Norinco's that I worked on just fine. I also like the WWI look of the first 1911's that came out. It is a great copy of that first series of 1911's. It is not the very first, but rather when Colt switched to the arched mainspring housing and the short trigger. I am thinking of using some of the China parts in a pieces/parts/junk gun I may build using an 1990 Caspian Lower end with a 1914 Colt Tope End. They are just taking up space and if they are as good as Tuner says, why not put them in that kind of a gun. Might be a fun project!
I have one I put over 8500 rounds through with no failures of any kind and it still has the original springs and parts (except that I replaced the plastic MSH the previous owner installed). Magazines are Norinco factory or WWII GI. I have a second I have put around 2000 rounds through,
also with zero failures and no parts replaced.
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