Norinco 1911A1 .45ACP- good bad or ugly?

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I just purchased a new one sight unseen- $350 Cdn. with an extra mag and storage box. The price seems sooo low. Are these things garbage or are they decent?
I look forward to your comments...
Thanx!:)
 
I have heard they are no good, bad and ugly.

[edit] I don't have any first-hand knowledge one way or the other.
 
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I know a friend that has one, and this weapon
will out perform his Springfield and his Colt.
He consistently use's it in postal pistol
match'es, and always scores a 100%; with all
his shot's in or cutting the X-ring. I'd say
at $350.00 you got yourself one heck'eva deal.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, Life Member N.R.A.
 
Forged frame and slide, properly heat treated (the slides ar tough), chrome lined barrel and mine all feed, fire and eject. When they were imported several of the big name 'smiths used them for base guns for their "up grades". The only othre 1911 pistol in that price range I would consider woult be one of the Argentine Systema 27's built on Colt machinery.
 
I had one for a few years. Good solid pistol. Outshot several of the Colts and Springfields that friends owned. Fed everything. Paid $300 for it 6 years or so ago and regret that i sold it.

I think you will be pleased.
 
I think you did very well, $350.00 is a steal. Keep in mind that alot of guys here forget that you are talking $226.00 USD.
Hope you are happy with your new pistol.
Dave
 
Going price for a NIB Norinco is around $325 and sometimes higher. IF YOU CAN FIND ONE.

Generally speaking, they are good solid guns -- far better than the Charles Daly or other low-end guns flooding the market right now.

Many of the custom 1911 shops have used Norincos as the starting point, and there are a lot of great 1911s out there, as a conseuence.

(I picked up one from a Texas gunsmith, who had tweaked it. It shoots right with my buddies' Wilson Customs, and does it for about a quarter of the cost.)

The only better deal I know of is the Argentine Systemas available from a number of sources. These are 30's era Colts, built to 1930s Colt standards on Colt equipment, by Colt-trained machinists. Great guns. CDNN has been offering them for $299, and have yet to hear of a complaint.
 
Always works

My shooting buddy has one of these and it always works. Not the most accurate pistol in the world at 25 yards, but that's just target practice anyway. I took his apart for him to clean and didn't notice any shoddiness about the parts or the frame.

Regards.
 
At least in the U.S., all Norincos on the market are used, since import has been banned for years. So I have no problem in buying them since the Chinese got their money a long time ago.

I have two, have put something over 4000 through one and over 1000 through the other, with NO, repeat, NO failures of any kind. Further, there is NO indication of any significant wear. The guns are all forged and very tough. Definitely preferable to some of the other 1911 clones on the market.

Jim

P.S. I can't recall all the gun companies that have been boycott targets over the years, but it includes, S&W, Colt, Norinco, Kimber, Springfield Armory, Inc., Ruger, Thompson (Numrich), Thompson-Center, Winchester, and Remington, as well as all guns from Italy, Austria, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, China and Eastern Europe. Wouldn't it be a hoot if we boycotted ourselves out of gun ownership without the gun control gang doing anything?

Jim
 
If you're going to "86" everything but the frame and slide for a custom project anyway, then starting with the most inexpensive pieces you can that are still forged from good steel sounds like simple common sense. Who cares about out-of-the-box fit if the first place the project is shipped is to Acc-u-rail? :D
 
Jim, my interest in not buying anything from comunist china has nothing to do with gun rights. I just don't want my money going to a country with chinas track record for human rights. It's a personal choice, thats all.
 
They may have helped the Commies and Bubba...

But the money I saved when I bought 4 of the Norinco 1911's back in 1992 ($219.95 each at the time) went into converting one into my IPSC Limited Class gun, lovingly called the "Gook Cup" by the pistolsmith who installed the Kart NM barrel, Videcki lockwork, BoMars, Ed Brown beavertail and mainspring housing, Swenson safety, and then dehorned and parkerized my "Model of the 1911A1". The money was well-spent when I won several matches with it. It will go with me to my dirt nap, eventually. It will be an international funeral, I'm sure, with my WalMart wardrobe, to include my licensed Chinese-made Remington watch. :D
 
Norinco 1911s are not imported anymore, all on the market are used, so Red China isnt going to get anything if you buy one now
 
Milarm in Edmonton, Alberta Canada (www.milarm.com) still imports the norinco guns.
all of them seem absolutly dirt cheap!
Yep the Chinese labourer does'nt see much for wages, but how much is the cost of living?--Well that's not really my concern.
Point is, does the gun perform or does it not...
:)
From the comments so far, it seems like a pretty decent 'arm
Cheerz!
 
Our local gun smith recommends the Norinco and builds many fine handguns out of them.

I shot one myself just a few weeks ago and for a basic 1911 it was accurate and 100 per cent reliable.

Remember where else can you buy for such a low price a solid steel forged gun. It has no cheap cast iron parts , no cheap plastic or any cheap aluminum or any stamped sheet metal parts.

Count yourself a lucky man to own such a weapon.

This type of weapon is rapidly becoming extinct in the market place because the average yo, yo that buys a handgun does not know the difference between a first class weapon and a piece of junk. That is why we have so many new wave tupperware pistols and high tech sheet metal pistols on the market these days. W.R.
 
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