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The Chinese Glock Clone - The Norinco NP7A

China's state-owned arms giant Norinco has never been shy about reverse-engineering a good idea, and the NP7A is exactly what it looks like: a Glock 17 clone, made in China, sold at Chinese prices?

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POTD: Glock Clone - The Norinco NP7A

China's state-owned arms giant Norinco has never been shy about reverse-engineering a good idea, and the NP7A is exactly what it looks like: a Glock 17 clone, made in China, sold at Chinese prices (at least kind of).
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However, the price of 499 CHF translates to about 640 USD, so perhaps this makes this one more interesting for a collector, or someone who wants something odd, rather than a great deal?

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The Norinco 1911 I bought in the early 90's was built very well.
I went through thousands and thousands rounds of Norinco ammo. I actually bought a 1000 round case of .223 5 years ago. A good friends mothers, 2nd husband had died, he bought it in 1994, it was still in the wooden crate.
 
Pitdogg2 said:
The Norinco 1911 I bought in the early 90's was built very well.
I went through thousands and thousands rounds of Norinco ammo. I actually bought a 1000 round case of .223 5 years ago. A good friends mothers, 2nd husband had died, he bought it in 1994, it was still in the wooden crate.
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Yes, Norinco made some nice stuff back-in-the-day, including a nice semi-auto M14 clone.

The only Norinco I have is a Winchester Model 1897 shotgun clone.
 
Grayfox said:
I have one of the old Norinco 1911s. They're made from some really hard steel. Rumor was that they were forged from recycled railroad track. Many of these were used as a base for some nice custom guns. Mine is box stock. Hard to find them like that anymore.

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Okay, can railroad track be considered really hard steel ? Railroad track must be really flexible, akin to the difference between uncooked and cooked spaghetti. Railroad track is like cooked spaghetti.
 
Not for me thanks. Besides, does the world really need yet another Glock clone-and esp at those $$? Methinks Norinco is about 30 years too late and about 75% too high.
 
Pitdogg2 said:
Okay, can railroad track be considered really hard steel ? Railroad track must be really flexible, akin to the difference between uncooked and cooked spaghetti. Railroad track is like cooked spaghetti.
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Valid point, I never really thought about that. I do know that the steel they used was extremely hard. If you wanted custom sights or other machine work done, gunsmiths would charge you for a new cutter bit because the steel would dull it after just one use.
Also consider the kind of loads railroad track has to deal with. Anyway, that was the rumor and I don't think anybody ever proved it wrong.
They were cheap at the time and the quality of the steel made them very desirable as a base for a custom pistol. Norincos were one of the few customer guns that Wilson Combat would build on.
All I can say is that while being a bit rough looking, mine has always be completely reliable. (y)
 
Shibadog said:
Not for me thanks. Besides, does the world really need yet another Glock clone-and esp at those $$? Methinks Norinco is about 30 years too late and about 75% too high.
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It's far from new , and not intended for " us " .

China has been making knockoffs of every popular gun forever . Glocks , Sigs, M-16 , and dozens more .

The Norinco 1911's were unique for being sold thru legit channels to the West . Most of them sold to third world, and " non state groups " .

If you reach the internet for English Language gun forums from Pakistan, you can find reviews of some that are sold there .
 
Grayfox said:
Valid point, I never really thought about that. I do know that the steel they used was extremely hard. If you wanted custom sights or other machine work done, gunsmiths would charge you for a new cutter bit because the steel would dull it after just one use.
Also consider the kind of loads railroad track has to deal with. Anyway, that was the rumor and I don't think anybody ever proved it wrong.
They were cheap at the time and the quality of the steel made them very desirable as a base for a custom pistol. Norincos were one of the few customer guns that Wilson Combat would build on.
All I can say is that while being a bit rough looking, mine has always be completely reliable. (y)
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The only issue I had was the bluing was totally unacceptable. It looked very blotchy and rusted just looking at it. I had it stripped and parkerized. I traded it in even up for my first Kimber 45 classic. I paid $275 for the Norinco brand new and traded it in for the brand new $500 Kimber Classic built in Clackamas Oregon. This was early 90's.
 
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