Norinco 213 opinion, please
I have a 213 and have it completely apart at this time. I have noticed how crudely they are manufactured. I have completely removed all burrs and sharp edges from the slide and frame.
I am considering making a few modifacations to it also. These are; machining a new saftey arm that functions, filing the hammer and the section where the slide activates it for easier ramping, making a new barrel guide that fits the slide better and using a full-length spring guide rod. I intend to use Stainless-Steel for the parts, 416 SS, and parkerizing it after.
Opinion and cunjecture are sought on these modifications, or should I leave it as is to retain it's possible collector value. They are not badly made, just needs a little fine tuning, in my opinion.
It's not what you carry
It's how good you can use it
I am considering making a few modifacations to it also. These are; machining a new saftey arm that functions, filing the hammer and the section where the slide activates it for easier ramping, making a new barrel guide that fits the slide better and using a full-length spring guide rod. I intend to use Stainless-Steel for the parts, 416 SS, and parkerizing it after.
Opinion and cunjecture are sought on these modifications, or should I leave it as is to retain it's possible collector value. They are not badly made, just needs a little fine tuning, in my opinion.
It's not what you carry
It's how good you can use it
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I shot and liked my buddy's Norinco and found it accurate and reliable.I did however find the safety lever rather usless.Would I modify it?Probably not because I feel fine just racking the slide and shooting,even with a larger lever I don't know if there is any kind of firing pin block.CW
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CWatson,
I to have found mine to be quite accurate and reliable, swallows everything I put thru it. I should have said that earlier. Otherwise I would not consider doing anything to it. The metal seems to be of good guality and enough of a heat-treat that I could not use a good file on it, had to use a stone to smooth the rough corners on the slide & frame guides. On mine the hammer is very rough and has a portion that is not machined correctly, starting to indent the rear of the slide/hammer stop.
A larger saftey lever was not what I meant and would take to long to explain. Just one more functional is what I meant.
As a machinist of 33 years I tend to look at thinge in a different way than some. I've only had weapons the last 7-8 years.
Thanks,
Lee
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I think that there are too many of them to ever gain any real collector value.
If you have one that was not imported, but was one that someone brought back from a military conflict, you'd probably have some collecter's value. Aside from that, I'd just ask you: how much work do you want to put into a $120 gun? If what you're doing is just for your own enjoyment, I'd say "go for it!"0
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