Looking at buying a shotgun

[Usarka]

[Shadows]

Norinco makes some really good guns for the price. They seem poorly finished but they shoot very well.

I used to have a JW15 peashooter. It would only group within a couple of MOA's and the bore wasn't even centrally located in the barrel. I tried to use one of those slip on moderators and blew the front off it with the first shot.

You get what you pay for - Asian shite which is substandard and unnecessarily cruel.

I gave it away to a mate (poor bastard) and replaced it with a Marlin 925. Using a rest I can put consecutive bullets through the same hole at 50 yards - more than two and a half times the rifle for two and a half times the price made it a good deal as far as I'm concerned.

[Oldman Prof]

start with:what are you planning to use it for,how often are you going to shoot it.I bought a Norico copy of a CZ75 in 2001 planning to shoot maybe once or twice a year and ended up shooting at least 200 rounds a month for the first 2yrs I had a private farmland to shoot in,after that aprox.every 3+_ months at different ranges and now I shoot once a month again nothing less that 200rnds a session,broke a firing pin 2yrs ago,turned one myself from EN9 and had it hardened,not bad for a "cheap copy",nothing wrong with a copy if you look after it.I also reload,shoot a few hot/carry loads to keep the feel otherwise lead cast medium loads.

[awayatc]

not only the quality of copy that matters.....
the whole chinese copying concept goes against my grain..
but then again maybe not everybody has principles

[SMOKEU]

I used to have a JW15 peashooter. It would only group within a couple of MOA's and the bore wasn't even centrally located in the barrel. I tried to use one of those slip on moderators and blew the front off it with the first shot.

You get what you pay for - Asian shite which is substandard and unnecessarily cruel.

I gave it away to a mate (poor bastard) and replaced it with a Marlin 925. Using a rest I can put consecutive bullets through the same hole at 50 yards - more than two and a half times the rifle for two and a half times the price made it a good deal as far as I'm concerned.

I've got a JW15A and it's great. I'm using a cheap $50 NCSTAR scope on it and it's no less accurate than any other .22LR I've seen for less than $1000. I've got a supressor on it as well and that's never blown off.

[Shadows]

I've got a JW15A and it's great. I'm using a cheap $50 NCSTAR scope on it and it's no less accurate than any other .22LR I've seen for less than $1000. I've got a supressor on it as well and that's never blown off.

Dude we should make a date at the rifle range.

Mind you - even if it can't be proven that the Marlin is a far better rifle than the Norinco you've got (which I doubt), it certainly is better then the one I had - that variability in itself would be testiment to extremely poor quality control.

[SMOKEU]

Dude we should make a date at the rifle range.

Mind you - even if it can't be proven that the Marlin is a far better rifle than the Norinco you've got (which I doubt), it certainly is better then the one I had - that variability in itself would be testiment to extremely poor quality control.

I will admit that my Norinco looks and feels cheap; the stock is rough and some on the metal on it looks like it was made by a drunken monkey. It looks shit. BUT, it shoots very well. It loves Winchester Super X Power Point ammo. It shoots consistently and extremely well for the price. It puts my mates Ruger 10/22 to shame- and that gun owes him over $700 (including scope). PM me if you would like to meet at the Handloaders club in Mcleans Island on a Tuesday night.

[Shadows]

I will admit that my Norinco looks and feels cheap; the stock is rough and some on the metal on it looks like it was made by a drunken monkey. It looks shit. BUT, it shoots very well. It loves Winchester Super X Power Point ammo. It shoots consistently and extremely well for the price. It puts my mates Ruger 10/22 to shame- and that gun owes him over $700 (including scope). PM me if you would like to meet at the Handloaders club in Mcleans Island on a Tuesday night.

Hehe - you're on.

You can't compare a bolt action with a semi auto when it comes to accuracy, any 10/22 is quite likely to be at a disadvantage to any bolt action .22 - same goes for any calibre - right up until one needs to quickly unload a magazine at a rapidly disappearing (or approaching ) target which otherwise might not have even been missed in the first place.

This will be the real test - check your PMs.

[fatzx10r]

You should check out the Maverick 500 range of shotties if you're after a pump action.

+1

i have a maverik 88 field and for the price ($450 new) i think it would be hard to bet. most parts ( barrel, chokes etc) are compatible with the mossberg 500's