mickb wrote:Anyone tried one of these? A friend is looking for a beginner gun and doesn't want to spend a lot, whilst some chance of decent plinking. I saw some of the norinco lever actions which were suprisingly nice 9422-ish copies..except... the sights were misaligned and needed work.
G'day Mickb mate my daughter has one and I reckon all its good for is shooting rats with rat shot personally I wouldn't buy one but she may have got a lemon who knows
That as well bladeracer but when she first got it I run a patch down the barrel to remove the grease and the rough rifling tore the patch off the rod it was like running a patch through a rolled up sheet of sandpaper however they cut the rifling it left a jiggered finish we tried lapping the bore but can't get a patch full way through before it tears to pieces had to use highest rings on scope due to bolt lift I know it's a cheap gun but I would have expected a little better than this one still haven't smoothed the bore as yet I've spent hours with it and gained bugger all best group at 25yds is 3-6 inches my son bought a little pink 22 for his daughter and its better than the norinco but it only has a peep sight and no place to put a scope me and the g'daughter plink away at pepsi tins and have a ball and as for the norinco she's on death row at the moment