Norinco puma JW15 22LR anyone

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Norinco puma JW15 22LR anyone

Post by mickb » 26 May 2019, 1:26 am

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.
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Post by Blr243 » 26 May 2019, 7:31 am

The old wooden jw15 I had years ago was super accurate. Not sure about the new ones
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Re: Norinco puma JW15 22LR anyone

Post by Goose#24 » 26 May 2019, 7:45 am

I have one, and for the money they are okay. They arent super accurate out of the box but alright for some hunting. I believe with some mods they can be quite an accurate firearm, but they look and feel cheap. Clunky bolt, poor finishes on everything, trigger feels cheap etc etc.
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Post by Bent Arrow » 26 May 2019, 8:24 am

Hi Mick

Put JW15 into the internal search engine, there are several threads on JW15's with plenty of answers.

I had one many years ago and it was totally fine for the money, reliable and shot accurately enough for hunting small game
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Post by bladeracer » 26 May 2019, 9:33 am

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.


I haven't heard too many bad stories about the JW21, they seem to be quite good. I have a Norinco JW21 lever that I'm very impressed with, so I wouldn't hesitate to buy Norinco again.

Some of the older rifles offer terrific performance and value, although many won't have provision for mounting a scope. My 1950 BSA Sportsman 5 is excellent in all aspects.
Check out some Brno Model 2's, or Early Lithgows, or the Remington 513T, 521 or 541.
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Post by Member-Deleted » 26 May 2019, 9:47 am

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
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Post by bladeracer » 26 May 2019, 10:00 am

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


Why is that? Can't find anything it shoots well with?
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Post by Member-Deleted » 26 May 2019, 10:32 am

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
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Post by pomemax » 26 May 2019, 8:22 pm

might have to firelap it
here,s a link if your not familiar http://www.lasc.us/bellmFirelappingBarrels.htm
I have only ever done this once worked a treat tho would i do it on an expensive gun nope on a Norinco that wont shoot i may try it
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Post by Member-Deleted » 26 May 2019, 9:31 pm

Thanks pomemax interesting read
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Post by Jon79 » 27 May 2019, 3:17 am

Don’t bother, they are total crap.... I bought the daughter one and it sprayed rounds everywhere thought it must have had loose scope mounts or something but nope even tried a different scope and just about every brand of ammo on the market and it’s best groups (if you could call them that) you be lucky to hit a dinner plate 4/5 shots from 50 yards

Got rid of it for the total of $50 at the same shop I had just bought it for $250 and bought her a Wembley & Scott which shoots like a laser
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Post by southeast varmiter » 27 May 2019, 7:29 am

Still have one. Sprayed federal high velocity everywhere. Tried RS subsonic, rounds touching at 50 m.
CCI mini mags. 1/2 inch at 50m.
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Post by FNQ » 27 May 2019, 8:38 pm

I’ve got one and it must be 20 years old.
For the money it’s excellent.
Gets used more then any of my other guns.
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Post by TassieTiger » 28 May 2019, 12:06 am

I also have one from the 60’s - passed down rabbit rifle that I’ll never sell. It shoots as well as my cz455 but never jams...barrel is 4 inches longer than cz as well.
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Re: Norinco puma JW15 22LR anyone

Post by mickb » 28 May 2019, 1:21 am

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


Thats a defective bore mate, if its that bad why didn't you return it?
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Post by Member-Deleted » 28 May 2019, 8:56 am

I think she is in the process of doing that now mickb cheers .And then as for the old norinco rifles they are a stronger and better build of rifle compared to the ones now
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Post by mickb » 28 May 2019, 11:02 pm

:thumbsup: hope they do the right thing by her.

Thanks for the replies all. I passed the info on.
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