The plastic stock that came with mine also had sharp edged corners. The sight adjustments on the Norinco are somewhat dodgy and the flash hider is just downright ugly. Nothing to the quality of an LRB receiver, but at $800 for just the LRB receiver, you could buy 2 complete Norinco M14S rifles and double your chances at an accurate receiver. Dimensionally, the Norinco receivers are pretty accurate. The forged receiver, for example, is a better quality part than the typical cast Springfield. Build Qualityĭefining the build quality on the Norinco M14S is a difficult subject, because in some ways it’s superior to alternatives and in some ways, inferior. Want to see what the “shorty” 18.5″ barrel Norinco M14 looks like? Check out the Norinco M14 Shorty Review. This review will be for new potential buyers of the M14S in Canada and will review what it’s like to use and feed this beast. Again, the price difference with the Springfield clocking it at ~$2000 is pretty staggering. The American made Springfield M1A is pretty comparable to the Norinco M14S in initial accuracy, and both require the same further work in order to reach their top accuracy potential. Other rifles in that category cost $1000+ and when compared to the M14’s $600, it’s hard to stop yourself from buying two! Due to an import ban against Chinese firearms in the US, Canadians have enjoyed inexpensive firearms without having to compete against American buying power that frequently results in supply and price issues north of the border. It’s popularity is easy to understand when you look for a comparably durable semi-automatic rifle in. It’s a copy of the American M14 rifle available in the common NATO 7.62X51mm cartridge and is semi-automatic with a magazine capacity of 5 rounds. The Norinco M14S (also called the M305) is a popular sporting rifle in Canada. I recently wrote an article on Canadian gun stats and if you’re looking for a less biased overview (pretty much everyone who writes on this topic is biased in some way, including me), I’d encourage you to give it a skim. Borque could have used that BLR, a Winchester 30-30, or any one of many other common hunting rifles and had the same results. The sad reality is that rifles, even ones designed in 1954, are far superior in use to pistols. The Mosin Nagant and SKS are other military rifles that now enjoy “retirement” with hunters and paper target shooters across Canada. The Norinco M305/M14S is a popular hunting rifle here because it uses a cartridge common in hunting and is generally reliable. Notice that you’re on a hunting gear website.
It uses the same cartridge and is similar in firing speed to something like a Browning BLR.
Magazines are very simple devices, making 5 round limits practically impossible to enforce on determined psychos or criminals. The majority of this rifle is almost boring in functionality.
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Here in Canada, magazines are limited to 5, although I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Borque illegally modified his magazines to get them to full capacity. Retired from combat service long-ago in favor of lighter weight, smaller caliber rifles, the M14 design is now popular with hunting and sport shooting enthusiasts. Commonly issued to Allied troops it uses a medium caliber bullet. Designed around the time of World War II, The Norinco M14 is a reproduction of the original semiautomatic firearm.