Hi guys
I have a Norinco JW 23 ( ? ) that I bought new about 15 years ago.
Shoots ok with 40 grain projectiles, never grouped the lighter 30 (?) projectiles anywhere near as well
@cambo did a write up afew years ago that inspired me to polish the bolt, and generally do what I could to get it shooting better. Action is glass bedded. Barrel floated. I tried a pressure point on the barrel, made no difference.
Shoots about 1.5 to 1.7 MOA with the 40’s.
I know that the 22 mag isn’t an inherently accurate round, but what level of accuracy would you expect ?
Now as I have 2 22’s and a 223, the magnum hasn’t left the safe in a couple of years.
Am I chasing shadows ?
Is it worth chopping the barrel to 18” and running a suppressor ?
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The Norinco JW-21 is a Chinese copy of the Winchester 9422 Legacy,with a tang safety and a pistol grip stock. The forearm is held on with a screwinto the barrel (presumably via a dovetail) -- there's no barrel band.
I got this one from the Classic Arms auction in October 2006. I didn't go,I asked a friend to bid on my behalf. Somewhere along the way I lost thenote I made about how much I paid, but I expect it was somewhere betweenR1000 and R2000.
Pictures and disassembly
One big magic screw...
... and it comes apart.
The bolt / breechblock assembly is quite complicated, but the result isthat the JW-21 feeds an empty case from the magazine into the chamber. Mybolt guns can't even do this. This of course also means that you canshoot BB cap, short, long and long rifle ammunition. Some other designs,like the Winchester 1873 and 1876, are very sensitive to cartridge length.This gun isn't.
Shooting
2010-01-10: I basically suck at shooting with open sights (I wear thickglasses which distort things if I tilt my head, I'm right handed butleft eye dominant, and I went half blind in my right eye (fortunately only fora short while) ten years ago, presumably because of stress.
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So I'm thinking this rifle will do a lot better in my hands if I stucka scope on it.
Swartklip 'Match Trainer' -- basically the run-of-the-mill locally producedammo (except they stopped producing it. Fortunately I stocked up).
Swartklip high velocity. Got 3 boxes at a good price (still quite expensive).It doesn't shoot well out of any of my guns except this one.
Remington sub sonics. Same story as above.
Verdict
I'm impressed. This is the rifle I should have had 30 years ago :-)
Notes on Norinco rifles
Norinco Jw 21 Rifle Manual 2016
From somewhere on the internet.
Norinco Jw 21 Rifle Manual Pdf
They're not fancy in a lot of cases, but they're rock solid shooters at a great price.You won't find a one that won't go bang when you pull the trigger.
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Their J line of .22 rifles are all copies of other firearms to some degree or another.The JT-10 and JT-14 and JW-14 (civilian market version of the JT-14) are designed to looklike and mostly function like SKS rifles. They used them as trainers for rear guard troops.The receivers have lots of extra steel and over-large cocking handles and sights toreplicate the SKS. The J-10 and JW-15 are copies of BRNO bolt actions. They're as good asthe originals as long as you squint past the wood. The ATD-22 (once called the JW-20 andJA-21) is a copy of a Browning semi-auto take down rifle design....and it's as good or betterthan the original it was based on. The current JW-21 is a cowboy-style lever action. It's asclose to being a baby Marlin 1894/5 as they come. Fine rifle in all regards. The JW-23 is a.22 mag version of a JW-15....again, a copy of a BRNO bolt action target rifle. Fine gunin all regards. The JW-25 is a baby Mauser K-98. It's a direct copy of a German KKW Mausertraining rifle....and is as close to owning and firing a real .22 Mauser 98 as most of uswill ever come. That's a *very* desireable item! The JW-27 and 8 are, again, copies of BRNOdesigns. As good and better than the originals.
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The 'E' guns are entirely original Chinese designs based on their Olympics target rifles.Their EM-332 and 332A are as good a rifle as *anything* you'll find anywhere else. High polished blue, cut checkering, match trigger and sights etc. I could sell those day in and day out if klinton hadn't cut the supply off.