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Jeff Cooper's recent commentary mentioned that Norinco is supposed to be making copies
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They have made them. I saw one last month at an auction. The side panels are milled flat like the old flat side broomhandles. The workmanship is not in the class of the originals and since I do not own one I do not know wether or not the steel has been given the same heat treatment as the original models.
I have seen some weapons come out of China that had very good workmanship and service life and I own a couple of Chinese rifles that have excellent workmanship but I also own and have examined Chinese weapons that were very poorly made. It all depends which company made them. This is true of most countries. I have bought good American made weapons and also some American made weapons that were not so good.