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hornetguy · March 28, 2011, 08:30 AM

+1 on the Norinco.
I've had mine for probably 15 years (am I getting THAT old?) or so...
I think I paid about 90 bucks for it.
I extended the stock by about 2" with a piece of maple from a tree I had to cut down from my front yard. The "chunks" sat out in the alley for a couple of years before I thought... "that's MAPLE"... and added it to the stock.
Then I painted the stock black, just to aggravate the hoplophobes, as Col Cooper called them.

It's been utterly dependable... NEVER has failed to go bang when the trigger is pulled. It's actually accurate enough for deer hunting out to at least 100yds, with my eyesight. I've taken two smaller hogs with it. I can't think of anytime I've had more fun for under a hundred bucks.

March 28, 2011, 08:30 AM	#13
hornetguy Senior Member Join Date: January 14, 2011 Location: on the north side of DFW Posts: 970	+1 on the Norinco. I've had mine for probably 15 years (am I getting THAT old?) or so... I think I paid about 90 bucks for it. I extended the stock by about 2" with a piece of maple from a tree I had to cut down from my front yard. The "chunks" sat out in the alley for a couple of years before I thought... "that's MAPLE"... and added it to the stock. Then I painted the stock black, just to aggravate the hoplophobes, as Col Cooper called them. It's been utterly dependable... NEVER has failed to go bang when the trigger is pulled. It's actually accurate enough for deer hunting out to at least 100yds, with my eyesight. I've taken two smaller hogs with it. I can't think of anytime I've had more fun for under a hundred bucks.