Anyone owned or previously owned a norinco sporter ak47?

[BMGMAN]

Know a guy selling his norinco sporter ak. Few mags and 1000 rounds of ammo. 500 bucks. Kinda seems like a no brainer. Trigger looks like it may slap a bit. Anyone have their 2 cents to put in on them?

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[Bill Siegle]

Buy it. The trigger can be easily remedied if it’s an issue.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Buy 10 at that price

 

[jackrv]

I'm not a fan of the AK but I'd even buy it

Jack

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

Buy it, and look up Norinco Galil build..
using this rifle you can make a really cool type of AK. Or simply leave it as is for collectors sake. $500 is a great price.

 

[Barfly]

If you don't want it, please send me the details where I can come buy it!

 

[USMC1911]

Excellent rifle and just as good of a price now days.

 

[malakajim]

For those of you who have praised this rifle, or anyone else for that matter, what makes the sporter desirable?

Barrel? Receiver? It can't be the stock.

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

For those of you who have praised this rifle, or anyone else for that matter, what makes the sporter desirable?

Barrel? Receiver? It can't be the stock.

# 1 It is a Norinco
# 2 It takes Ak mags
# 3 You could hunt with it if you wished
# 4 The sporter Sks Norinco's are going for $700 and up depending on the stock

 

[malakajim]

# 1 It is a Norinco
# 2 It takes Ak mags
# 3 You could hunt with it if you wished
# 4 The sporter Sks Norinco's are going for $700 and up depending on the stock

Not being argumentative, but those reasons don't make sense to me.

#1. I have a Norinco SKS. It's worth less than any of the other other SKS variants.
#2. It's an AK. Why wouldn't it?
#3. You can hunt with any other AK with the appropriate sized magazine.
#4. This isn't a sporter SKS. What's the deal with the stock being important?

Again, looking for quantitative reasons why it's desirable. Rarity? I know people look down on the thumb hole stocked version, or at least they used to.

 

[Knobgoblin]

It's rarity plain and simple. Norinco aks only go up.
The lameness of sporter configuration is negated wholey by the lack of bubbafucation

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

It's rarity plain and simple. Norinco aks only go up.
The lameness of sporter configuration is negated wholey by the lack of bubbafucation

Correct when the bubbaness goes up the price goes down lol !

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

Not being argumentative, but those reasons don't make sense to me.

#1. I have a Norinco SKS. It's worth less than any of the other other SKS variants.
#2. It's an AK. Why wouldn't it?
#3. You can hunt with any other AK with the appropriate sized magazine.
#4. This isn't a sporter SKS. What's the deal with the stock being important?

Again, looking for quantitative reasons why it's desirable. Rarity? I know people look down on the thumb hole stocked version, or at least they used to.

Ahhhh but does your Norinco Sks look like this ?

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[Koda]

Again, looking for quantitative reasons why it's desirable. Rarity? I know people look down on the thumb hole stocked version, or at least they used to.

Norinco AK variants are very accurate and reliable. IIRC They were available at a time when all other AK imports were banned due to traditional AK features which is why the sporterized and thumbhole versions but otherwise they shot the same or better. Because of their AWB compliant features they sold for super cheap, they were one of those unknown good deals that owners didn't really know what they had on their hands until after they shot them or sold them.

 

[Knobgoblin]

OP.
Did you buy this or what? My day off tomorrow. Fair warning

 

[CLT65]

Norinco AKs are a whole different animal from the average Chinese SKS. From what I've seen, they still seem to be very desirable, as far as AKs go. I don't know anything about that particular Sporter version, with the slant receiver fore and rear. I know a lot of guys like to convert them back to "normal" AK configuration, with the requisite number of US parts to stay legal. That one looks pretty unique, and may be tougher to "un-sporter". It's still a helluva price, especially if it comes with ammo.

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

For those of you who have praised this rifle, or anyone else for that matter, what makes the sporter desirable?

Barrel? Receiver? It can't be the stock.

As others have said, these are no longer imported. What’s here is here.. that’s it.
The trigger is junk in the unconverted form. Much like the unconverted saiga .308 folded tin metal triggers (to me anyhow)..
However as mentioned before they can also be converted.. For collectors value alone, it’ll only go up. In all honesty it’s way underpriced for what it is (IMO). $500 is a steal for a collectors piece.

 

[Koda]

The price of 1000 rds of ammo brings the cost of the rifle alone down to 1990s gun show prices.

 

[BMGMAN]

Yes I snagged it up! Thank you everyone for your input. If I ever tire of it, this group will get first dibs.

 

[Nibbs]

I sold one 15 yrs ago for more money & regretted doing that ever since.
It is worth more.
Why?

Because folks are willing to Pay More, simply because the value is there!!