Norinco 320 Questions

[Bilbo]

Hi folks,

I've done the SEARCH mode but still have a few questions. I'm sure they've been asked before, but please bear with me! I bought a Norinco 320 about three years ago at a gun show from a dealer. At the time it had (I guess) an Israeli butt stock and grip panels on it. It also came with a folding stock and the original Chinese "politically correct" stock. I had the dealer change the stock back to original configuration before I'd even do the paperwork on it. I got all the other stuff and 5 magazines with it too. I have about $500 in it. Right after I got it I called D&D sales and spoke with someone who didn't have all the 922r compliance parts in stock at the time, but it looked like it would be around $350 to put one of their plastic stocks on it legally. This didn't appeal to me just to get a "regular" stock on the little carbine. Alabama now allows SBR's so I understand that is one option, but really don't want to hassle with the additional paperwork and cost of having an SOT stamp the thing. Would buying one of the NDS-1948 receivers and doing a parts swap be a viable alternative? Or would I still be stuck with replacing Chinese parts with U.S. made ones?

Your thoughts and expertise will be appreciated!

Thanks!

Bilbo

 

[Realnutjob]

You could do that (complete welded receiver), but, you still need to have one more US part. Buy a pair of hand guards (Group Industries) from What-a-country and that would give you your one US part.

 

[johnnywitt]

How does your Chi-Com Uzi run? I sure would like to find a beater to keep behind the seat in my truck. After all, one never knows whilst driving the roads of our Great Land when the Zombie Apocalypse might occur.

 

[Bilbo]

Johnnywitt,

It runs great! No problems with it at all. I just want to put a set of grips and a straight stock on it without running afoul of the law.

Bilbo

 

[johnnywitt]

It seems like there are actually more problems with the Vectors/G.I. than the Chi-Com guns.:lol I've been thinking about buying one if I could get one for a real good price.
Your just going to have to do the US parts exchange deal OR get the thing SBR'd. Its only 200.00 on a Form 1 plus the engraving. I hear Ident does a good job and they are reasonable and fast. Uzis are way more handy without a damn Pinnochio barrel on them. Its also nice to just have one caliber for your handgun and your SBR/SMG IMO. I trust an UZI to run more reliably than an 10-11" Mk18 style AR too (thats another subject) and its definitely WAAAY more tolerable to shoot. Its also a more compact weapon: again without the Pinocchio barrel. Too bad we can't just pay the lousy 200.00 and make an Open Bolt SMG anymore.:cry

 

[ferd47]

compliance parts

I have a 320 that I made compliant. Among other things, I bought a U.S. barrel, U.S. handgrips, and U.S. foregrips. I made an "operating rod" and roughed out an aluminum trigger. I also have one or two POS U.S. 20 round mags.

I have gotten into stamp collecting so I am not now concerned about SBRing the 320. I would be willing to sell the barrel, handgrips, foregrips, homemade trigger, and U.S. mags for $200, the price of a stamp. I still need the operating rod.
ferd47

 

[Paul556]

I did all that too back in the late '90's or early '00's. I made my own stock and used the the Chinese hardware to atach it. It didn't look that bad, but it was not anything like a real Uzi stock. If you can get an Uzi wood stock you could use it for a pattern. There are not a lot of fancy curves to an Uzi stock. This is probably redundant, but don't forget not to use quick detach hardware on a semi.

 

[az_gun_nut]

I did all that too back in the late '90's or early '00's. I made my own stock and used the the Chinese hardware to atach it. It didn't look that bad, but it was not anything like a real Uzi stock. If you can get an Uzi wood stock you could use it for a pattern. There are not a lot of fancy curves to an Uzi stock. This is probably redundant, but don't forget not to use quick detach hardware on a semi.

Actually you can use a quick detach stock as long as the overall length with the stock removed is still 26 inches or longer. As long as it's legal in your home state anyway, every state is different.

http://files.uzitalk.com/reference/pages/FAQ.htm#Barrel and stock

 

[Paul556]

Actually you can use a quick detach stock as long as the overall length with the stock removed is still 26 inches or longer. As long as it's legal in your home state anyway, every state is different.

http://files.uzitalk.com/reference/pages/FAQ.htm#Barrel and stock

Sure, but I didn't want to bog down on the legal side. I think it takes a 19" barrel and a 16" barrel is already 6" too long. Plus it adds expense (for the barrel) and is not even that handy to use.