Was at a gunshow toting around my 320 conversion over the weekend looking for bits of oppertunity. As I'm still out a barrel I stuck the fake can-shroud on it and left my poor matching S/N barrel at home. The show was OK, I was tempted a couple of times to trade off the Uzi for some more rare antiquities, but as the Uzi serves a vital function as my trunk gun, I couldnt give it up.
Anyhow I'm on my way out to the car and this guy coming in notices the Norinco and asks if I want another one. I ask him what he wants out of it, and he says its probably only good for parts, he gave it to his 18 yr old son who had no understanding of firearms, and the guy says he thinks the kid destroyed it.
I take a look in his trunk and its pretty hacked up. The barrel was intact TG, and only 30 SNs off of mine!....the stock had been hacked on pretty bad too and, although worse than my attempt at making a normal looking butt for my UZI, wasnt that bad. The gun itself showed very little sign of tampering other than missing the front sight post and rear peep notch. The guts looked OK on a cursory inspection, and the grip/well was fine. I told the guy I'd take it off his hands for a reasonable price and he said $100.
Done.
So I'm headed up to the gravle pit I use as a testing ground, because I want to shoot my 320 with my new barrel. I've got ten 30rnd mags all loaded and ready to go with some Hirtenberger +P and I'm anxious to give it a run. I'm also sort of curious if this other UZI still functions. Afterall it *looked* OK.
After making sure I was clear incase of a ka-boom, or other such event I cock the bolt, which feels funny for some reason but I attributed it to just being a different gun.
Well, I have to say, you guys who are rich enough to afford an FA Uzi are lucky. The SOB's kid welded some kind of nail into the bolt, removed the striker assembily, and cut it so the trigger acted as a bolt stop and the gun functioned as a simple blowback open bolt. In my cursory glance of the internals I must have missed the missing striker assembily (the second spring was in there, held in place by a wooden dowel in the bolt).
After the obligitory two magazines through the thing, I tore the gun down to its base components and saw that the damage was not irreperable other than the bolt. I threw the bolt in a river on the way home after stripping it, as the welding job had destroyed any chance of returning it to SA operation. I had enough spares for the firing mechanism that I've got it to its original SA operation, but I've got some qualms as just what to do with the gun....I'm contemplating building it back up with Vektor parts and using the other Norinco bits as spares for my other 320, but I dont know yet...
anyhow, just had to share. That was my excitement for the weekend.
Anyhow I'm on my way out to the car and this guy coming in notices the Norinco and asks if I want another one. I ask him what he wants out of it, and he says its probably only good for parts, he gave it to his 18 yr old son who had no understanding of firearms, and the guy says he thinks the kid destroyed it.
I take a look in his trunk and its pretty hacked up. The barrel was intact TG, and only 30 SNs off of mine!....the stock had been hacked on pretty bad too and, although worse than my attempt at making a normal looking butt for my UZI, wasnt that bad. The gun itself showed very little sign of tampering other than missing the front sight post and rear peep notch. The guts looked OK on a cursory inspection, and the grip/well was fine. I told the guy I'd take it off his hands for a reasonable price and he said $100.
Done.
So I'm headed up to the gravle pit I use as a testing ground, because I want to shoot my 320 with my new barrel. I've got ten 30rnd mags all loaded and ready to go with some Hirtenberger +P and I'm anxious to give it a run. I'm also sort of curious if this other UZI still functions. Afterall it *looked* OK.
After making sure I was clear incase of a ka-boom, or other such event I cock the bolt, which feels funny for some reason but I attributed it to just being a different gun.
Well, I have to say, you guys who are rich enough to afford an FA Uzi are lucky. The SOB's kid welded some kind of nail into the bolt, removed the striker assembily, and cut it so the trigger acted as a bolt stop and the gun functioned as a simple blowback open bolt. In my cursory glance of the internals I must have missed the missing striker assembily (the second spring was in there, held in place by a wooden dowel in the bolt).
After the obligitory two magazines through the thing, I tore the gun down to its base components and saw that the damage was not irreperable other than the bolt. I threw the bolt in a river on the way home after stripping it, as the welding job had destroyed any chance of returning it to SA operation. I had enough spares for the firing mechanism that I've got it to its original SA operation, but I've got some qualms as just what to do with the gun....I'm contemplating building it back up with Vektor parts and using the other Norinco bits as spares for my other 320, but I dont know yet...
anyhow, just had to share. That was my excitement for the weekend.
