- I recently bought a Norinco MAK 90 Sporter, the first two numbers of the serial number are '94', no flash hider, no bayonet lug and it has the thumbhole stock. Please correct me if I am wrong here, I am under the impression that it is a post 1989 ban gun but a pre 94 Clinton Ban gun.
- Dating THE CHINESE sKs. 1967: Triangle Arsenals, S/N in the 1,200,000’s. 1968: Oval/Triangle Arsenals, S/N in the 1,300,000’s. 1969: Triangle Arsenals, S/N in the 1,400,000’s. 1970: Triangle Arsenals, S/N in the 1,500,000’s. Note that there is a distinct but small (less than 20k rifles) group of.
- My brother has a Norinco triangle 66 56S that he is desperately trying to find out the year it was manufactured. We have the serial number that seems quite a bit shorter in length than most. It also has: BCI/USA 7.62 inscribed. If anyone has any insight as to when this gun was manufactured, please let us know.
Another Norinco-Tokarev variant:Is there any list of preban serial number ranges for Norinco receivers? Or any other way to tell if a Norinco was imported before the ban? Posted: 1/13/2009 10:06:37 AM EDT.
There were Type 54-1's also that were dual-caliber guns. They were standard
Type 54's in 7.62mmx25, and came with a matching (factory numbered to match
the serial number) 9mm replacement barrel. The slide was marked 54-1 on the
side. Early ones came with a separate 9mm-only magazine that had an internal
stand off block to compensate for 9mm's shorter overall length. The later
54-1's were shipped with 7.62mmx25 magazines only after experience bore out
that the 7.62mmx25 magazines would feed 9mm reliably with a minor ejector
modification.
I had about 4-6 of the 54-1's come through my shop about 10 years ago, and
all but one worked well. One stubbornly refused to fire ammunition about 80%
of the time. I compared the firing pin to a W.W.II Soviet-made TT-33 and
found the problem immediately - the Chinese had shortened the firing pins in
an effort to make them 'safer'. Installing firing pins of the correct length
fixed this and made them very reliable. They all had rough machining inside,
though.
After a little experimenting, I found that all the TT-33 or Type 54's I ran
across would easily switch over to 9mm with a simple barrel change. Navy
Arms had the barrels up until a few years ago, they might still have them.
Norinco Serial Numbers
J. Freeman wrote in message <9364pc$oqp$1...@xring.cs.umd.edu>...
#There were 4 types of Norinco 9mm Tokarev pistols imported.
#Type 54 ...>for it are called the 'wide' type.
#Model 213 ...>Model 213A it has wide frame that uses a 14 shot mags.
#TU-90 ...
#There were also 2 other models of Norinco 9mm pistols ...
Norinco Ak-47 56s-1 Serial Numbers
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