Or you can always have it built into a Galil clone by folks like CW Gunwerks which isn’t a bad way to go. In the end, if you like oddball guns and you’re an AK fan, then this Norinco is something that would be right up your alley.
This rifle shoots well, but the length of pull is too long in my opinion. While the Sporter Hunter isn’t exactly the best AK out there, they’re rare birds since they were only imported between 1990 to 1993 and even then, in very limited numbers. It makes a square cut receiver MAK-90 look like a dream since you can get a Type 56 stock set and drop it right in without a problem. Any aftermarket customization without cutting into it isn’t really an option. You can get a Galil parts kit and build a 7.62x39mm Galil, but that involves cutting into the receiver, chopping the barrel, etc. So most folks used an aftermarket B-West mount.Īs I said, depending on who imported them, they were stamped and marked differently.Ĭustomizing is a problem with this gun. The three threaded holes in the receiver are for a scope mount that, strangely, Norinco sold separately and no one imported into the country. It is a simply a two position express style leaf sight. The right sight is completely different though. No threading for any muzzle device like a canted brake. But since it was imported after 1989, the muzzle is left bare. The rifle came with a standard Chinese pattern front sight, too. Internally the Norinco Sporter Hunter is every bit a normal Chinese AK design with a standard AK bolt carrier group, safety, hammer, and sear. It was intended to be a semi-automatic hunting rifle. It was never intended to be a gun for quick magazine changes.
Then again, this rifle shipped from China with only two five-rounders. No need to modify the thing, though the magazine catch is a bit wonky. Unlike the later imported Russian Saiga rifles, it uses bog standard AK magazines right out of the box.
Norinco copied the Valmet receiver, taking a solid chunk of steel and making what is considered about the best pattern out there. The receiver is unlike most other AK receivers. The Sporter Hunter is about as demilitarized as you can get. These are real oddball Chinese AK rifles made specifically for the post 1989 Bush “sporting purpose” import ban. But it’s an interesting AK pattern rifle by any name. Whether you’d like to mount a scope or red dot optic, or simply want a new set of iron sights, we have everything you need to take your AK to the next level.
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