Firearms steel: Domestic vs import
Firearms steel: Domestic vs import
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This is kind of a left-field question, but maybe someone is familiar:
The Chinese company Norinco has produced copies of various firearms that are exported to the US. Now, it's chiefly copies of the Remington 870, Winchester 97, and Ithaca 37 shotguns. While they're usually quite reasonably priced and seem to perform well, some have raised questions over the quality of the steel used in their manufacture.
Is the Chinese steel considered to be of lower quality than the equivalent US steel?
The Chinese company Norinco has produced copies of various firearms that are exported to the US. Now, it's chiefly copies of the Remington 870, Winchester 97, and Ithaca 37 shotguns. While they're usually quite reasonably priced and seem to perform well, some have raised questions over the quality of the steel used in their manufacture.
Is the Chinese steel considered to be of lower quality than the equivalent US steel?





RE: Firearms steel: Domestic vs import
However, I am not real excited by the quality of the steel used by American manufacturers. Yes, it works, but it is a far cry from what's typically used for aircraft parts.
RE: Firearms steel: Domestic vs import
built some new steel factories and
are probably to the state of the art
in its design.
But it also has some very old
production facilities much like
the US. You do have to know the
source to determine the quality.
RE: Firearms steel: Domestic vs import
RE: Firearms steel: Domestic vs import
Looks like their Quality Control and production processes (with regard to firearms, anyway) are steadily improving.
RE: Firearms steel: Domestic vs import
The second feature that has been the root cause of two failures is poor geometry - sharp stress raisers initiating fatigue cracks after only a very limited time.