Thread: JW 15 - tips, tricks and modifications

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For future readers I thought that this may be of interest...

I was looking for a cheap .22LR for shooting rabbits on the farm and teaching my son to shoot.

I spent A LOT of time on various online forums (NZ and overseas) researching the Norinco JW15.

Overall, the reviews/opinions were positive with a few exceptions.

Mudgripz offered plenty of sound advice on getting them to shoot very well.

So...I went to the local gun store a purchased a Norinco JW15 and several ammo types.

I stripped the rifle and removed all the Chinese grease. I noted that the crown wasn't flash but didn't have the tools on hand to tidy it up.

I LIGHTLY polished and oiled the working parts then took it out for a zero.

OMG it was HORRIFIC!

At 50m, the BEST group I could manage was around 2" (YES...I removed parallax).

I regularly shoot 1000m+ so I was confident I was doing my bit.

I tried various other ammo types and made sure the bolts that hold the receiver were tight.

Still no joy...SO, I took the gun back to the shop.

They shot it and could not get it to group better than 3" - 4". They also took 2 other Norinco's out to compare.

1 was another brand new one, the other was 12 months old and had just been traded (sold 12 months earlier by same shop).

Both the NEW Norinco's shot poorly!

The second hand JW shot 1" at 50 without trying to hard!

He gave the rifles another look over and noticed that the older JW had Norinco JW15 stamped on the barrel.

The two new ones only had JW15 stamped on them.

The gun shop owner had recently taken possession of the two new Norinco's from GC so he is not impressed and intends to send them back.

It looks like there are some JW15 "pretenders" out there...and they are awful!

So...luckily the local gun store owner offered to replace my Norinco with a genuine one but after this incident, I just couldn't bring myself to do it...

So...I grabbed a Marlin XT22 instead. Fingers crossed this thing will shoot better than 2" @ 50m.

So...IF YOU STILL WANT A JW15...make sure it is stamped with NORINCO on the barrel. If not...walk away.

I hope this saves some folks a headache!