Thread: JW 15.

I've just read a post on here from 2017 regarding JW 15 mods. A bloke tells of buying a new rifle and finding it to shoot into 2" @ 50 metres. Takes it back to the shop,where two others returned the same result. The dealer found that he'd bought in a batch from a larger shop and they were all marked only JW15 on the barrel. The decent shooting one's all were marked Norinco JW 15. Has this turned out to be the reason for rubbish shooting JW 15s'? The one I've recently brought home says only JW15 on the barrel...

Originally Posted by outlander

I've just read a post on here from 2017 regarding JW 15 mods. A bloke tells of buying a new rifle and finding it to shoot into 2" @ 50 metres. Takes it back to the shop,where two others returned the same result. The dealer found that he'd bought in a batch from a larger shop and they were all marked only JW15 on the barrel. The decent shooting one's all were marked Norinco JW 15. Has this turned out to be the reason for rubbish shooting JW 15s'? The one I've recently brought home says only JW15 on the barrel...

Fire it n find out....


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Originally Posted by tiroahunta

Fire it n find out....


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Brilliant answer. Wonder why I hadn't thought of doing that. Thanks.

Different factories seem to produce to different standards. Stick with Norinco JW15 - avoid Polytech brand and don't buy from GC. Alot of those I've seen have been very poor

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Different factories seem to produce to different standards. Stick with Norinco JW15 - avoid Polytech brand and don't buy from GC. Alot of those I've seen have been very poor

Thanks for that. I had no idea that any would copy a Norinco! Desperate times indeed.

Originally Posted by muzza

the earlier , wooden stock ones were good . The later synthetic stock ones are a bit of a lottery. Someone else said dont buy a Polytech one - thats very good advise, as is the Gun City ones - they were mostly Polytech and most are sketchy.JW15s are made in a number of factories so its not a case of copying a Norinco - just another version from Norinco.


You can easily do stuff to improve the JW15 but it wont ever be a match rifle .

I recall having a carry Norinco 9mm in OZ for a few years. It was a CZ 75 clone and a pretty good one at that, so it can be done. Lo and behold they start copying a Beretta 92...