Thread: JW15 piece of shit

I bought a 16inch one from H&S just before shut down to shoot puks 7 rabbits on my mother inlaws orchard but Found safety didn't work & was very very tight when trying to close on a live round. It'll be going back once the shops open. I was given an earlier model JW15s with alongish barrel & Parker Hale steel suppressor years ago & it shot really well (magpies @ over 115yds) but ended up selling it as I already had a Rugar 1022. The last couple of JW15's have been rubbish.

Mine shoots as good as my Brno once I chopped and suppressed it then bedded the action,tried full length bedding the barrel but it shot worse,once free floated it is accurate,front action screw torque made a difference as well,the bore is way off centre too..

20 odd years back i briefly owned a norinco 22mag, it was pretty good but in the end i sold it to build a super-ruger (damn i miss that gun).
one thing people fail to realise is that especially when it comes to chinese imported anything (with a few exceptions) that make and model does not equal the same manufacturer. for instance your hunters element socks will not be made in the same factory as your hunters element jacket. your norinco jw15 may not come out of the same factory as your mates one.
and when it comes to electronic gear its just the same, what looks the same externally can be completely different internally.
now having said that there are some truly beautiful pieces of manufacturing coming from china it all depends on quality control. to give you an instance "opera" audio amplifiers (if you like the tube sound) are incredibly well made, mercedes manufacture their A class in taiwan and if you are into mercs you wouldnt fault them.
now heres the kicker, when someone orders a bulk order from china (say 10,000 rifles) the manufacturer will start building them then run out of time and sub-contract another company to finish the order so as not to avoid late penalty fees and this is whee it all falls to hell

I've had 3.
First one I kept, older gun, worn in. barrel cut to 18inches. Shoots 40gr sweet.
Second one meant for my son was a dog. bought from gunshitty on a $1 reserve auction. could barely operate the bolt. Stiff as. shot crap too. @mudgripz looked at it and I we agreed to take it back to GC. They swapped it no questions asked.
Third one shot great, wooden stock looked great too.
I sold it later when I needed money. Still have the old model. its my go to bunny blaster. Maybe 5000rds through it and it just keeps getting better.
Had some issues of failure to extract, broke the hook off the extractor. Got a new extractor but got bad again.
Got a ejector/extractor spring replaced. Runs sweet again.

Maybe I ended up with your number 2 reject

Probably the one I retirned to guncity after I couldnt get it to group at 50m. They bore sighred it 4x and kept saying I was doing somthing wrong...

Bought one new last year for $350 from Gun city. Seems to shoot just fine, bolt is relatively smooth for a cheap rifle. All mine needs is a better suppressor. Has had probably 100 rounds through it now, took out 7 magpies in the first week of lockdown with it.

I have an outdoor arms 16" model, bought for tipping muttons over. shooting at PBR in the yards for the first 150 rounds or so. Sheep are gone now so we just use it for plinking with the kids. Boy can consistently hit lids on coke bottles at 25m. We must have a reasonably good one. must have seen 600-700 rounds by now. Running as issued, synthetic stock, factory crap 4x32 scope and factory suppressor

I got one for the boy in a GC $1res auction, can shoot just as well as my ruger, the boy can hit clays consistently at 100m at the range with it, all in all good for a cheap as chip 22 for the kids. My cousin brought one but with the long barrel and that one is the biggest pos I've ever shot, can't even sight the frikn thing in it shoots so bad.

Do the new ones have MADE IN CHINA stamped on the barrel. I was once told that the older jw15s had it but the newer ones didn't.

Decided to pull mine out of the safe after reading this thread, shit it was rusty. Good going over with some Brake Kleen and she's good as new. I've got one that's about 18 years old, got the black bit on fore end and Made in China stamped on the side. Used to hang out my bedroom window as a kid, shooting subs into the pruned branches on trees. Could stack 5 subs into the same hole at 25 yards. If you got a goodie they punched well above your weight.

Sounds suspiciously like the new GC brand 'Outdoor Arms' JWs are as bad as their earlier imports. They were junk - literally. The earlier Polytech branded ones were also crap. Made in a number of different factories if I remember correctly.

Again - there are lots of good ones out there and when you get one they are very effective little hunters. Alot have off-centre bores but that does not affect scoped accuracy. Will however affect accuracy if fitting suppressor as an off-centre bore will cause bullet 'clipping' thru an on-centre suppressor.

Bang the thing back on trademe and try and make a couple of dollars out of it. Get the hell away from it, its more hassle than it is worth. Well thats my opinion and what I would be doing, I dont have time for "projects" that may or may not work at all. A rifle that shoots around rocks might as well be a stick. Maybe if it was something really special it would be different - but that aint one of them.

My opinion only. Good luck.

Originally Posted by Spoon

Yeah giday

Bought a supposedly brand new 'Outdoor Arms' JW15 in a Gun City $1 reserve auction and it seems I got what I paid for...
The crown is pretty munted and the bore doesn't look to be centered. Bolt looked like it'd already had some use so I'm wondering if it's a spare parts rifle?
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Contrary to the positive posts about JW15 accuracy it patterns like a shotgun at 40 meters with Winchester 40gr subsonics, that's 8cm (3 inch) across with 5 shots.
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I also noticed one of the cases had cracked, is that normal for a 22lr?
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This is just a bit of a heads up for anyone buying one of these, I'd recommend getting a 2nd hand one that someone has already proven or at least view in person before buying a 'brand new' one. There's a lot of positive reviews for the JW15 so this one obviously doesn't fit the mould.

So is there any saving this rifle? I've already cut out the barrel channel to free float it, and grinded away half the bolt handle to fit a larger scope on so I don't think Gun City would take it back at this stage..
Cheers

I'll buy it from you for $30.00 and $20.00 freight.

Originally Posted by Beaker

I'll buy it from you for $30.00 and $20.00 freight.

Cheers I think I'll try for a refund or patch it myself