Thread: JW15 piece of shit

My polished turd a bit earlier....






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Originally Posted by Huntfisheat

That's an interesting statement. I've got one of Mudgripz prepped JW15's and there's not a .22 born that will do as well for any where near the same money. Best group with that, a 10 shot group, went 14mm at 50 metres prone with the front supported off a bipod.
It may well be you're not interested or capable of making them in to a shooter, but isn't that what every one does when they buy a Remmie 700 anyway?

That's an interesting statement how do you know what I can and cant do regarding improving a rifle do I know you what's your proper name

Also dont you find it strange that other people that have no connection to me unless you know better have also come to the same conclusion conspiracy perhaps

Just take it back its spilting cases and its very inaccurate
This means not only is it unfit for use but unsafe aswell

My first ever rifle was an outdoor arms jw15, apart from its rough looks it shoots well and has been my go to for magpies for the past 10 years.
They are good project guns to have a real good tinker with, I would love to get a CZ but my jw just keeps performing.

Post up a pic when you're done muzza, I've got a JW here that needs a bit of trimming. On the to do list...

I had the misfortune of buy a dud jw15 couple years ago , didn't have norinco printed on receiver just jw15-s so guessing was a knock off , anyway the thing sprayed like a shotgun tryed all sorts of ammo and the best it could do was 5 - 6" at 50m.
so it sat in safe for a year till i got bored one day and thought bugger it not much to lose , out came the hacksaw file and drill , cut her down to 11" filed her up , crowned her with a drill bit , mounted a vx1 on top that i had lying around and hey presto tack driver now , shoot Winchester 40gr sub 1-1.5" groups at 80m, very handy pointy wee thing , barks a bit for a 22 being that short but fun , rough as guts but hey it works !

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Yes trimming barrel is easy. Pop it into vice, measure 16" from receiver (or the length you want), cut off with hacksaw, tidy end with grinder or file/wet and dry etc, then put appropriate size round head brass screw in drill, and work into bore end with grinding/lapping paste to create new crown. Then check by putting cotton bud in and out of bore to ensure no burrs, perfect crown. Does it work - about 20 done and all but one sub 1" at 50m, and most around 0.4-0.5" groups.

Wow they should make barrels for walther

Looks like 'Bubba' went wholesale. Damn

I recall seeing a browning BLR in .243 in Buckleys sports shop in Timaru ABOUT 30 years ago...the bore was more off centre than that....surprised the heck out of me as have never seen centrefire off centre let alone as far off as the 243 was....

The JW15's are generally a solid bit of kit, sturdily made and shoot quite well, but the difference in individual rifles is in the quality of hand fitting and finishing which can vary from good to bad. The eccentrity of the bore is a fairly common thing in rifles and is of no real consequence in a field grade .22. Eccentricity of the muzzle and crown is a different thing altogether and needs to be corrected by shortening and recrowning correctly, recutting the suppressor thread accurately at the same time. Any competent gunsmith should be able to tune one up to give good performance. In my experience they are capable of 1-2 MOA which is pretty good in .22's.

the old toz rifle with the bell end muzzle, never seen one yet that was on center, sure shot good though

If you think you've seen bad ones, you should try being the poor sod who has to take them out of the box, remove them from the plastic bag containing the rifle and about half a KG of stinky cosmoline, strip it all down clean, then mount the POS scope that comes with them, before realising it's not fit for sale. When I was in the trade we would send an alarming proportion of JW-15's back to the importers before they even went on the shelf, off the top of my head, problems were included but not limited to:
Chamber not concentric to bore
Safety almost impossible to operate
Open sights canted so badly you couldn't line them up
Muzzle thread not concentric to the bore so the customer shatters the suppressor, and then the replacement suppressor with the first bullet through it
Sear being out of whack to the extent the thing wouldn't go off no matter how hard you pulled the trigger
Bolt being so rough that cycling the action was hard and inserting/removing the bolt pretty much required bracing the butt on the ground and 'mortaring' the thing
Off-centre bore
Seeming normal but then the customer finds you couldn't close the bolt on a live round

Seems to be a quality control issue rather than a quality issue per se; it's a good design and some of them are as good as the Brno/CZ they're copied off, most are rough but serviceable and the bolt wears smooth over time, and the rest are un-useable. I've also seen a few of the wooden stocked ones break through the pistol grip area, it's some kind of nasty Chinese soft wood (Chu wood I believe).

My JW15 got chopped to 14inchs.Just over legal minimum legth from barrel tip to butt tip.Just check on that.