Skylerbone
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I’m not talking about an imminent invasion, more of a now banned foreign rifle that’s found a permanent home and will soon head to the woods for prolific squirrel gettin.
While perusing tables at a local gun show I ran across this Norinco 22 ATD for a reasonable negotiated sum. The next order of business was scoping the little guy to give my aging eyes a fighting chance at hitting where I aimed. To that end, Mr Potterfield obliged and sent me a Leupold Dovetail base and rings- and I must note my disdain for this set-up but at less than 1/2 the price of a Browning base and rings I stifled the vomit and affixed things in place.
That left only a scope to add which resulted in my removing a plain Jane Leupold from a brother-in-law muzzleloader (my second back-up) and accepting its awkward size and mismatched parallax while I ponder better options.
All in all I am rather pleased with it, despite the dubious nature of it being a copy from China. I can still rest easy knowing any profit made by them was made well before I happened by. Tree rats take heed! Pictures below.
While perusing tables at a local gun show I ran across this Norinco 22 ATD for a reasonable negotiated sum. The next order of business was scoping the little guy to give my aging eyes a fighting chance at hitting where I aimed. To that end, Mr Potterfield obliged and sent me a Leupold Dovetail base and rings- and I must note my disdain for this set-up but at less than 1/2 the price of a Browning base and rings I stifled the vomit and affixed things in place.
That left only a scope to add which resulted in my removing a plain Jane Leupold from a brother-in-law muzzleloader (my second back-up) and accepting its awkward size and mismatched parallax while I ponder better options.
All in all I am rather pleased with it, despite the dubious nature of it being a copy from China. I can still rest easy knowing any profit made by them was made well before I happened by. Tree rats take heed! Pictures below.