They’re both 22LR takedowns in the same price range, one holds 10 while the other holds 11 shells, and they’re both kinda roughly finished. To end things off, I thought it’d be interesting to compare the Savage 64 takedown vs the Norinco JW-20. Or just use the irons like Browning intended! Conclusion There’s also a $24 Leupold mount and $12 Weaver mount that are better choices for a $189 rifle. There is a cantilever Browning scope mount available for this rifle, but at $69, I don’t think it’s a great fit for this rifle. You just need to break the sharp edge here for it to be nicer The transition between the dip and shelf can be smoothed for easier operation, don’t go too far This makes the detent a LOT nicer to use. You can either run the takedown lock back and forth a bunch of times, or lightly polish the transition in the pocket where the detent goes. The takedown lock on mine was extremely gritty because the pocket and detent were really rough. Smooth the transition on the takedown lock.The edges here are sharp enough to be uncomfortable, and a quick touchup with a file will knock off the edge. Filing the edge off the receiver bottom where your hand runs across it when charging the rifle.If you’re mildly handy, there are 2 small modifications I’d recommend for this rifle: After cleaning, re-oil or grease or whatever you usually do. I completely disassemble my Norinco JW-20 in the video, so just follow along with me. If you bought yours from new, completely disassemble and clean ALL the packing oil out of the gun. If you adjust the nut when the barrel is on the rifle, you’ll never get it tight enough and it’ll be wobbly and inaccurate. This is demonstrated in the video review on YouTube.
The takedown/barrel nut has to be adjusted when the barrel is off the rifle, little bits at a time, until the turn in is nice and tight. The takedown mechanism works really well once you’ve adjusted the takedown nut appropriately.
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Make sure you do not hang on to the stock as you turn the two sections together as the wood nearest the receiver is a weak point and will crack if you subject it to too much stress. To takedown the JW-20, you push the takedown lock up, pull the bolt back, and rotate the two sections apart. The rifle is 5.1lbs and it comes with a threaded muzzle, which is pretty useless for Canada. Can’t say I’m a fan, but I did like the tight cheek weld when using the iron sights. The rear sights use a sliding shutter to adjust for elevation, similar to the rear sight on the Ruger 10/22.
I had 2 failures to fire when I was out shooting in -15C weather, but it runs well otherwise. Some shooters wearing long sleeve shirts might have hot brass run down their sleeve if their hand is in the wrong place. New rounds are fed into the top of the bolt mechanism while empty shells are ejected downwards. The trigger itself is fairly long, VERY spongy, but light enough at 4lbs. The crossbolt safety is just in front of the trigger. The bolt will not lock open after the last round, so you’ll know when you’re empty by hearing a “click” instead of a bang.
Rack the bolt charging handle on the bottom of the receiver and you’re loaded and ready to go. It’ll take 11 rounds and you’ll know when you’re at 12 because the round will poke out the hole instead of sliding inside.
Pull back on the magazine inner from the buttstock until you reach the stop (or it comes completely out), then start feeding rounds into the side port on the stock. That all said, they’re pretty cheap, with Cabela’s selling them for $189, which is where I bought this one.
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The JW-20 user’s manual is ancient with rusty staples holding it together and the rifles were bagged and preserved in thick oil. I believe that the current Norinco JW-20’s we’re seeing in Canada were originally made in the 90’s for export to the US and ended up with us since the US has not lifted their mid-90’s ban on Chinese firearms.