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Originally Posted by 125JHP
thanks... I've picked up some of that head stamp at the range recently so someone is shooting it - I'll look around locally but isn't Chinese ammunition still banned from import? If so then this is probably someones old stash being shot up and I doubt it is readily available - BTW its Norinco from what I looked up on the cartridge collectors forum.
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I think Chinese ammo is still banned from importation. Earlier
9mm ball ammo from China was headstamped Norinco or 9mm
Para and sometimes came in boxes marked Chinasports. The
primers were not as hard, bullets were more pointed and velocity was a bit less than ammo produced in the 90s. Ammo
produced in 93-94 seemed to more closely resemble US 9mm
ball and ran about 1200 fps in typical barrel lengths. And
yeah, some of us decided it was good ammo at very good
prices and laid in a goodly stash.