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Daz-nz
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Topic: Norica ComandoPosted: 24 Dec 2025 at 6:27pm |
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A mate just gave me a Norica Comando to fix. I suspect the leather washer has failed. The blue book says its rated at 530fps, but cant find a manufacture date. Possibly 70s or 80s? Any one know about this model? Looks to be a junior model. I was told about its use by the owner, back when he was young, it was used to shoot at each other, which was common back then |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2025 at 6:30pm |
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Had trouble adding photo, sorted now Edited by Daz-nz - 24 Dec 2025 at 6:36pm |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2025 at 6:33pm |
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kruzaroad
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Posted: 24 Dec 2025 at 7:17pm |
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If your on a google browser just hold your finger on the image and do a Google lens search.
Got plenty of links just now doing it. Edited by kruzaroad - 24 Dec 2025 at 7:20pm |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2025 at 7:21pm |
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Great colour scheme.
Norica styling has not changed in 40 years |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2025 at 7:38pm |
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Thanks Kruzaroad, hadnt seen that trick before.
Same basic style, but I think your version looks better Mercs Ill post some my photos when i get it to bits Edited by Daz-nz - 24 Dec 2025 at 7:40pm |
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Posted: 2 hours 13 minutes ago at 9:47pm |
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Finally got round to stripping this down, bit of a mission.
A mate has had this since he was a kid, many decades ago.
It wasn't firing pellets out, the piston moved forward and I could hear gas escaping, but not enough to fire a pellet.
Disassembly didn't go easily, a very particular clamp is required, which I don't possess, of course, so after some time, loss of skin and even more cross words, I got it apart. The problem was the trigger block, the main spring has to be compressed in place to move trigger block forward into the main tube and lifted out the trigger hole. With very little filing, the trigger block was made to come out the end of the tube with the main spring, perhaps it was never meant to come apart after manufacturer. Anyway, I now had it in pieces. No leather washer, it has a PTFE type, everything looked ok, except the cylinder tube was all gummed up. The piston washer has hardened, the breach o-ring isn't flash either.
Cleaned up everything, including the barrel, which probably hasn't been cleaned in decades either. Reassembled.
Its working now, although power is fairly low, claimed to be 540fps new, don't think its anywhere near that now. A new piston washer, main spring and breach seal would make a difference.
Surprisingly, my youngest really likes it, light weight, easy to shoot, and looks sporty.
I'm not a fan of it, but it does shoot consistently |
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