my 99$ norinco shoots well too. maybe got lucky. i put a matching (ebay) norinco scope with base 20$ and one of those 50$ draganov stocks to give it a look. its good to go. plenty of cheap ammo around. the only modification i had to do is cut a couple coils of the ejector spring because with lighter surplus cheapo loads it wouldnt throw the cases and eject properly. if you use russian ammo or modern stuff you shouldnt have to modify at all.