We’ve recently had a number of customers report that our CZ .22 5 & 10 shot magazines also fit the Norinco JW15 (also sold as the Puma) and Norinco JW25 Mini Mauser rifles.

UPDATE: Please note the JW25 Mini Mauser should only be used with steel magazines, polymer magazines may jam.

Better still, they seem to perform better than Norinco’s own 9 shot magazines, which are prone to shave bullets and feed problems if you put more than eight rounds in.

The steel Norinco five and nine round magazines pictured below aren’t the most finely crafted magazines we’ve come across!

The Norinco JW15 and JW25 actions are a straight copy of the BRNO model 2 rifle which was later rebadged as the CZ 452. Norinco, a conglomerate of Chinese defence producers, are famous for cloning Soviet miltary hardware so them copying a Warsaw pact Czech .22 is no surprise.

The Czechoslovakian BRNO model 2 was first introduced in 1956 and later began to be produced by the privatised CZ as the ZKM 452 designation with minimal changes. Norinco also directly copied CZ’s popular CZ model 75 and model 85 pistols.

As CZ .22LR magazines are backwards compatible with the BRNO models which they are based on they also fit the Norinco. An interesting note is the new polymer magazines from CZ now feature a U shaped notch in front of the bullet, which eliminates shaving.

UPDATE: Some of our customers have reported the Norinco JW-14 (semi-auto) will take Marlin Model 70 magazines.