Indians For Guns

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" Kitne ki hai?"

"Sir,for you,only 8 lakhs"

"No IOF junk for me.Only the best will do"

Wow! Talk about Catastrophic failure.

can't imagine if it happens to our rifle.

Imagine the licensing hassles one would have if this would happen to one of us!How in world would you explain to the authorities? raifal phat gayee?

"Mild" handloading huh ? I guess the loader got "carried away" a bit !

On a serious note, the rifle indeed had failures with a variety of chamberings where factory ammo was used too . I wonder how many IOF made rifles have faced a similar fate with factory ammo (Indian or imported). I thank God that we do not hand load much in India . Are there any similar failure reports for .315 or 30.06 ( I hope/think not ) ?

Believe it or not gentlemen, but, I have once seen a cracked chamber and adjoining barrel of an Indian made (non IOF) SBBL where a handloaded 12ga cartridge ( bhartuu ) was used . There was no damage to the shooter but he ( now hold your breath ) was getting the cracked chamber gas welded !! The fate of the firearm and the owner/shooter after the gas welding is unknown .

best,
Rp.

wasnt this the bad batch or set of accidents which gave Sako a bad name especially the allegations that Beretta take over has resulted in loose QC issues..remember Mehul stating this or warning about few years back...

Best