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Rubber bullets?

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:38 pm
by doctor
hi,
anybody over here has any information regarding availability of rubber bullets in India ,if yes ,are they available in 0.22 and 0.25 bores and what would be the approx price

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:04 pm
by badshah0522
Not sure if they are availble in these calibers,,but definetly some one will google it and give you the information :)

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:53 pm
by nagarifle
rubber bullets tend to be used by the security forces for anti riot/ not sure if u can have them in the gun dealers.

try the IOF website it should be listed there.

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:41 pm
by mundaire
AFAIK - no one sells rubber bullets to civilians in India. Anyhow, as Naga has pointed out they are primarily used by security forces typically for crowd control type of situations.

These type of bullets are completely useless for either self-defence or target shooting, so my question is - what do you plan to do with them anyway?

Cheers!
Abhijeet

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:32 pm
by badshah0522
mundaire";p="46670 wrote: what do you plan to do with them anyway?

Cheers!
Abhijeet
I think he is planning tio threat some one :)

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:56 pm
by snIPer
Maybe the doc wants to Treat someone :-)

Re: Rubber bullets?

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:09 pm
by yash3_great
They are hard hitting even though made of rubber. A normal small time burglar armed with a knife etc. is a scared fellow who loves his life as much as any of us do. He comes with an intention of making some dough and getting away with it. From what I have seen, such thieves flee the moment they are challenged. The more daring types lose it when they hear a blank gun being fired or when they are hit(by a rubber bullet for example). Just my POV from my personal experience, i know several of you will/might disagree with this.

Re: Rubber bullets?

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:11 pm
by ebenezer
nagarifle";p="46669 wrote: rubber bullets tend to be used by the security forces for anti riot/ not sure if u can have them in the gun dealers.

try the IOF website it should be listed there.
The IOF website lists 12 bore cartridges under the category riot shots. They might contain rubber shots. I don't think they are available in .22 of .25. However, these will be available only for defence personnel and not civilians.

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:24 pm
by nagarifle
but then again i do recall the lasses of Northern Island used them from some other purpose. :shock: :shock:

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm
by doctor
[quote="badshah0522";p="46672"]
mundaire";p="46670 wrote: what do you plan to do with them anyway?

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i personally feel that the first shot fired at an intruder /attacker should be of a rubber which would not fatally injure him,if he runs away fine if not the next round would be a fatal metal slug

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:47 pm
by OverUnderPump
doctor";p="46685 wrote: i personally feel that the first shot fired at an intruder /attacker should be of a rubber which would not fatally injure him,if he runs away fine if not the next round would be a fatal metal slug
Interesting approach, this would present an unique situation in court if this happens in India. You could say that you tried a non lethal round, when it failed the lethal round followed. :) Wonder how that'd affect the Judges and the Babus.

Not sure if I'd go with this approach though. :D

regards
8)
OUP

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:43 am
by msandhu
[quote="doctor";p="46685"]
badshah0522";p="46672 wrote:
mundaire";p="46670 wrote: what do you plan to do with them anyway?

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i personally feel that the first shot fired at an intruder /attacker should be of a rubber which would not fatally injure him,if he runs away fine if not the next round would be a fatal metal slug
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I guess in this case you got to be ready with two guns.. one will rubber bullets and one with real bullets ( which might not be always possible especially while in a situation) .. I would personally first fire a warning shot which should be enough to scare the intruder/attacker and if that does not work, then a straight shot should do the job...
Cheers
MSandhu