Yes it is a fact, this is what happens when it is a market monopoly of one company and no competition. And corrupt morons are the political leaders and bureaucrats.kieffer wrote:"Dirty, inconsistently loaded and inaccurate" and this is supplied to the military for use in their rifles
AND sold on the surplus market?
Around the same time period as the article (Late 80's-early 90's) the UK MOD actually ordered a huge batch (millions) of 9mmx19mm ammo from IOFB for the British military.... after a consistent series of misfires the whole batch was scrapped for less than $100...! That was about the end of it.
Reference: http://indiansforguns.com/viewtopic.php ... 139#p77722yap 9mm for the brits, i was there when none fired. so off to the sea they went to feed the fish, since then no cheap imports by the brits from India, textile yes ammo no.
Reference: http://indiansforguns.com/viewtopic.php ... =15#p27218Regarding the OFB 9mm copy of the browning, Last year (or was it the year before??) I had the opportunity to field test a brand new "out of the box, opened right infront of me" batch of 6 OFB 9mm's received by the Mizoram Armed Police (MAP) out of which 2 malfunctioned outright after the first round. Moreover 4 out of 6 i.e. = 66% had problems with their foresight which were loose and on the verge of falling off!! If this is the same kind of weapon that is being issued to our fighting force in the field, the OFB should be brought to book!!
Best of luck with your trials and tribulations with the OFB 9mm!
INSAS 5.56mm Review: http://indiansforguns.com/viewtopic.php ... =45#p30980
INSAS not performing to optimum level: Army http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com ... 706828.cms
No idea, probably the batch was rejected by Army or the shelf life was over.Any Idea why it was rejected? It's turning up here in the US.
