Warren
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Imagine you are a procurement officer in your country’s defense department.
War is in the offing and the leadership of the country has decided that semi-auto handguns are to be phased out and replaced with revolvers. You do not know exactly why this is but the usual suspects of corruption and incompetence* spring to mind.
Regardless of the reasons the task has fallen to you and your staff to select a revolver for the branch of the armed forces your office supplies.
The war will start in under a year so you need to have the supplies of guns in place ASAP.
There is so little time that your bosses have said not to have a new revolver designed, rather you have to go with an off the shelf model. You can have some things changed like grips or sights but there is no time for a major rework of the weapon.
You can choose any company in the world save the country you will be going to war with which does not produce quality revolvers anyway.
So what one do you choose?
What make and model will it be?
Remember some of your country’s soldier’s lives may very well depend on this decision.
Lastly, as if you are not busy enough, your office has been tasked with drawing up the specs for the cartridge to be used in the weapon.
The SF guys will work their own loads, you need only worry about what the frontline soldiers will be shooting.
So what bullet design (no JHP per the Geneva Con.) at what weight and at what velocity would you choose?
*Not saying that a revolver would be a bad choice but that choosing to bring it in given the circumstances outlined would be incompetent.
War is in the offing and the leadership of the country has decided that semi-auto handguns are to be phased out and replaced with revolvers. You do not know exactly why this is but the usual suspects of corruption and incompetence* spring to mind.
Regardless of the reasons the task has fallen to you and your staff to select a revolver for the branch of the armed forces your office supplies.
The war will start in under a year so you need to have the supplies of guns in place ASAP.
There is so little time that your bosses have said not to have a new revolver designed, rather you have to go with an off the shelf model. You can have some things changed like grips or sights but there is no time for a major rework of the weapon.
You can choose any company in the world save the country you will be going to war with which does not produce quality revolvers anyway.
So what one do you choose?
What make and model will it be?
Remember some of your country’s soldier’s lives may very well depend on this decision.
Lastly, as if you are not busy enough, your office has been tasked with drawing up the specs for the cartridge to be used in the weapon.
The SF guys will work their own loads, you need only worry about what the frontline soldiers will be shooting.
So what bullet design (no JHP per the Geneva Con.) at what weight and at what velocity would you choose?
*Not saying that a revolver would be a bad choice but that choosing to bring it in given the circumstances outlined would be incompetent.