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Mack The Knife

It is hand-filing that may be difficult in 2"dimension in 2 hrs time. But auto-filing(machine) is something that IOF must have made for such dimensions.

What do you mean hand/auto filing?

Mack The Knife Bana";p="35557 wrote:What do you mean hand/auto filing?

Well Rusty, I believe, the IOFB may be using button rifling. By all logic its the only time saving expedient as regards rifling- certainly something that suits IOFB's work ethics.

The drilling, reaming, polishing and button rifling (virtually a swaging process) should be possible in the time frame. Infact I vaguely remember an IOFB advertisment of the handgun, boasting about swaged barrels...or something.

Cut and scrape rifling is too involved a process for the likes of IOFB, methinks...

...I could be wrong though!!

I doubt that cut rifling is used either.......as much as anything because it takes ages. Button rifling is very quick - it would literally take seconds - and hammer forging wouldn`t take much LONGER......but I doubt that hammer forging is employed somehow. It has to be remembered that the barrel has to be removed and refitted to the gun also.......and that the barrel should be stress relieved after rifling if button rifled - cut rifling requires no stress relief. Could be done cryogenically - which is very quick.
It just amazes me that the revolver could be presented for sale without the barrel being rifled. Something is very wrong with the production and inspection process.

Grumpy";p="35562 wrote: It just amazes me that the revolver could be presented for sale without the barrel being rifled. Something is very wrong with the production and inspection process.

Absolutely shocked and disgusted here !!! I wonder how many punters accepted the non-rifled firearm unknowingly.

RP

Well I doubly checked my Rev before I signed on the form... maybe I was aware of the rifling so I checked... while many others might not...
Speaks volumes of the work-ethics / culture at IOFB... AND they get away with it...

Good for you Olly. I can`t help worrying about those who are not as `on the ball` as you were and have gone home with a revolving shotgun !

Grumpy";p="35632 wrote:and have gone home with a revolving shotgun !

Grumpy";p="35632 wrote: gone home with a revolving shotgun !

LOL....Haha!

....and eventually some bright spark of a babu may decide to insist that the 'smooth bore' revolver be fitted with a 20 inch barrel otherwise it'd be illegal!

Hi everyone,

I wanted to take a snap of the unrifled bore before I gave it for "repairs" at the FGK. But I had an Nokia N95 mobile and just could not figure how to make the camera focus INTO the bore in macro mode. It kept auto-focussing on the muzzle/crown region. Even after the re-rifling, I notice there are longitudinal scratches within the grooves running parallel to the rifling. Now if someone could suggest a way to photograph it, I will post the fotos of the imperfectly rifled bore.

There seems to be wide variation in quality and work ethics amongst the various OFB factories. My Ishapore 22 Rifle has a bore which looks very well done.

Opensight.

You'll need to throw white light inside it by holding a paper at the chamber end (the way your inspect the rifling in a pistol). Turn off the flash on your phone; keep the Mode AUTO and try focussing by lightly pressing till focus indicator shows up as green. If that doesn't waork then change the mode to close up (macro) but always keep the flash off.

AMK

.32 IOF Revolver price incresed . The FGF, Kanpur website shows the full amount for the revolver is now RS. 77,297/-. Is it a MK-III ? Don't know. http://fieldgunindia.gov.in/32rev.htm

Lawman

This page is still showing lower price ..

http://ofbindia.gov.in/index.php?wh=Purchase&lang=en

I guess they have not updated the price here yet

Cheers
MSandhu

I just talked to one official of FGK kanpur, according to him it is a price rise and not due to improvement in quality. Same revolvers sold at Rs 62,720/- shall now be sold at this newly hiked price.