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A comment on Army Picks Sig Sauer's P320 Handgun to Replace M9 Service Pistol. Parent comment

Re:Army Picks Sig Sauer's P320 Handgun to Replace M9 Service... by gravypod on Thursday January 26, 2017 @06:57AM (#13490617)
Really I didn't know they subcontracted the manufacturing out. That doesn't make sense at all to test the pre-pro sample and then choose based on that.

If they were going to do that then Glock would be the cheapest option. The best Glocks are 0% original Glock parts so I'd assume they'd have an easier time finding manufacturers that could do quality at a lower price point.

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Re:Army Picks Sig Sauer's P320 Handgun to Replace M9 Service... by jdietrich on Thursday January 26, 2017 @08:37AM (#13491157)
>That doesn't make sense at all to test the pre-pro sample and then choose based on that.

Welcome to the Kafkaesque nightmare that is military procurement.

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/03/books/corrupt-from-top-to-...

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