Re: Santokhoo Gun Works - Jammu
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:01 pm
ngrewal,
In India,license to manufacture is granted on inheritance basis and not on the basis of knowledge of making arms.The people who started these companies were gunsmiths but their descendants are not. They rely on labour mainly from Bihar to make guns.None has made an effort to develope the skills required to make good guns.They will belly ache about small quotas,talk of putting up CNC machines and so on and so forth.You can get any CNC machine that you want in India these days.There is no difference between a CNC machine to make say, automobile components and one to make shotguns.
I am willing to bet,that like the vast majority of such licensed makers in India,the fellow at Santokhoo will not be able to make a single component of a shotgun.Hence his attempt to portray making of guns as something of a secret art best practised within the forewalls of his factory.The reality is that he knows next to nothing about it.These fellow will use the cheapest material to save a couple of hundred rupees.The objective being to make guns at the cheapest price to maximize profits.Some will even turn the barrels AFTER proof testing.
In India,license to manufacture is granted on inheritance basis and not on the basis of knowledge of making arms.The people who started these companies were gunsmiths but their descendants are not. They rely on labour mainly from Bihar to make guns.None has made an effort to develope the skills required to make good guns.They will belly ache about small quotas,talk of putting up CNC machines and so on and so forth.You can get any CNC machine that you want in India these days.There is no difference between a CNC machine to make say, automobile components and one to make shotguns.
I am willing to bet,that like the vast majority of such licensed makers in India,the fellow at Santokhoo will not be able to make a single component of a shotgun.Hence his attempt to portray making of guns as something of a secret art best practised within the forewalls of his factory.The reality is that he knows next to nothing about it.These fellow will use the cheapest material to save a couple of hundred rupees.The objective being to make guns at the cheapest price to maximize profits.Some will even turn the barrels AFTER proof testing.