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One thing though that I have always wondered about and that we will never find out is if these parts with ground off genuine names are rejects from production lines or perfect parts sold on the side.
Because in all parts production you have batch control testing and if a certain percentage of parts fail, they reject that whole batch.
Doesn't mean it is anything seriously wrong with the part but it is not up to Saab's set standard.
So what happens with those ready made parts that are rejected?
When I worked at Norma ammunition factory in Sweden they got back several pallets of ready for sale boxed up ammunition for long range target shooting that didn't hold the promised accuracy.
Real professional shooters complained that the bullet spread was greater than it should be and they knew it was not themselves since they knew their own capabilities.
So here you had this semi perfect working ammo and they gave it away to their employees who many them self were shooters.
I certainly was not good enough shooter to know the difference and it gave me free ammo for a long time.
Since it is a little bit dangerous to grind off the company name on the casing right next to the primer I guess they couldn't really sell them in "white boxes" on the open market. ;o)
Anders
SWEDECAR
Posts in this Thread:
- Saab Parts Flowing Again?, ToddF, Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:14:34
- Yes and no, Chadwick , Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:37
- Also, no warranties, Chadwick , Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:01:17
- Now owned by Sweden's National Debt Office, MI-Roger , Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:49:49
- Parts do not have a warranty., Chadwick , Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:58:31
- Wow!., MI-Roger , Thu, 2 Feb 2012 03:35:38
- No warranty sucks, but..., Noel, Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:26:59
- Agreed... it doesn't matter 99.9% of the time, nwas, Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:21:22
- OEM parts and white boxes, SWEDECAR , Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:07:41 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: OEM parts and white boxes, John G, Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:54:27
- Or,,,, nwas, Thu, 2 Feb 2012 13:31:09
- Re: Or,,,, John G, Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:03:55
- old joke, Siegfried, Fri, 3 Feb 2012 06:43:37
- Swedecar was the test program for those B-grade bullets, TimBrown, Thu, 2 Feb 2012 13:50:05
- lol, SWEDECAR , Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:43:54
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