ChrisF Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Remington has won the PSR contract with their MSR rifle , it seems the AI AX338 PSR rifle was not as good ? The PSR contract is 80M , and the M2010 contract they also won is about 28M . Maybe now AI will offer the PSR model as a stand alone rifle instead of a 3 calibre package ? Later Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thats a turn up for the books I wonder if we will ever see the MSR here ? especially as Remington have now come to this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonhunter Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Guys Don't you think there is a lot more to it behind the scene when a mil police contract is granted ? Rather just on the merit of a design ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted September 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 NOooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggy Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 The way it works in the US is that the cheapest compliant bid wins, not the best. Also not a coincidence that a US company won I suspect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Also not a coincidence that a US company won I suspect!Think that summarises my initial thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjack Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 The way it works in the US is that the cheapest compliant bid wins, not the best. Also not a coincidence that a US company won I suspect! What like Schmidt & Bender winning the optics contract over Nightforce & USoptics and others Was it not the case? that S&B were the most expensive of the lot at 26+ million? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbal Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 The way it works in the US is that the cheapest compliant bid wins, not the best. Also not a coincidence that a US company won I suspect!I am not intimate with the US military arms procurement proceedures,and have to go on reports-such as the one on CoolGunSite.com Beretta 92FS/M9;which seems to give a reasonable account,including the schmoozing,shenanigans and malarky,not to say mud throwing (it was the wrong consistency for some of the tests!) After the XM9 trials,it seems the Sig 226 and Beretta 92FS were the best,maybe the Sig was less expensive for initial supply,but Beretta offered the better longer term parts deal.Neither company is American. It is just fact that Beretta were awarded the contract,and have supplied-largely through their purpose built facility in the USA. (It does make some sense for the military to have some domestic control of production,and the Beretta has a very decent record in service.We do not know if the Sig would have,though it is well liked by other agencies.There is even less subsequent evidence for the other M9 entrants. On such available evidence,it is not easy to sustain a generalisation that the US military adopted an inferior design based solely on price,and that the proceedure was unduly unfair,or that the outcome has been unsatisfactory to the military. Gbal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggy Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 You're quite correct to call me out on a bit of a sweeping generalisation. The US procurement criteria are all available online if you want to look up the Federal Acquisition Regulations, including the requirements of the Buy American Act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsatten Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 No Plans ATM to market the PRS, i asked Tom at Sporting Service ,a few weeks ago, may be an option at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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