[Milsurplus] An odd tale of Chinese QC ?

[jphutch60bj]

Hue -

Just for fun I would try and find the manufacturer and send them an 
Email with a picture.

jpHutch

On 3/16/2020 4:27 PM, Michael Hanz wrote:
> I'm not sure there is an ethic to enforce when it comes to mainland 
> QC, Hue.
> I've simply shifted my "acceptance ethic" to expect "some machining 
> required" for most of the mainland stuff.:-)
> It saves fretting about it, and I get to do it right.  Win-win!
>
>  - Mike
>
> On 3/16/2020 4:28 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
>>
>> Photos of Wehrmacht pack radio Torn.Fu.b1 antenna sections.
>>
>> Top:  original antenna sections connected ( simple push – insert )
>>
>> Middle: original antenna sections, worst case fit together. I 
>> acquired these pre – May 1945 manufacture sections just this year.
>>
>> Bottom: 2018 replicas, bought from Hong Kong. This is as far as they 
>> insert !
>>
>> A picture containing indoor, table, sitting, front Description 
>> automatically generated
>>
>> I don't get it. The repro maker went so far as to include a 
>> "Waffenamt"  Arms Ministry acceptance stamp.
>>
>> He had of course, had to have had the original item, to create the 
>> repro at a Chinese machine shop.
>>
>> But just couldn't get it right. Didn't notice the poor fit, or didn't 
>> give a damn?
>>
>> The repros were not cheap, either. About $90 a section. This adds up.
>>
>> What is the China QC ethic ? "A good transaction is one where we get 
>> your money" ?
>>
>> A Norwegian repro seller I asked about these repros, before I was 
>> able to acquire the real thing, assured me
>>
>> the repros should look like this. I do not get it. Seems to me that 
>> any elementary school child could tell the product was not quite
>>
>> right.
>>
>> -Hue Miller
>>
>
>
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