I have been around the Darra guns. They are not built to our military specifications. Exporting to some gun shops in the US for civilians is quite different than supplying to the military. You are right, Darra should market their wares to the US market and be better at it.The same is true for the Japanese defense industry. They're not making 100,000 Howa assault rifles every year but a total spread over a span of 10+ years so the local craftsmen/women are able to preserve their knowledge.
There's easily a market for Dara custom guns in the US. Pakistanis just suck at entrepreneurship. With the military having a hard on for foreign equipment over nurturing local talent. Just look at the shitshow defense exhibits being put on.
Unless you have seen the trials that the military has to put these weapons through, it is hard to explain why the Darra made weapons don't make the grade. As an example, in our bakeoffs, the Darra-made barrels and their actions would just melt during firing or completely freeze and become inoperable during cold tests. As such, the military either prefers licensed production or outright purchases from renowned manufacturers in the US (Colt) or Russia/China because their quality is so much better.
Our options are one of two. Either the state factories upgrade and deliver or you invest in the private sector. Darra could become a part of the latter but after a lot of consolidation and QC being put in place.
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