India, March 30 -- avishek.roy@htlive,com

New Delhi: Ammunition testing is a long-drawn process for Indian shooters. They first have to book slots at ammunition manufacturers in Europe that have testing facilities. They then go through the tedious process of testing different batches of ammunition and selecting the best after evaluating parameters such as speed, accuracy, recoil and grouping. The batches marked by the shooters are then ordered for procurement by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).

However, in recent times, the delivery of ammunition has been taking longer than expected. What used to be a two- to three-month procurement process now stretches to 10-11 months. For example, the Indian rifle shooting team tested ...