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Hmm, never heard of such. Was initially thinking as you, blems & not meeting govt contract quality. Like along the lines of "X" in XM193/XM885 for 5.56.
However a quickie google foo shows this notation from one seller (laxammo) of such "2nd quality 9mm":
** 2ND QUALITY: ON AVERAGE 1 OUT OF 200 ROUNDS MAY HAVE A PRIMER DEFECT (PRIMER MAY NOT FIRE)
Many moons ago, just after the Falklands War had run down our ammunition stocks summat krool, and those plucky Belgians had refused to sell us any more ammunition for a while until their hissiness had died down, we had to get some 9mmP ammunition from IndiHa.
It was made at the Vindaloo Arsenal, a name more famed for strong curry than for ammunition.
Shooting this stuff one afternoon in my Sterling SMG I experienced full-auto fire with every squeeze of the trigger - great fun - and also the sight of 124gr FMJ ammunition BOUNCING OFF the target...
Not only was there not enough to blow the BB back to the sear, but not enough to make it penetrate an average sheet of hardboard.
My advice, if you ever see ANY ammunition with the headstamp OFV - Ordnance Factory Vindaloo - is to run away.
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