National Weather service buying ammo?

[cstone]

1.2B, not M.

The comment about buying in bulk, receive over time makes a lot of sense.

Still, 1.2B can't all be for duty carry/use. Why are we paying for that many carry loads for targe practice (if true)

Some federal ranges require frangible, lead free ammunition. Most requals and regular practice is with duty ammunition. Train like you fight. I certainly never feel like I get enough ammunition issued to me

[Great-Kazoo]

1.2B, not M.

The comment about buying in bulk, receive over time makes a lot of sense.

Still, 1.2B can't all be for duty carry/use. Why are we paying for that many carry loads for targe practice (if true)

The guys i know @ FLETC [ a few]run drills day in day out, depending on who is training and why. All depts who train there run full a spectrum of firearms, semi [ long and hand] and select fire [short and long]. My brother was known to run 3-5k min. over the weekend, that was hand gun, add what he fired through the MP5's and other entry weapons, it's a lot.
How many here have attended advanced if not basic live fire classes where the requirements were
250 rounds of handgun
500-1000 rifle.
These were basic and bringing more was the norm for most students.
Multiply 1-2k of ammo per student x 2-5 days, times year round training, times number of training centers throughout the country. It adds up real quick. Do not forget this MASSIVE AMMO buy you're freaking out over, also includes the LE's and agents in the field, worldwide.

FWIW: iT is interesting how much worrying and hand wringing there is here because the .gov made a massive [ to say the least] ammo order.
YET.......No one here blinks over buying 1- 2 K of ammo online. "YOU KNOW HOLMES HAD SIX THOUSAND ROUNDS OF AMMO"!!!! The media screamed
Yet we agreed 6K was nothing.
Oh The Irony

[bogie]

1.2B, not M.

The comment about buying in bulk, receive over time makes a lot of sense.

Still, 1.2B can't all be for duty carry/use. Why are we paying for that many carry loads for targe practice (if true)

oops! Just a little off...

[keylay31]

Wish I could afford to train with the ammo I carry...

Wait, I do afford it, for them...

[10mm-man]

The guys i know @ FLETC [ a few]run drills day in day out, depending on who is training and why. All depts who train there run full a spectrum of firearms, semi [ long and hand] and select fire [short and long]. My brother was known to run 3-5k min. over the weekend, that was hand gun, add what he fired through the MP5's and other entry weapons, it's a lot.
How many here have attended advanced if not basic live fire classes where the requirements were
250 rounds of handgun
500-1000 rifle.
These were basic and bringing more was the norm for most students.
Multiply 1-2k of ammo per student x 2-5 days, times year round training, times number of training centers throughout the country. It adds up real quick. Do not forget this MASSIVE AMMO buy you're freaking out over, also includes the LE's and agents in the field, worldwide.

FWIW: iT is interesting how much worrying and hand wringing there is here because the .gov made a massive [ to say the least] ammo order.
YET.......No one here blinks over buying 1- 2 K of ammo online. "YOU KNOW HOLMES HAD SIX THOUSAND ROUNDS OF AMMO"!!!! The media screamed
Yet we agreed 6K was nothing.
Oh The Irony

How do you compare 6k rounds to billions? Thats just stypid!

[Rucker61]

How do you compare 6k rounds to billions? Thats just stypid!

You mispelt that's, moran!

[Madusa]

Hypothetically lets say you could cure stupid with more education, then you could cure Freedom with more ammunition. Makes sense right? The one thing the government needs are people to do the dirty work. The few can control government and make laws but they will never (themselves) take your guns personally, they will try to use others. Maybe Noaa will step up and take my pistol from my cold dead hand.

[bryjcom]

Just did a quick google search and I came up with about 200,000 people working for DHS.

1,200,000,000,000 rounds / 200,000 people = 6,000,000 rounds per DHS employee.

Sorry Jim, but 1.2 billion rounds is a lot of damn ammo. I think the proper terminology for it is a "metric fuck-ton" of ammo....



Maybe I need to acquire a .40sw

[cstone]

Maybe I need to acquire a .40sw

No way man. I've got first dibs on the contract over runs

[bryjcom]

No way man. I've got first dibs on the contract over runs

Then I challenge you to a duel!!!! I'll let you use my 1858 remy revolver and I get to use my 1911. Sound fair?