National Weather service buying ammo?

[brutal]

Okay fellas, I can understand wildlife officers needing ammo, even if they ARE getting 6 million rounds per person, but there is no excuse in the world for this: The Social Security Administration just purchased 174k .357 Sig JHP and it is to be distributed to Social Security offices around the country. Just read the first 4 paragraphs and ignore the rest of the hype.

Call it tinfoily all you want, but can anyone come up with a good reason for the SSA to buy ammo? Even a single bullet?

Another future supply of cheap .357SIG! I hope they get Speer GDHP.

[Great-Kazoo]

Another future supply of cheap .357SIG! I hope they get Speer GDHP.

Cheap talk. Go up against a few SRT agents and see if you still think the same way.
I'm sure you're being sarcastic, but my sarcasm meter is on the blink.

[hollohas]

Call it tinfoily all you want, but can anyone come up with a good reason for the SSA to buy ammo? Even a single bullet?

A lot of people ask the same thing about you and I.

While it is concerning when obscure .gov agencies are stocking up because most of the reasons to do that domestically are scary ones...all I can say is make sure you have MORE than them.

[HoneyBadger]

Alright, here's the skinny: (I think)

This was really bothering me, so I started looking for some justification here. I spent about an hour searching the net until I found this. The link says that the SSA has an IG office with about 460 criminal investigators and auditors. IF these guys carry guns, the 174k rounds would afford them approximately 375 rounds per agent. No confirmation on whether or not they are armed, but if they are this sounds like a fairly routine and legitimate purchase.

[bryjcom]

Alright, here's the skinny: (I think)

This was really bothering me, so I started looking for some justification here. I spent about an hour searching the net until I found this. The link says that the SSA has an IG office with about 460 criminal investigators and auditors. IF these guys carry guns, the 174k rounds would afford them approximately 375 rounds per agent. No confirmation on whether or not they are armed, but if they are this sounds like a fairly routine and legitimate purchase.

The 174K of ammo is no big deal... The 1.2 billion is...

Hell, I'm sure a few members here have something close to 174K of ammo

[BushMasterBoy]

On a serious note, something is brewing that is bad. Not sure if it is going to be Iraeli-Iran war with huge oil price spikes, some kind of pandemic like West Nile virus or just the .gov chopping benefits to the entitlement crowd that refuse to work. The Department of Human Slavery buying 1.2 billion rounds of ammunition is surely a sign of things to come!

[10mm-man]

or just the .gov chopping benefits to the entitlement crowd that refuse to work.

Dude your joking RIGHT! When and were did you get this crazy idea?? This is the most crazy of all conspiracy ideas i have read on here!!

Are you serious?

[cstone]

Alright, here's the skinny: (I think)

This was really bothering me, so I started looking for some justification here. I spent about an hour searching the net until I found this. The link says that the SSA has an IG office with about 460 criminal investigators and auditors. IF these guys carry guns, the 174k rounds would afford them approximately 375 rounds per agent. No confirmation on whether or not they are armed, but if they are this sounds like a fairly routine and legitimate purchase.

This is the correct answer for SSA OIG. The SSA OIG office was first established by a retired US Secret Service agent. When he selected his staff, many of them were also retired USSS. They chose their handgun and ammunition based off of what they were using while working for the USSS. SIG P229, shooting either Federal or Speer .357 SIG JHP.

None of these contract numbers surprise me. As was stated in an earlier post, buy in bulk for cost savings. Spread the contract over multiple years and allow for extensions to lock in costs before the prices go up. Keeping that in mind, don't you want the government to try to use your tax dollars in a good way? The vast majority of this ammunition will be used up in monthly, quarterly, and annual requals. Contract over runs in any caliber I shoot makes me happy.

Besides, is anyone really worried about a group of armed Department of Education OIG agents storming the local Piggly Wiggly

Be safe.

[jreifsch80]

i'm too lazy to read the entire thread but there have been guys that have built 9mm and 7.62x25 gas operated ak's as well, im sure a .40 wouldn't be too hard also 40's rim is not too much smaller than 7.62x39 if someone has a .40sw reamer i'd be intereated in making a .40sw ak using a green mountain blank for fun, im sure grease gun mags with tweaked feed lips would work or maybe i would just make a magwell that takes glock mags

[Hoser]

infowars.? Thats like the National Enquirer with tin foil...