So there you have it. I retract the Feb. 7 post and affirm today that DHS is not buying billions of rounds of pistol ammo with one proviso: DHS is not buying billions of rounds as quickly as some of us bloggers say they are. But they are still buying a heck of a lot of ammo that, if continued at the published pace, definitely will come to billions over a longer time.
You see, when new information is available that contradicts what you know, you change what you believe, even if it isn’t what you want to believe.
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ATLien says:
on 2/18/2013 at 5:59 PM
Nope. I still believe we'd be just fine without a DHS.
But do notice that that is for ONE FLETC in New Mexico. I have an article from FoxNews where the DHS Spokeswoman, Peggy Dixon at FLETC, GA. says "one of the contracts would Allow Homeland Security to buy up to 750 MILLION Rounds of Ammo over the next 5 years". FLETCs supposedly go through 15 MIllion rounds of Ammo per year for Training.
So why the Ten-Fold Increase?
So why the Ten-Fold Increase?
My local dealer told me today that all of the ammo is being bought up by the DHS. I didn't bother arguing with him. Even if they were buying all the .40 cal it still wouldn't explain shortages of so many other calibers.
They do go through a lot of .40 cal at FLETC...
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They do go through a lot of .40 cal at FLETC...
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TigerStripe writes, " it still wouldn't explain shortages of so many other calibers".
Yes, yes it does. .40 S&W is made up of a lead core, copper jacket, brass case, and a small pistol primer made on a machine that can be set up to make many different calibers.
If all production capacity and physical resources (lead, copper, brass, powder) are all tied up for .40 then you'll see a shortage in other calibers as well. The capacity isn't there to restock those other rounds.
Yes, yes it does. .40 S&W is made up of a lead core, copper jacket, brass case, and a small pistol primer made on a machine that can be set up to make many different calibers.
If all production capacity and physical resources (lead, copper, brass, powder) are all tied up for .40 then you'll see a shortage in other calibers as well. The capacity isn't there to restock those other rounds.
Freiheit, I meant of the amount already manufactured and on shelves and in warehouses. .40 S&W lasted longer on shelves than 9mm, .223/5.56, and many other calibers. 10mm and .357 Sig outlasted .40 S&W.
Many manufacturers would have to retool to manufacture nothing but .40 S&W in terms of handgun ammunition.
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Many manufacturers would have to retool to manufacture nothing but .40 S&W in terms of handgun ammunition.
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Seems clear to me that both causes are operating at the same time.
Yes, DHS is buying a lot of specific calibers and people are also (reasonably) panicking and buying everything in sight.
Yes, DHS is buying a lot of specific calibers and people are also (reasonably) panicking and buying everything in sight.
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