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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 11:05 AM Oct 2019

U.S. Border Patrol Buys 33 Million Bullets ...

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The parent agency of the U.S. Border Patrol has purchased 33 million rounds of ammunition for its new handgun, and may buy more than 300 million additional rounds over the next five years. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agreed to pay $9.89 million for Winchester Ammunition Inc.’s special 9mm hollow point Luger rounds through a near-term contract made public Oct. 24. The bullets are needed by the CBP as it transitions to Glock Inc.’s new 9mm handgun.

Another five-year contract for ammunition is expected to be awarded late next year, with its value estimated at between $80 million and $100 million.

Last April, CBP ordered a supply of the newly designed Glock handgun in a deal valued as much as $85 million. Designated the G47, the weapon isn’t currently commercially available. Two smaller Glock variants were also included in the deal.

CBP is among the nation’s largest law enforcement agencies, and more than 50,000 CBP employees are authorized to carry sidearms. Staff behavior has come under increased scrutiny in recent years amid President Donald Trump’s determination to build a wall on the country’s southern border to thwart illegal aliens and drugs. Criminal misconduct by border officers recently reached a five-year high, an internal government report obtained by Quartz revealed.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-27/u-s-border-patrol-buys-33-million-bullets-for-new-glock-handgun?srnd=premium

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U.S. Border Patrol Buys 33 Million Bullets ... (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 OP
New fiscal year started October 1 underpants Oct 2019 #1
333 million rounds of ammunition left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 #2
500 rounds per person hack89 Oct 2019 #3
My math and opinion discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #4
Rookie numbers - DHS bought 1.6 billion rounds in 2013 Alea Oct 2019 #5
But CBP is part of DHS discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #6
:p Alea Oct 2019 #7
Locking krispos42 Oct 2019 #8

underpants

(182,279 posts)
1. New fiscal year started October 1
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 11:12 AM
Oct 2019

I think this is a regular purchase.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
2. 333 million rounds of ammunition
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 11:24 AM
Oct 2019

"33 million rounds of ammunition ... more than 300 million additional rounds over the next five years."

Yep. Just a regular purchase.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
3. 500 rounds per person
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 11:57 AM
Oct 2019

Seems reasonable - it will take a lot of range time to master their new guns.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
4. My math and opinion
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 12:33 PM
Oct 2019

33,000,000 rounds / 50,000 armed agents is 660 rounds.... for the next year.

My opinion: In view of the agency's SRT and BORTAC groups, 55 rounds per person per month is completely inadequate for training purposes alone.

Alea

(706 posts)
5. Rookie numbers - DHS bought 1.6 billion rounds in 2013
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 03:40 PM
Oct 2019

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
6. But CBP is part of DHS
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 03:42 PM
Oct 2019

Alea

(706 posts)
7. :p
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 03:45 PM
Oct 2019

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
8. Locking
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 06:18 PM
Oct 2019

Because this is a government purchase of ammunition it doesn't fall under the Group's SoP.

Discuss gun politics, gun control laws, the Second Amendment, the use of firearms for self-defense, and the use of firearms to commit crime and violence.


A more appropriate home for it would be National Security & Defense, or General Discussion.

Regards,
Krispos42, Group Host
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