Now that's a fat contract...

[shooter521]

Winchester Ammunition
8/21/2009
Winchester® Ammunition was recently awarded a contract by the Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security to supply a maximum of 200 million, 40 cal. rounds over the next five years.

“Winchester has a proud tradition of providing high quality ammunition to our nation’s law enforcement agencies,” said Dick Hammett, president, Winchester Ammunition. “No matter if they’re protecting our block, our city or our borders, each special agent is an invaluable resource and we are committed to giving them the best products available.”

The load selected for this contract is a 135-grain, hollow point designed for the office of Field Operations of Customs and Border Protection. It will fall under the Winchester® Ranger® line of products.

For more information about Winchester Ammunition and its complete line of products visit Winchester.

 

[Disposable Heart]

135gr Ranger? Interesting!

 

[VUPDblue]

40M rounds per year ONLY for ICE? That seems like a lot to me... They'd have to expend 110,000 rounds every DAY to use it all in that time frame.

 

[tenring]

Even Bigger and Fatter

AWARD | 13 | This acquisition is for Small Cal Ammunition such as Cal .22, Cal .30, Cal .45, Cal .50, Ctg. 5.56mm, and Ctg. 7.62mm and related services. No funds are obligated by this action; funds will be placed on Delivery Orders. | 26-Mar-09 - FBO

 

[Disposable Heart]

The latter one is for the military, not neccesarily the ICE. ATK always will get the big military one. Any time Rock Island issues a PO, almost a guarantee its going to ATK.

As for the ICE: Maybe it is purchased under the ICE, but distributed to the parent organization "Homeland Security"? Also, I wonder what they are using now, in regards to round type and weight? If so, surplus hitting the streets? (yeah, right, dream on! ).

 

[doublebarrel]

Does that mean Winchester will devote most of their capacity to the government, and we lowly civilians will have a hard time seeing WWB value packs in Wally World from now on?...

 

[El Cazador]

That's flat crazy. Like VUPDblue said, that's 110,000 rounds A DAY. Even if it's for all of DHS, they actually think personnel will burn that amount a day practicing on the range?

200 million rounds. The conspiracy folks will have a rupture on that. Heck, I'm kinda wondering just what they think is coming that would require that amount.

The LEAST they could have done was mix in some .45's. I've swapped or sold all my .40 guns. If I have to liberate some ammo off a vest, .40's won't do me any good.

 

[hotfarmboy1]

That's flat crazy. Like VUPDblue said, that's 110,000 rounds A DAY. Even if it's for all of DHS, they actually think personnel will burn that amount a day practicing on the range?

200 million rounds. The conspiracy folks will have a rupture on that. Heck, I'm kinda wondering just what they think is coming that would require that amount.

The LEAST they could have done was mix in some .45's. I've swapped or sold all my .40 guns. If I have to liberate some ammo off a vest, .40's won't do me any good.

That's when you grab the 40 they were carrying and go.

But as said above, that's alot of ammo for only 5 years. Although they could be stocking up for longer t han that so they don't have to buy any for a while.

 

[tenring]

Having searched the FBO pages every day for a good while now, you would be shocked at how many Federal agencies are equipping there employees with handguns and M4 carbines, sniper rifles, and Winchester isn't the only company that's getting orders. Federal is selling 9mm and especially 40's to Uncle Sugar by the millions. FGGM in .308 is in big demand by a bunch of agencies. With all the copper and lead [new and recycled] being sold to China and India combined with our dwindling natural resources, new brass for commercial sale could be on the negative side for a while. With so many people buying the steel cased ammo to try and save a buck, it might come back to bite us in the back side one of these day. We live in very interesting times for now.

 

[Glockster]

Maybe they plan to store it in their new $3.4 billion dollar headquarters, the largest construction project in DC since they built the Pentagon 68 years ago! This will house 15,000 federal employees who are paid with our tax dollars to spy on us. Incredible!

 

[Wesley Willis]

It says MAXIMUM of 200 million rounds. Which means the contract will allow them to purchase up to 200 million. I would guess the actual figure would be a lot lower...