[Travis McGee]

West said a customer of his recently stocked up on .223-caliber rounds, a caliber often used in assault-style weapons. The customer bought 1,000 rounds a few months ago through a mail order company. Shortly after the purchase, he received a visit from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, whose interest was apparently piqued by a large-scale purchase of that caliber.

Oh jeez. You can shoot 1,000 rounds in a day easily. It's 33 loaded magazines full shot downrange, and the ammo would fill about 2 shoeboxes.

If they are sending federal agents out to explore 1,000 round purchases, they have WAY to many marginally-employed feds on the payroll.

If they are so hard up for domestic "right wing extremists" to fulfill Janet's fantasies, some of them might even figure out a way to boost their domestic right wing extremist "business."

[AAABEST]

If they are sending federal agents out to explore 1,000 round purchases, they have WAY to many marginally-employed feds on the payroll.

As many here are pointing out, the statement in the article sounds like one of those tall tales that some gun store clerks can be prone to telling.

They can't be getting this stupid. Heck, there are thousand round packs on sale a sportsman retail outlets. Some defense/security training courses (like Blackwater et al) require that you show up with 2,500 rounds just to take the dang course.

[DuncanWaring]

The CMP recently instituted a limit of 25 “cans” per year, where a “can” contains either 240 rounds boxed or 192 rounds in clips.

If you go with the “boxed” variety, that’s 6000 rounds potentially in one order.

And that’s .30-06, not .223.