63,256
x 1000
63,256,000
Where does the 650-750M number come from?
I haven’t looked at the RFP closely but does that number only apply to the base year with options for additional years?
Hyperbole?
all things considered ( like border patrol can’t fire on people without being prosecuted ( many such instances) the real question is why are they ordering ANY????
I can't answer for somebody else.
Write the guy who wrote the article/produced the video and ask him.
I found it more interesting that there was such a wide variety being sought.
Still, 65 - 75 million rounds is a hell of a lot of ammo when combined with the original 450 million rounds, NOAA and recent SSA request for 174,000 Rounds of .357 Ammo.
Some questions that come to mind are:
Why the urgent need (notice the short delivery times)?
Why are such large quantities needed?
Why .357 caliber?
Is this related to the shut down of Ruger sales to the general public?
Does Ruger have a secret contract to produce huge numbers of arms for the government; some in .357 caliber?
Who will be taking delivery?
Will the SSA distribute arms and ammo out to certain groups like it does with commodity cheese?
Something is going down here and the government doesn't want the public to know for some reason.
Good point.
IMO, government is only stocking in advance for security/police. Some offices had difficulties finding enough ammunition for training during the last craze, and the later they wait, the higher the prices and pressures on their budgets.
There’s also the current, popular trend in politics of more frequently published hysterics. A few people in every demographic group and line of work are affected, of course, and others in the various groups are using attempted instigations of panic and hysteria (conspiracy yarns, exaggerations of possible natural disasters and so on) to compete for more of the cheese (debt/revenues).
I doubt that most of us, by and large, are getting very excited about the new fad in creative writing and broadcasting. True conservatives (old fashioned people like myself) are probably too cynical (and frugal and busy with personal work) by now toward special interests to be swept up by their efforts. I must admit, though, that I find the fabricated scenarios, stories and commentaries fascinating and often funny.