As by all accountable records and historical accounts, the last year that any federal agency, civilian or military, had any revolvers on inventory, was 1991. 1992, all agencies transitioned to the Beretta M9, and retired all .38 Special caliber firearms.
WHAT THE HECK IS THE REASON THAT DHS HAS BEEN BUYING A WHOLE LOT OF AMMUNITION, FOR A FIREARM THAT HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACTIVE GOVERNMENT INVENTORY, SINCE 1992????????????????
WHICH BRINGS A SECOND QUESTION ... SINCE IT IS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS STOPPED ALL SALES OF FIRED AMMUNITION CASES, WHY ARE ALL THE COMMERCIAL REMANUFACTURING HOUSES STATING THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING MAJOR LOT ORDERS??? FROM WHOM??!?!?
Not all agencies transferred to the Beretta. Feds are carrying Sigs and HKs, and Glocks.
If the rounds are supposedly being spent, not merely hoarded, and are therefore not recoverable, could the objective be an “ammo laundering” scheme, where the ammo is purged out of our system and mysteriously shows up in older weapons that CAN use it, such as might be found in the overseas killing fields of the Arab Spring?
Many agencies throughout government still issue and carry the S&W 640 as a backup firearm. They would qualify with it at least twice a year if not more.
That is a revolver and each agent probably shoots 100-150 rounds a year on the range. The Bureau of Prisons still issue .38 revolvers to some guards for transport or prison security duties. They train at FLETC with ammo obtained by HSI.
Sorry, but your information is factually wrong. All agencies did not transition to the M9 Beretta although most agencies did transition to modern semi-automatic handguns of various makes and models. Almost all of them still continued to issue and carry backup pistols and the majority of those (until the subcompacts hit the market) remained the snub-nosed .38 revolver.
Even with the popularity of subcompact semi-auto pistols there are still tens of thousands of snubnose .38’s out there. If you assume a low end of 100 rounds a year per active agent and several hundred rounds for new hires in training it can add up. Everyone that is issued one has to qualify with it twice a year at a minimum.