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Originally Posted by TexasRaider
Doug M,
Pretty sure the ISP did carry it, if my foggy old memory serves, they were the first large agency to begin carrying 9mm autos. In fact, I think they contracted with Federal to develop a 9mm that was supposed to be the semi-auto cartridge clone of the 125 gr 357 Mag. I think that's why it got dubbed the "Illinois Load" in the first place, but I could be wrong.
Maybe a retired ISP Troop on the board can chime in with more insight....
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We do a have a retired Captain who served through at least part of that period on the forum. It is in fact possible that they carried one or more Federal load, as they experimented a lot with different loads, some of which were mediocre, the rest of which were worse.
I bought the 115 grain to which I referred off the contract when I was a small town officer in Illinois, so along with other info from those days I am confident that it was that load that was known as the "ISP load". I got it at a price that would make you cry now - and the cost was so little different from ball that it was worth using as training ammo.