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Originally Posted by Nevada Ed
Since when, did the US Government, worry about the cost of things ?? !!
Do you have that in writing?
Remember back, when they bought toilet seats................. ??
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I know for a fact the main reason the FBI switched from .40 to 9mm was ammo cost, because I was there. The ammo budget had basically stayed the same for years and training was being reduced. Figure 1,000 rounds per agent per year just for quals is about 14 million rounds, plus about 10K rounds for every baby agent in the Academy, plus SWAT plus HRT. Its a fair amount of ammo, and even a small savings per case adds up to a bunch more ammo to train with.
The other reasons (improved 9mm loads, easier on guns, easier to shoot) helped, but in the end it was ammo costs.