Police Department issue ammo

thefrontsight · May 15, 2016

I'm curious who knows what the local police departments are issuing for patrol rifle and pistol. Does anyone know?

Bon Sauvage · May 17, 2016

Duty or training?

Joe13 · May 17, 2016

Duty would be my guess

Nick Burkhardt · May 17, 2016

Gold Dots here. And Hornady TAP for 223.

oldcorpgunny · May 17, 2016

Back in my day, they issued soft lead balls in .44 caliber. These were propelled out of the revolver with several grains of black powder.

thefrontsight · May 17, 2016

Duty primarily and my curiosity is in rifle ammunition a local Department that I know of is carrying 62 grain Speer.

Joe13 · May 17, 2016

Wouldn't the best ammo depend on the barrel length and twist rate? I'm guessing it's not standard all over the state after adding in city's and county on top of state troopers.

Ura-Ki · May 17, 2016

Most of the north counties in OryGun used Gold Dot or Lawman( Me thinks) but I don't remember what rifle loads they all used! I was told it was easy for the departments to standardize on a single load so that when tax payer money came in, the ammo orders went in at the same time! Here where I live now, the Sheriffs dept. all use Corbon or Remington Golden Saber in duty pistols and TAP in rifles. Most Deputies carry there own side arms of choice (all 1911 in .45) so ammo is still easy to stock up on every quarter!

Kid@Heart · May 19, 2016

Whatever the department could get the cheapest.

CHLChris · May 20, 2016

The officers at the desk of the Clackamas sheriff's range push Gold Dots pretty hard (in a good way), so I am betting that the Clackamas Sheriffs Dept use Speer Gold Dots.

CHLChris · May 20, 2016

Kid@Heart said:
Whatever the department could get the cheapest.

Are you saying you believe government agencies spend taxpayer money responsibly? I doubt that cost is even on the list of any agency's requirements.

Thus Corbon, a load I would never carry. I can't afford them!

Kid@Heart · May 20, 2016

CHLChris said:
Are you saying you believe government agencies spend taxpayer money responsibly? I doubt that cost is even on the list of any agency's requirements.

Thus Corbon, a load I would never carry. I can't afford them!

No,
That would assume prudence by a government agency.
What I was implying, (based on observations of marksmanship displayed by the officers during Qualifying), was the department recognizes that quantity is far more important than quality.