I was unaware that either the DHS or the border patrol had any activities at all ongoing along the U.S. borders. Reports of various governments buying outsized ammo orders go back several years, and no real reason has ever been given for unusual quantities.Since You'll Probably See This Elsewhere: Winchester Ammunition, which has manufacturing facilities in Oxford [MS], has won a five-year contract to produce ammunition for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Olin Corp. and its Winchester division have been awarded a contract worth up to $50 million to produce ammunition at its Winchester Centerfire Operations in Oxford for two DHS agencies. “The Department of Homeland Security’s wide-ranging border security and law enforcement missions require a significant amount of firepower, particularly for training. I’m pleased that Mississippi will be able to fill that need,” said Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate subcommittee with jurisdiction over the Homeland Security Department. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract [sic] calls for the procurement of 40 caliber Smith & Wesson training ammunition, with a maximum dollar value of $50 million. The ammunition is intended for use by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) for field-level training. (As I understand these contracts, they are for “up to” quantities.)
Optimistically, all that ammo will be hitting the surplus market in 2017.
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