Hi all,
I picked up the last box of this stuff that exists in my county so far as I can tell.
So far as I can tell this weight has been discontinued. It is not listed under Federal's website any longer, comes in a different box than Mr. Camp's 105gr (more of a "classic style" box), etc. I've contacted Federal but called too late Friday. I'll call back Monday if they don't call me first.
I found this story about the .40 that the Detroit Police use (only confirmed shootings I could find where EFMJ was used):
[quote:wgfgisxw]Bullets Used By Detroit Police Under Investigation
Expanding Bullets May Not Be Effective, Some Cops Say
POSTED: 5:00 pm EST February 23, 2005
It's a troubling question raised by several recent police shootings.
In one, a bullet fired from an officer's weapon bounced off a suspect's head. Another failed to penetrate a robber's winter coat.
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Now the ammunition carried by Detroit police is under attack.
In a front-page story in Wednesday's Detroit Free Press, it was reported the Detroit Police Department has launched an investigation into the use of the .40-caliber bullets the police department uses. The bullets are known as expanding full-metal jackets.
Chief Ella Bully-Cummings said the investigation was launched after a concern was raised by some of the officers using the bullets.
"It was a couple of weeks ago. Some issues were raised and some concerns expressed over the ammo we have. Anytime it deals with the officer's safety I have to be concerned as the police chief, so I asked that we take a look at the ammo that we have," Bully-Cummings told Local 4 during an interview Wednesday.
Bully-Cummings said the switch to the expanding bullets happened several years ago when the police officers union raised an issue with the ammunition being used at the time.
"It had a tendency to over penetrate meaning it was a 'through and through.' Bully-Cummings said the through-and-through bullets allowed a perpetrator to continue advancing towards an officer. Additionally, it presented a hazard to innocent bystanders.
"If it's a through-and-through, that could injure a bystander," she said.
As a result of that arbitration award, the expanding full-metal jacket bullets were instituted with "the whole intent to stop the advancement of the perpetrator," she said.
Two recent incidents
They have had 'problems' with guns and ammo in the past, and most of it was 'media biased', not faulty ammunition/firearms.
