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sheepherder · 10-01-2010, 04:28 PM

The NYPD's current authorized uniformed strength is 37,838 according to WikiPedia. Assume 50 rds to pre-qualify every year; plus another 50 rds to qualify - that's 3,783,800 rds per year, and that doesn't count practice shooting. The actual count would be much higher. For just New York City. Qualifying once a year.

That's 37,838 boxes of this ammo. With a storage space of 908,112 cu in...or 525.52 cu ft...that's a square of ammunition 8 feet long, 8 feet high, and 8 feet wide...

Winchester must have hundreds of huge warehouses storing the ammunition needed just for law enforcement...and for the military???...It's mind-boggling...

10-01-2010, 04:28 PM	#6
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	The NYPD's current authorized uniformed strength is 37,838 according to WikiPedia. Assume 50 rds to pre-qualify every year; plus another 50 rds to qualify - that's 3,783,800 rds per year, and that doesn't count practice shooting. The actual count would be much higher. For just New York City. Qualifying once a year. That's 37,838 boxes of this ammo. With a storage space of 908,112 cu in...or 525.52 cu ft...that's a square of ammunition 8 feet long, 8 feet high, and 8 feet wide... Winchester must have hundreds of huge warehouses storing the ammunition needed just for law enforcement...and for the military???...It's mind-boggling... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter... Last edited by sheepherder; 10-01-2010 at 04:39 PM. Reason: go ahead...correct my math... :D