1,000 per year / 250ish a quarter is spot on for CBP/USBP/ICE. While no much by P--f.com standards, there are local agencies shooting far less. CBP/USBP/ICE and Legacy INS have been the largest buyers of .40 caliber in the U.S. for years.
Re: FLETC: An average FLETC basic student will fire betwen 1500 and 2500 rounds of pistol ammuntion depending on their program.
This was my take else where...
That is standard government contracting talk. They aren't buying that
many rounds, they have the option to buy that many rounds at that
given price up to the specified number. The maximum number is going
to be way higher than they every think they'll need to make sure they
don't lose the price.
Government contracting rules make it very difficult to do much of
anything. If you're going to get ammo approved, you don't want to
have to do it multiple times. If you want to start an interesting
rumor, tell 'em that the NPS ordered 15,000 rounds of .22 ammo for
just one park, which I just did. We must be bent on mass political
assassinations with silenced 22's because how could we possibly need
that much ammo - right? I don't need that many for this year's
training block but I don't want to fight the bureaucratic crap every
year to buy the particular load I want. When I order ammo, I try to
order into the future with the additional consideration that the
funding may not be there next year.
It is also common practice to allow other Federal agencies to buy off
of your contract. For instance, I can buy Federal Bonded Tactical
ammo off of the FBI contract even though I'm not an FBI agent. Once
the price is secured, it's good for everyone. Also, consider that DHS
runs FLETC. FLETC fires something like 20 million rounds a year as
part of its training programs. That isn't for the agencies, that's
just for training at FLETC. The various agencies included in DHS
aren't included in those numbers. When you have hundreds of LEO's
qualifying on a quartely basis, the numbers can add up.
Sorry, I've worked for the Feds for too long to believe that anybody
can orchestrate anything behind anybody's back. They can't even
orchestrate anything in the open...
If I had a stash of .40 S&W like that, I might just buy a Gen 4 G22.