FBI Awards Federal Premium Contract for Training Ammunition

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posted on April 27, 2018
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has awarded Vista Outdoor a contract to supply FBI and other federal government agencies with a high-performance Federal Premium 9 mm handgun training round specifically designed to support their mission. 

The IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity) contract, which has four option years, is for up to $19 million in 9 mm handgun training rounds. This ammunition is built distinctively to FBI’s specifications using Federal Premium’s precision manufacturing and testing methods, innovative technology, and industry-leading components.

“We are extremely proud of this important contract, which continues Federal Premium’s long-running tradition of supplying law enforcement, military personnel and civilians worldwide with the most reliable ammunition possible,” said Federal Premium President Jason Vanderbrink. “This high-value, optimized training round utilizes a new match-grade bullet designed specifically for the FBI to maximize accuracy, along with Federal Premium’s Catalyst lead-free primer formulation to provide reliable, consistent ignition.”

The extremely clean-burning Catalyst primer creates more uniform and complete propellant combustion, yielding minimal velocity variation and consistent bullet launch for improved accuracy. It is also non-hydrophilic, so it does not attract water molecules like DDNP-based mixes found in most lead-free primers, resulting in better reliability. The Federal Premium proprietary Catalyst primer provides the cleanest, most consistent ignition possible.

For more information on Federal Premium, go to federalpremium.com.

 

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