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To: TideGlider who wrote (484746)	4/27/2012 9:00:15 AM
From: alanrs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793561

I remember that and was reassured by the target practice angle. However, that article felt that this particular type of bullet wasn't used for target practice. I don't know the reliability of that opinion or what was actually ordered. ARS

To: TideGlider who wrote (484746)	4/27/2012 10:32:58 AM
From: unclewest	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793561

With required qualifications at least twice a year and each firing several hundred rounds followed by night fire Several hundred rounds are needed only once for initial weapon familiarization and qualification. After that only 4-5 magazines at most are needed, especially if qualification is 2x or more annually. If 45,000 men fire 50 rounds for each qual, 2x annually it totals 4,500,000 rounds. The order placed is for 450,000,000. I doubt we fire 5 million rounds annually in Afghanistan.