For about $700 each, the California Highway Patrol will acquire nearly ten thousand new American-made Smith and Wesson semi-automatic weapons to replace aging armament; some of these aging weapons having delivered over one hundred thousand rounds.
CHP will buy 9,700 new guns – sacbee.com
The California Highway Patrol is buying 9,700 semi-automatic pistols from gun maker Smith & Wesson Corp. in a deal the CHP says is worth $6.6 million. Delivery of the .40-caliber firearms will start in June and be completed over the next 18 months, Smith & Wesson Vice President Liz Sharp said. The new firearms will replace older Smith & Wesson pistols that CHP officers have carried as their primary service weapon since the 1990s, Sharp said.
Leland Nichols, Smith & Wesson’s chief operating officer, said the Springfield, Mass.-based company was “honored†that California’s premier law enforcement agency had decided to stick with his company’s guns.
“They are happy with the brand and happy with the reliability and durability,†Nichols said. “They have some units that have fired over 100,000 rounds.â€
We’re happy to see that the CHP is buying American and buying much needed replacements for our first responder patrolmen and women.