Uk police armed response

[zzr1100]

just a question ... does anyone know if the police use FMJ ammo or expanding ? Or do they have the choice based on the situation ?
I would imagine its the latter ...
incedentally i have been told that merseyside police hace at least one .458 magnum in the armoury ... 10 points for the first person to guess why !!

[ovenpaa]

incedentally i have been told that merseyside police hace at least one .458 magnum in the armoury ... 10 points for the first person to guess why !!

Stopping dogs?

[zzr1100]

nope !! ... you could do that with an mp5 !

[Robin128]

For stopping dangerous game at the zoo?

[zzr1100]

and the prize goes to robin ! .. incaase anything goes badly wrong at knowsley safari park !
Nice to know someone is thinking ahead eh ?

[Robin128]

[TattooedGun]

I was gonna say for shooting rhinos escaped from zoo's or safari parks, but my boss came in and distracted me! Doh!

I believe the police use expanding ammo, one of my friends seems a bit put out by the fact the police force use expanding ammo whereas its disallowed from conflict in most cases....

like it makes that much difference when ur getting hit by it!

[rox]

incedentally i have been told that merseyside police hace at least one .458 magnum in the armoury ... 10 points for the first person to guess why !!

Similar question for 5 points:

South Wales Police .50 cal capability.

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[TattooedGun]

incedentally i have been told that merseyside police hace at least one .458 magnum in the armoury ... 10 points for the first person to guess why !!

Similar question for 5 points:

South Wales Police .50 cal capability.

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at a guess I'd say for stopping vehicles, but I havent a clue what kind of vehicles, or why they could possibly need one :/

[ovenpaa]

nope !! ... you could do that with an mp5 !

Rumour has it Bedfordshire had loads of problems stopping dogs. They would head out to a drugs bust and the dealer would slip a huge dog out to terrorise the drugs squad whilst the evidence was being disposed of. So they took to shooting them. Anyway apparently they had to shoot one dog a few times and it was still going crazy so these days they use 12g slug.

Not sure how true this is, it came from firearms chap who was dating a friend.