[Luggernut]

When I picked up a new gun the other day the dealer gave me a box of free ammo- not only was it not .40 S&W (the gun was .40 S&W) but it had a label on it that said "reclassified". This was .357 Sig, Speer Lawman ammo. The case headstamps all say Speer .357 sig and appear normal. Anyone know what that means?

[highlander 5]

Perhaps it was "LEO ONLY" and "declassified" and sold to the public?

[P0832177]

Several yrs ago there was a bunch of 40SW in generic brown cardboard boxes that was rejected for LE Use due to something or other, and it was being sold locally at Gander Mtn. It was Speer ammo. I bet the production run did not meet some spec or perhaps it was prone to high degree of miss fires? For plinking ammo who cares if it is at a decent price.

[wheezengeezer]

.357 sig is a necked down 40 but it wont headspace properly and the bullet will rattle down the bore if it would shoot,let alone being a safety hazard.the only way that is correct ammo is if the cases were origionally marked sig,but not necked down and then loaded as 40,which may be the case,but if you dont know ,ask someone who does.

[ilbob]

The story I heard is that it was an overrun of "LE Only" ammo that was packaged in different boxes.

Best I can tell, the LE Only stuff is just regular defensive ammo packaged in a box that says LE Only on it as a marketing measure.

[g56]

I haven't seen a label saying "reclassified", but there have been runs of law enforcement ammo labeled as "Not for law enforcment use" or "For practice only", these have been certain lots of ammo that don't perform to the level required for defense use.

One that I recall specifically were some lot numbers of ammo reclassified because the number of misfires in that lot was too high to be considered for defense use, it was deemed as usable for practice, but not up to the quality standards required for police use or self defense. This ammo was sold at a lower price than it would have normally sold for.

[wheezengeezer]

sounds like the store gave him the wrong ammo.

[gezzer]

Law enforcement ammo is marked as so because no Federal Excise Tax has been paid on it, that is the difference PERIOD.