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Secret Service Wants New Rifles
- Thread starter saddlerocker
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AI has a "competition" trigger that is single stage. I assume that it fits on their other rifles besides the AT-X?
If I had to buy sniper rifles and was restricted to only production rifles, to me the only choice is AI.
If I had to buy sniper rifles and was restricted to only production rifles, to me the only choice is AI.
I tried one when they still made LH versions and did not like it at all. Great concept but the execution lacked in many respects.
As I said on another forum, a missing key requirement means 50% of their agents will be issued a bolt they can’t lift
Also, my gut tells me the Secret Service always wanted a full AI rifle but some obscure “Buy American” rule prevented that.
Methinks said rule is no longer an obstacle.
-Stan
Methinks said rule is no longer an obstacle.
-Stan
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Pretty sure that is not a thing.
They are already running heavy. Stinger missiles, ATM and mini-guns within reach. Pretty sure a magnum bolt action rifle is kosher.
They have a great deal of latitude without the usual constraints.
Similar to the grounds of an embassy being considered sovereign turf, I'm guessing they deploy they way the want or the POTUS doesn't go there.
Why I believe they will be procured through MHSA.
Dave Walls was in there a few weeks ago when I stopped by. Usually it's Alice that visits.
Well hell get them some new shit too. I mean we gave the taliban a bunch of new shit why not the alphabeti.
Good thought. Solicitation doc stipulates compliance with various laws (page 13 of the USSS solicitation doc), but compliance with the Buy American Act isn't required (page 17, item 48). I'm not going to parse through the statute(s), but I believe this is what was excepted:
In any case, Sec 25.104(b) makes that all bullshit, agencies can probably often draft the requirements so stringently they achieve "nonavailability" from US producers. I understand the left hand thing, but that's the only thing keeping the MSR & MRAD out of this
I bet the requirements were mostly copy & pasted from another agency's solicitation.
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Either that or their preferred supplier helped them draft the specs.
That is done fairly frequently.
Another option is qualifying as a sole source vendor based on certain proprietary features listed on the RFP. It looks like they went right up to that line but did not cross it.
As you already know, it is possible to write the specs so tight that you exclude any other competition. Over certain dollar amounts they have to go through the process regardless for the sake of appearances and fair competition.
When the free market wants to give you a Remington 700... become a bureaucrat
When they can actually fulfill the most basic of thier purpose and secure an area that a school child would see as a problem then maybe talk about weapon system upgrades.
Secret Service wants new rifles? Why, so they can NOT use them in an actual situation that requires them to use them? 
Well, in fairness, they did use a sniper rifle, and "it did work". Just a minute or two late. A new one ain't gona fix that.
Definitely sounds like the 4th qtr, spend, spend, spend mantra…. We’re broke, we don’t have any money, and 4th qtr comes around, oh look what we found in the seat cushions. Ok we don’t need anything, well if we don’t spend it, we won’t get it next year, so you HAVE to spend it!!! Yeah, but if I didn’t need it this year, why do I need more next year??? Classic fraud waste and abuse that our government doesn’t do. SMH
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