CHP officers return potentially defective bullets - .40 Golden Saber

[Gunreference1]

REGION: CHP officers return potentially defective bullets

By MORGAN COOK - mcook@nctimes.com North County Times - The Californian | Posted: Monday, January 24, 2011 8:17 pm

California Highway Patrol officers across the state ---- including those in North County ---- were ordered last week to return potentially defective rounds of ammunition, officials said Monday.

CHP headquarters issued the directive on Friday as a safety precaution after receiving a handful of reports that a batch of shells failed to fire, CHP spokeswoman Jaime Coffee said.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_7c5285e8-463f-5405-9aee-3874c87c672b.html

Steve

Poster's Note: I have visited the Remington website, and specifically the Safety Center (http://www.remington.com/pages/news-and-resources/safety-center.aspx) page. There is no mention of Golden Saber ammunition being recalled.

[old Grump]

Lot numbers of the Gold Dot ammo that was recalled.
J26Gxx to J30Gxx (September 2001)
K01Gxx to K31Gxx (October 2001)
L01Gxx to L30Gxx (November 2001)
M01Gxx to M31Gxx (December 2001)
A01Hxx to A31Hxx (January 2002)
B01Hxx to B28Hxx (February 2002)
C01Hxx to C01Hxx (March 2002)


The Gold Dot parts numbers recalled:
53612 9mm 115 gr. +P+
53614 9mm 115 gr.
53617 9mm 124 gr. +P
53618 9mm 124 gr.
53619 9mm 147 gr.
53730 9mm 124 gr. (US Govt Spec and Sales)
53947 .40 165 gr. (Mostly sold to BATF)
53961 .40 155 gr.
53962 .40 180 gr.
53970 .40 165 gr. (US Govt Spec and Sales).

Somebody done did dredge up an old story. There used to be a problem and a few guns got damaged because of defective rounds but I haven't heard of anything like it since 2007. I could be wrong, often am.

[abpt1]

REGION: CHP officers return potentially defective bullets

By MORGAN COOK - mcook@nctimes.com North County Times - The Californian | Posted: Monday, January 24, 2011 8:17 pm

California Highway Patrol officers across the state ---- including those in North County ---- were ordered last week to return potentially defective rounds of ammunition, officials said Monday.

CHP headquarters issued the directive on Friday as a safety precaution after receiving a handful of reports that a batch of shells failed to fire, CHP spokeswoman Jaime Coffee said.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_7c5285e8-463f-5405-9aee-3874c87c672b.html

Steve

Poster's Note: I have visited the Remington website, and specifically the Safety Center (http://www.remington.com/pages/news-and-resources/safety-center.aspx) page. There is no mention of Golden Saber ammunition being recalled.

Old grump go git your reading glasses ....

[old Grump]

Neber you mind, I just got out the Windex.