LE Agencies that are currently using the 357sig.

[spcwes]

I posted this on another thread that had some uneducated folks claiming that it was a dead cartridge and was going no where for the most part. Not sure as to how accurate all these are but several I know of are on here. Feel free to add any that you want as well as maybe numbers of officers to go along with some we currently have. Thanks for looking.

* Alameda County, not sure where this place is.
* Delaware State Police (First to adopt the 357 SIG)
* Dallas, Texas Police
* Federal Air Marshals
* Federal Protective Services (FPS) Special Agents for General Services Administration (GSA) - P229
* Keizer Police Department, Oregon
* La Porte County Indiana Sheriff's Department
* Laurence County Sheriff's Office, Tennessee
* Las Vegas Metro Police (allowed use of)
* Liberty Twp Police Dept, Ohio
* Maine Aroostook County Sheriff's Office
* Maine Game Wardens (P226)
* Maricopa County [Phoenix] Arizona Sheriff's Office/MCSO
* Montcalm County (Michigan) Sheriff's Office
* New Jersey Division of Fish & Game
* New Mexico State Police
* Niles Police Dept, Ohio
* Northwood Police Dept, ND
* NC Highway Patrol
* NC Wake County Sheriff's Department
* NC Wildlife Enforcement Officers
* Nueces County Sheriff Department, Texas (Sigpro)
* Oakland County Sheriff's Dept, Michigan
* Orange Police Dept, CT (sig pro, SP2340 .357)
* Orlando PD (plainclothes officers)
* Oxford, Mississippi
* Richmond, Virginia
* Rocky Mount Police Dept, Rocky Mount, NC
* Springfield, IL
* Tennessee Highway Patrol
* Union County Sheriff's Office, Marysville, Ohio (Glock 31)
* Texas, DPS
* United States (GSA) - Office of Inspector General (OIG) Special Agents - P229
* United States Secret Service
* United States Marshals
* Virginia State Police

These links are to a few sites that have done some testing some of the rounds. Some of it seems a little biased toward the sig but it also has a lot of numbers that can be verified to be fact easy enough.

www.firearmstactical.com/ammo_data/357sig.htm
www.handguninfo.com/Archive/www.Pet...357.compare.htm
www.handguninfo.com/Archive/www.Pet...357.compare.htm
www.gunweek.com/2002/feature0210.html

[DeadMansLife]

PA Game Commission. G31

[4eyes]

Alameda County is Oakland, Calif. Large dept. with lots of 357 Sigs.

[spcwes]

What is the numbers? IF anyone has numbers, ammo brand or anything I think this would be a cool thread. It might also help out if any of our civilians need a good choice on 357sig ammo to use for civil matters as well as a list of agencies using the round.

[DeadMansLife]

Last I heard, the PGC was using Speer 125gr GoldDots.

[spcwes]

I think most are. In one of the posted links above a person list that the USSS is using a Winchester Ranger load for their weapons and that is wrong. My Brother is a USSS Agent and they issue sig 229's with 125gr Gold Dots running a little less than 1400fps.

I am trying to wade through all the crap and get a few boxes of the Double Tap 125gr load into the right hands. DT ammo is far superior to any offered on the market. My bro told me that they have a very large muzzle flash on their current loads and the DT offers better performance.

[DeadMansLife]

Originally posted by spcwes
I am trying to wade through all the crap and get a few boxes of the Double Tap 125gr load into the right hands. DT ammo is far superior to any offered on the market. My bro told me that they have a very large muzzle flash on their current loads and the DT offers better performance.

Good luck with that one, but don't expect too much. I doubt DT would even be considered for a USSS contract due to their production capacity. DT is also new and little known. Besides, anything DT could do, Speer could due cheaper.

[9mm Luger]

Originally posted by spcwes
I posted this on another thread that had some uneducated folks claiming that it was a dead cartridge and was going no where for the most part. Not sure as to how accurate all these are but several I know of are on here. Feel free to add any that you want as well as maybe numbers of officers to go along with some we currently have. Thanks for looking.


* La Porte County Indiana Sheriff's Department

I was wondering where you gathered this information?
I live in LaPorte County and as far as I know they are carring Sig 9mm. I could be wrong tho.

[spcwes]

Found the list on ar15.com and thought maybe we could sort through it here. I know we have some 357sig fans on this site as well as a large group of LEO's so time will tell. I have thought about calling and talking with a few myself.

I think one of the departments I am about to go to might possible issue soon and info from some of the other departments of fellow officers on this site could help sway the masses and help decide on the 357sig round. We will see.

[Kelbane]

Dallas issues 9mm, but gives its officers an option to purchase .357 sig if they wish. I wrote the duty .357 ammo we use on my whip out... but i left it in my box at the station :(

[SIGShooter]

How about instead of Law Enforcement Agencies we get actual numbers on the individual shooters?


I'm not LE and don't really care what Departments use them. I would like to know how many individual shooters use it though. I don't think that making an argument that "this LE agency uses it" is really proving any point. As far as people speculating that it is dead...what ever. I can find ammunition a lot easier now that I have become computer literate. Of course this is just my .02

[Tang419]

I spent a lot of time, talking to a nice VA State Trooper at the gun shows in Richmond. We talked about all the guns they have used. He said he liked his S&W 10mm, but they were prone to problems. Said he is more accurate with the SIG 226 (I believe it is a 226) in .357 SIG, than he was with any of the rest.

[CATATOMIC]

With my department you have to supply your own duty weapon. Over half of us carry the G31. I started 357 Sig trend with my department. Everyone started seeing how I could shoot at targets 100 yards away and make hits, that sold 'em. I also own a Sig P226R in 357.