Federal Ammunition Awarded U.S. Navy Contract for Mk316

The U.S. Navy has chosen Federal Ammunition as a contract awardee for 7.62x51mm rifle ammunition.

“Federal continues to place itself as a trusted provider for the U.S. Navy and Particular Operations,” mentioned Peter Gillette, Federal’s Director of Worldwide LE & Navy Gross sales. “We’re excited for this contract win. It validates the standard of our merchandise, thoroughness of our testing procedures, and dedication to exhausting work from our American manufacturing facility staff.”

The cartridge chosen through the two-year contract time period is the Mk316 Mod 0, 7.62x51mm, 175-grain precision match rifle load. The ordering interval is for a complete of two years. The ammunition shall be produced by Federal on the Anoka, Minnesota facility.

“Generally, our match ammunition has a legendary repute for excessive accuracy, shot after shot, lot to lot. It’s trusted time-and-time-again by police and navy marksmen,” continued Gillette. “MK316 Mod 0 suits in completely with Federal’s historical past of manufacturing extraordinarily correct ammunition held to tight tolerances required by strict U.S. Navy specs.”

Federal ammunition could be discovered nationwide and on-line. For extra info on all merchandise from Federal, go to www.federalpremium.com.

About Federal

Know-how is the lifeblood of Federal Ammunition, and it’s been pumping via our veins since 1922. That’s when our founding president, Charles L. Horn, began a tradition of innovation that has guided the whole lot we’ve carried out for practically a century, turning an organization that started humbly in Anoka, Minnesota, into one of many world’s largest producers of sporting ammunition.

It’s led to the event of 1000’s of specialised, high-quality shotshell, centerfire and rimfire masses for hunters and shooters. It’s instilled manufacturing and high quality management processes which have made our ammunition essentially the most trusted within the trade. Day-after-day we manufacture merchandise to boost our clients’ capturing experiences and supply a perfect alternative for any pursuit. It’s what makes us essentially the most full ammunition firm within the enterprise.