FBI SWAT purchased roughly 800 Smith & Wesson Model 459s on a trial run circa 1984 ... the same as the Agency’s Hostage Response Team (HRT), though both are elite units. In the 1980s, HRT ...

The FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is one of the most highly trained tactical units in U.S. law enforcement. Formed in 1982, it serves as the FBI’s full-time counterterrorism and hostage recovery ...

Image courtesy of retired FBI Special Agent Edmundo Mireles As a result of this ammo failure, the bureau switched to the 10mm cartridge and yet another S&W auto, the Model 1076, as general issue.