SDI Training Kits

SDI Training Kit: Reducing Training Costs

Police agencies are under pressure to control costs and adhere to strict budgets. This makes training with operational rounds expensive for many users of less-lethal ammunition. Training is a very important part of operational readiness. In order to meet this market need, SDI has developed a new training product line for its end-users.

SDI’s Reloadable Training Kits allow for realistic training by closely simulating the flight trajectory of SDI’s BIP and payload munitions. The rounds come with preloaded M212 casings and an aluminum desktop fixture in order to safely reuse the round projectile.

SDI Training Kit Description

The training rounds come in 2 kit sizes. The first kit is a 50 round or 50 projectile kit. Inside the kit, there are 10 projectiles, 50 powder charged 40 millimeter casings and you can shoot each of these projectiles 5 times. The end user takes the projectile and pushes it into the M212 40 millimeter plastic casing, using a fixture that SDI supplies with these kits.

The second kit is a 250 round kit. It comes with 50 projectiles that you can shoot up to 5 times each, and it also comes with 250 powder charged 40 millimeter M212 casings. These are for training purposes only and they are not recommended and must not be used for operational deployment or purposes.

The cost per shot is leading the industry and can come down to approximately $4 to $5 per shot, as opposed to buying duty rounds for training purposes.

SDI Training Kit Advantage

The advantage of these kits is the cost effectiveness as opposed to using duty rounds to train. SDI is the only less-lethal company that offers a specific training round that emulates its operational round from a weight and firing specification.

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