Someone had a bad day at the range

[Arcamm]

If I were betting, I would bet somebody stuck a 9mm mag into their .40 Glock. Maybe even their .45 Glock.

I don't know of any other pistol that has mags that will fit into different caliber pistols.

 

[hvymax]

I can see them.

Shooting too small of round in too big of a bore.

Like inserting a mag of 9mm into you .40.

Holy crap that would work! I tried and the extractor holds the round in place. I didn't try firing though.

 

[lx1x]

Holy crap that would work! I tried and the extractor holds the round in place. I didn't try firing though.

Same goes for 40 in 45.. lol

 

[hvymax]

If I were betting, I would bet somebody stuck a 9mm mag into their .40 Glock. Maybe even their .45 Glock.

I don't know of any other pistol that has mags that will fit into different caliber pistols.

EAA Witness is a multi caliber setup. 9mm mag with 40 slide.

 

[bikerbankr]

It will seat.. ,

Holy crap that would work! I tried and the extractor holds the round in place. I didn't try firing though.

Doh! You guys have blown my "in the name of science and research" excuse to buy a G22..

 

[Vince55]

I can see them.

Shooting too small of round in too big of a bore.Like inserting a mag of 9mm into you .40.

How in the hell would you even do that? I mean it would take a real idiot to even try something like that.

 

[Wojo]

I have a picture of the guys target agter firing those rounds...

 

[Mooseman]

Wow. A new wildcat round. 9MM40.

 

[lx1x]

I have a picture of the guys target agter firing those rounds...

Depending how far.. more likely keyholes effect.

 

[Sid.]

Which range?

 

[coopermania]

They would have fallen down the barrel when cycled.

No.. The extractor will hold on to the 9mm casing when shot in a 40..... I have seen it twice.

 

[Rapture]

Very scary indeed!

 

[BenL]

They would have fallen down the barrel when cycled.

Not necessarily. The extractor could hold the round in place while it's chambered.

ETA: got beat by cooper...

 

[MaxVO2]

****This happened at our local range as well. Lots of new shooters with little to no experience with firearms that have made this type of mistake or other mistakes that would seem obvious to folks familiar with firearms. I've seen that type of brass in our range bucket before and it was from someone who had a .40 but was sold 9mm ammo.

He had apparently used math (bad math..) to convert .40 to something close to 9mm in his head as he also had a .357 revolver with him using .38 special rounds that worked ok so figured the difference between .40 and 9mm was similar and would work as the rounds held fine by the extractor when cycled as noted above.

As also noted - the gun fired but the bullets seemingly tumbled out of the barrel and went in sideways on the target (classic keyhole) with absolutely atrocious accuracy - but the guy was new to guns anyway so he didn't know any better. The sound of the firearm from using the the mismatched ammo was also very strange which is why other shooters immediately told this guy to stop shooting to find out the issue.

Anyway, this individual just didn't know any better and after being told the problem was also told to take the semi auto gun back to the place purchased or to a gunsmith (he inherited the revolver from a family member that clearly didn't teach him how to use it..) for them to assess if he damaged anything on it for the sake of safety.. Thankfully, he did not get hurt though the brass cycled through that firearm is now just scrap and looked even worse than the pic shown.

I've seen guys load bullets backwards in the magazine, load the bullets in the right direction but somehow load the mag into the well *backwards*, etc..

It happens...

 

[bikerbankr]

Which range?

Freestate

 

[sgt23preston]

Sgt Preston here...

I buy brass from gun ranges every week & see this all the time...

9mm's fired in a 40 S&W...

It's about as dumb as it gets...

 

[Uncle Duke]

Sgt Preston here...

I buy brass from gun ranges every week & see this all the time...

9mm's fired in a 40 S&W...

It's about as dumb as it gets...

Oh Wonderful.......

Question becomes how to fix the problem? Guessing that these folks had no clue (and still have no clue) that this is a problem.

 

[240 towles]

what would happen if you used a 9x19 mm luger round in a 9x23mm largo chamber?

 

[240 towles]

I had a hell of a time trying to fix a guys gun on the range when he fired 3 inch 410 shells in his 2 1/2" chambered judge.

 

[lx1x]

what would happen if you used a 9x19 mm luger round in a 9x23mm largo chamber?

It goes.. bang.. lol