.380 in a 9mm. Question and warning
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:07 am
This Sat I had a CHL class. 2 students needed a loaner gun and ammo. I sold them 2 boxes of my 9mm S&B and loaned them 2 guns. First couple of rounds were fine, then one of them had a jam. She cleared it. Good shot or two, then a misfire. Good shot then it wouldn't fire at all. I thought perhaps a gun issue, so I handed her another gun. Same thing. I'm like "Ok, maybe it's her." I took the gun, fired it fine, thought "Yup it's her." I handed her a bullet to replace what I shot and she went to reload it and asked "Are the bullets supposed to be the same size?" I thought maybe one was flat nose and another round... I looked and about swallowed my teeth. The ones in the magazine sure looked like .380. I took one out and the bottom of the case was stamped 9mm. I looked at the box they were out of and sure nuff, it said 9mm Luger, but I compared them to a .380 and they were plain as day .380. I know S&B .380 boxes say 9mm Browning on them, but this was clearly marked LUGER. I recall last month in my CHL class having TWO students with S&B that this happened to I(they had their own and I didn't inspect it) so I sold them a box thinking a box with bad primers, and they finished.
1. Apparently S&B has had a mix up, be careful.
2. They continued to shoot 9mm just fine to finish the test....and I can't visually see any problems it caused. If it didn't bend the firing pin, can you think of any other damage it could have caused?
1. Apparently S&B has had a mix up, be careful.
2. They continued to shoot 9mm just fine to finish the test....and I can't visually see any problems it caused. If it didn't bend the firing pin, can you think of any other damage it could have caused?