9mm/.40s&w pistol

[j.primo]

Went to the indoor range to shoot today since I got off work early. Decided to bring my 9mm and .40s&w. Shot the .40 first, 45 bullets out of the 50 round Wally World Federal Champion box. Switched over to the 9mm and fired half the 9mm Federal Champion box. Changed my paper target then pushed it out to the 70 foot* mark. Decided to shoot the .40 first on the fresh target to see the accuracy. Grabbed 2 bullets and loaded the magazine. POP! "WTF" I tbought I had my first squib. I hold the pistol towards the target... I drop the magazine and think back what happens when a squib occurs.. I set the pistol down (pointed down range). I know the round didn't feel like a regular .40. It had no kick. I look at the magazine... HELLO! someone grabbed two bullets from the 9mm Federal box!! I pull back the slide and there rolled out a 9mm Luger casing.. Hahaha. I check the chamber and barrel, no obstructions, I load a .40 (checked twice) and it fired fine.. Hahaha.. Ooops.

Lesson learned. Pay attention when reloading magazines at the shooting range with different caliber pistols.

Has this happened to anyone? Or did I just pull a big time dufus move?

[gumby]

It's happened before and will happen again, just glad you did the right thing after shooting it and did not get hurt. Happened to me with my sig pro 9 and 40.

[iareConfusE]

Good thing you didn't shoot the .40 out of the 9mm somehow, lol. That probably wouldn't have turned out well.

[Ricky-Ray]

I did the opposite once. I loaded a 40 into a 9mm mag. Luckily I caught it before firing. Lesson learned.

[j.primo]

I did the opposite once. I loaded a 40 into a 9mm mag. Luckily I caught it before firing. Lesson learned.

that wouldn't have been pretty... Good thing you caught it! I'm going to pay more attention when firing multiple guns in different cals

[Sajedene]

Scary! Glad everything turned out fine. I'll remind myself to be cautious of that too.

[SixPointEight]

that wouldn't have been pretty... Good thing you caught it! I'm going to pay more attention when firing multiple guns in different cals

I suspect it would simply jam when trying to load. End of story. After all, a 9mm case fits entirely within a 40 case. I doubt if it would even ALMOST chamber.

[Oldnoob]

Shame to say, it happen once on me. I was using my Glock 22 with conversion barrel. Than decide to switch back and shoot some 40s&w, grab the wrong mag and fired one. I still have the cartridge on my desk to remind what an idiot I was.

PS: The 40s&w round will not chamber into a 9mm barrel so no worry there (slide will not be able to close).

[85FourEyedGT]

my friend did the same thing with a 40 in a 45 , we were wondering why the case was stuck and wouldnt eject, stuck a pencil down the barrel, got the round out and looked like a balloon lol, got a good laugh out of it

[pkc168]

Yes, this happened to me once, put a .40 into a Sig P220 .45. Kept that round to remind myself about that mistake. Will not bring two different calibers to the range anymore to avoid that from happening again.

[robcoe]

This is why I limit myself to taking one revolver, one semi-auto, and one rimfire to the range. Its really hard to screw up and shove a .357magnum round into a 9mm magazine.

[Munk]

I suspect it would simply jam when trying to load. End of story. After all, a 9mm case fits entirely within a 40 case. I doubt if it would even ALMOST chamber.

Yeah, the slide wouldn't even come fully forward.

I'm so glad to say i haven't done this.... yet, and I hope i won't, i'm a paranoid bastard so i don't think it'll happen soon.

[Greg-Dawg]

Pay attention next time.