I actually tried it in a couple of different magazines once I got home. One with the feed lips a little wider would not hold the rounds, but if the feed lips were closer together, then the rounds loaded OK. Scary!!!Crossfire wrote:Keith - I will never forget that 9mm ammo in the 45ACP! I still don't know how he managed to get them loaded in the magazine.
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- Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:30 pm
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Re: Failing a student?
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:35 pm
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Re: Failing a student?
I never have failed a student, but have had some come close.
We used to have students show up with brand new guns they had never shot (even when told not to) and the guns would malfunction, failure to feed, etc. Have had to make them shoot a second time with a rental.
Best re-shoot I had was the student who had a gun he was very familiar with. His wife shot in first round. When he got to the line during the first round of five shots his gun failed to fire. I told him I would watch and try to figure out why his gun was not firing. When he started shooting the next five shots, I saw him pull the trigger and something copper colored spit out the front of the barrel. I grabbed his hand and stopped him from shooting.
When the cease-fire was called I dropped the mag and asked 'Why do you have 9mm rounds in a .45?' He had reached into the range bag he shared with his wife and pulled out 9mm Winchester white box vs. the .45 WWB ammo. The rounds were chambering from the mag, and when the trigger was pulled the firing pin was hitting the case and throwing the whole round, case and all, out the barrel and onto the ground.
Luckily the diameter difference was enough the firing pin was hitting the case and not the primer. Had it been a .40 it might have had enough friction and been lined up right to hit the primer and detonate!!! 
Anyway, I pulled him from the line and told him he could shoot again in the next line since he had already dropped 50 points. He was embarrassed and also a little shook thinking what could have happened.
We used to have students show up with brand new guns they had never shot (even when told not to) and the guns would malfunction, failure to feed, etc. Have had to make them shoot a second time with a rental.
Best re-shoot I had was the student who had a gun he was very familiar with. His wife shot in first round. When he got to the line during the first round of five shots his gun failed to fire. I told him I would watch and try to figure out why his gun was not firing. When he started shooting the next five shots, I saw him pull the trigger and something copper colored spit out the front of the barrel. I grabbed his hand and stopped him from shooting.
When the cease-fire was called I dropped the mag and asked 'Why do you have 9mm rounds in a .45?' He had reached into the range bag he shared with his wife and pulled out 9mm Winchester white box vs. the .45 WWB ammo. The rounds were chambering from the mag, and when the trigger was pulled the firing pin was hitting the case and throwing the whole round, case and all, out the barrel and onto the ground.
Luckily the diameter difference was enough the firing pin was hitting the case and not the primer. Had it been a .40 it might have had enough friction and been lined up right to hit the primer and detonate!!! Anyway, I pulled him from the line and told him he could shoot again in the next line since he had already dropped 50 points. He was embarrassed and also a little shook thinking what could have happened.