.40cal and 9mm

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11-23-2007, 04:51 PM
wayno

.40cal and 9mm

How many own a .40cal and 9mm pistol and keep them and their ammo in close proximity?

Wayne
11-23-2007, 05:00 PM
TOF

I do and their magazines will interchange.

Is there a problem with that?

I also have a .357 in reasonably close proximity.

Should the need arise I plan on determining which is most effective. :numbchuck:

:smt1099
11-23-2007, 06:21 PM
James NM

I do
11-23-2007, 06:40 PM
JeffWard

I have a hard time mixing up my 45ACP and my 9mm ammo... Go figure.
11-23-2007, 08:26 PM
Mike Barham

When I'm home, I have both. Worried about mixing up ammo? No worries, I once got a 9mm in a box of WWB .40s. They're pretty easy to tell apart. ;-)
11-23-2007, 10:12 PM
wayno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Barham

When I'm home, I have both. Worried about mixing up ammo? No worries, I once got a 9mm in a box of WWB .40s. They're pretty easy to tell apart. ;-)

Mix up was reason as a FFL told me not to keep a 40cal and a 9mm
even in same house.
I am wanting 40cal and there are already 2 /9mm in house

Thanks
Wayne
11-24-2007, 02:01 AM
Snowman

Quote:

Originally Posted by wayno

Mix up was reason as a FFL told me not to keep a 40cal and a 9mm
even in same house.
I am wanting 40cal and there are already 2 /9mm in house

Thanks
Wayne

That's really not logical. Go and pick up a .40 and rest easy.
11-24-2007, 06:55 AM
Mike Barham

Quote:

Originally Posted by wayno

Mix up was reason as a FFL told me not to keep a 40cal and a 9mm
even in same house.

Where do these stories get started, I wonder?

A. There's no way a .40 round will come close to chambering in a 9mm pistol, so no danger there.

B. If you chamber a 9mm in a .40 pistol (not recommended!), the only thing that is likely to happen is lousy functioning, and you'll know right away something is amiss.

From an article by the ever-cautious Mas Ayoob: Michael Bane, who does the popular “Downrange” and “Shooting Gallery” shows on television, tells of a competitor in action shooting who accidentally put a magazine of 9mm Luger ammunition in her .40 S&W caliber Glock 35 competition pistol. The gun jammed at every shot, and she had to cycle the slide before every next shot. The same thing was happening—the bullets were trundling down the barrel sideways, and there wasn’t enough power to run the action.

This hardly seems like justification for not even owning pistols in both calibers. :rolleyes: If you want a .40, get a .40.
11-24-2007, 08:08 AM
wayno

If I remember correctly it something like 9mm being lodged in
barrel and firing a 40 behind it.
I am going to do some thinking on it and prob buy soon.
Thanks for the info and help.
11-24-2007, 04:44 PM
PanaDP

Just look at a magazine before you put it in a gun. Simple.
11-26-2007, 06:35 PM
James NM

I'd get a new .40 and a new FFL.
11-26-2007, 06:41 PM
stormbringerr

i have a 9 and 40 in my bedroom along w/ammo no problem.:smt102
go buy your .40cal
11-26-2007, 06:47 PM
Spartan

Do I have a 40 or a 9?

Yes.
11-26-2007, 06:49 PM
Spartan

Quote:

Originally Posted by wayno

Mix up was reason as a FFL told me not to keep a 40cal and a 9mm
even in same house.
I am wanting 40cal and there are already 2 /9mm in house

Thanks
Wayne

Tell them if they want your money they will sell you what YOU want, now what they think you should have.
11-26-2007, 08:31 PM
propellerhead

Mark your magazines with something like this....
http://www.cartooncolour.com/catalog.../Sharpies1.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by James NM

I'd get a new .40 and a new FFL.

+1
11-26-2007, 09:42 PM
tnoisaw

I accidently put in .50 cal rounds into my Glock 23 mag. WOW! Talk about recoil.

:smt082 Just B'S ing ya.

I only have a .40 so no worries there.
11-27-2007, 12:43 AM
wayno

Quote:

Originally Posted by propellerhead

Mark your magazines with something like this....
http://www.cartooncolour.com/catalog.../Sharpies1.jpg

+1

The FFL part has been taken care of.:smt023