I took my nephew to the range last week. He had never shot any kind of firearm and was really enthusiastic. I took 3 Glocks of different calibers: G26 (9mm), G27 (.40 cal) and G30 (.45 cal.) I wanted him to see what each of these major calibers felt like.
I laid all three guns down on the bench next to us and grabbed one of the "little" ones. I put 5 9mm rounds into the mag and inserted and told him to pull the slide and "let it fly forward." His first shot at 7 yds was low and to the left. Pretty crappy I thought because all my pistols are 1 holers at that distance. The second shot just went "click" and nothing happened. I told him to hold the pistol firmly in case we had a hang fire. After the 10 second period I took the pistol from him, dropped the mag and ejected the round. I found the 9mm round had a very light primer strike. Then I turned the gun on its side and saw.....G27 .40 caliber.! I couldn't believe I had given him 9mm ammo in the 40. I looked for the first case on the ground and it was ballooned out to .40 caliber and had three neat splits length wise on it. Somehow the extractor had grabbed it enough while it was being stripped out of the mag and held it in place good enough for a striker hit.
I felt extremely stupid and was very thankful that the gun hadn't blown up (It's a Glock .40 caliber, for gosh sakes. It's supposed to go kaboom, isn't it?) At home I always keep my 9mm Glocks in a different safe than the .40s because the G23 and 27 are my home defense guns. But I committed a major error by having the 26 and 27, with identical frames and which will accept each others' mags, on the same bench. Thank God for good luck.
The 27 wasn't damaged. I carefully checked it when I cleaned it and yesterday put about 20 rounds through it. Y,all might want to be careful so something similar doesn't happen to you.
I laid all three guns down on the bench next to us and grabbed one of the "little" ones. I put 5 9mm rounds into the mag and inserted and told him to pull the slide and "let it fly forward." His first shot at 7 yds was low and to the left. Pretty crappy I thought because all my pistols are 1 holers at that distance. The second shot just went "click" and nothing happened. I told him to hold the pistol firmly in case we had a hang fire. After the 10 second period I took the pistol from him, dropped the mag and ejected the round. I found the 9mm round had a very light primer strike. Then I turned the gun on its side and saw.....G27 .40 caliber.! I couldn't believe I had given him 9mm ammo in the 40. I looked for the first case on the ground and it was ballooned out to .40 caliber and had three neat splits length wise on it. Somehow the extractor had grabbed it enough while it was being stripped out of the mag and held it in place good enough for a striker hit.
I felt extremely stupid and was very thankful that the gun hadn't blown up (It's a Glock .40 caliber, for gosh sakes. It's supposed to go kaboom, isn't it?) At home I always keep my 9mm Glocks in a different safe than the .40s because the G23 and 27 are my home defense guns. But I committed a major error by having the 26 and 27, with identical frames and which will accept each others' mags, on the same bench. Thank God for good luck.
The 27 wasn't damaged. I carefully checked it when I cleaned it and yesterday put about 20 rounds through it. Y,all might want to be careful so something similar doesn't happen to you.
