So I took a buddy of mine from work to the range today and we had two mishaps neither of which caused major safety violations but both bothered me deeply.
1. Before going to the range we went to one of my favorite gun stores Keith's Guns in Gresham, because last I knew they had the Kel-Tec P3AT that my friend has been looking at. We went there and it turned out that all the Keltecs were at the gun show that is going on in Portland this weekend so they did not have any in the store, ok that's fine out of stock guns happen. We also needed some .38S/W ammo for my friends newly found Iver Johnson revolver, (mentioned in a previous post) Oddly enough most of the useful expert staff was at the show so there were less experienced employees there. I went to the counter and told them we needed .38S&W. The employee first handed me a box of .38spl and I said no we do need the S&W, its a different round so she found me a box marked 38S&W special 150gr. The brand was something I didn't recognize but it sounded right so I got it. As we got to the car I opened the box and realized these were NOT the rounds I wanted. Much larger than the few rounds of .38S&W that we had found in the pistol case. We went back in and they promptly refunded us and that was the end of that but it just bugged me because this shop has always been exemplary and handing out the wrong Ammo is a dangerous accident. FYI we did bring the revolver into the shop.
2. Once we arrived at the range my buddy was disappointed because the shop did not have the proper ammo and although the range queen (her title not mine) said she normally stocked it she happened to be out. So we bought ammo for the other guns we brought and I rented an XD in .40 she handed me the gun and a box of .40 I pulled the XD out of the bucket and loaded the mag with 8rounds noticing that the rounds were sitting oddly but I didn't think much of it. So I smacked the XD mag into the gun and fired. After one round it jammed, I tried to clear it and it would not clear. I ended up using my pocket knife to pull the casing out of the chamber and realized it had split. I had never had a case split so I looked closer at the gun and saw the slide marked. .45ACP. Yes I had just filled a .45 with .40S&W and the larger chamber caused the case split. I brought the gun back up to the counter and the lady handed me the proper gun and apologized for the error. Turns out another employee had accidentally put the .45 and .40XD's both in the wrong spots after another member had rented both.
Do you guys generally double check rental guns?
Please help me explain any mistakes that I made in either of these situations.
1. Before going to the range we went to one of my favorite gun stores Keith's Guns in Gresham, because last I knew they had the Kel-Tec P3AT that my friend has been looking at. We went there and it turned out that all the Keltecs were at the gun show that is going on in Portland this weekend so they did not have any in the store, ok that's fine out of stock guns happen. We also needed some .38S/W ammo for my friends newly found Iver Johnson revolver, (mentioned in a previous post) Oddly enough most of the useful expert staff was at the show so there were less experienced employees there. I went to the counter and told them we needed .38S&W. The employee first handed me a box of .38spl and I said no we do need the S&W, its a different round so she found me a box marked 38S&W special 150gr. The brand was something I didn't recognize but it sounded right so I got it. As we got to the car I opened the box and realized these were NOT the rounds I wanted. Much larger than the few rounds of .38S&W that we had found in the pistol case. We went back in and they promptly refunded us and that was the end of that but it just bugged me because this shop has always been exemplary and handing out the wrong Ammo is a dangerous accident. FYI we did bring the revolver into the shop.
2. Once we arrived at the range my buddy was disappointed because the shop did not have the proper ammo and although the range queen (her title not mine) said she normally stocked it she happened to be out. So we bought ammo for the other guns we brought and I rented an XD in .40 she handed me the gun and a box of .40 I pulled the XD out of the bucket and loaded the mag with 8rounds noticing that the rounds were sitting oddly but I didn't think much of it. So I smacked the XD mag into the gun and fired. After one round it jammed, I tried to clear it and it would not clear. I ended up using my pocket knife to pull the casing out of the chamber and realized it had split. I had never had a case split so I looked closer at the gun and saw the slide marked. .45ACP. Yes I had just filled a .45 with .40S&W and the larger chamber caused the case split. I brought the gun back up to the counter and the lady handed me the proper gun and apologized for the error. Turns out another employee had accidentally put the .45 and .40XD's both in the wrong spots after another member had rented both.
Do you guys generally double check rental guns?
Please help me explain any mistakes that I made in either of these situations.
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