wrong bullet in right gun, Oops! Help!

[BevrFevr]

Ok, This was stupid big time and I'm embarassed as hell about it. I loaded 9mm Kurtz in my 9mm para. Shot about a mag of them with my cz75b before I realized what happened. Most of them shot but the slide never functioned. I thought it was from too much grease or being dirty.

? how much harm have I done to my gun? How dangerous was this?

I shot 10 rounds of 9mm out of it and it seems fine but I don't know what to look for.

I, like an idiot, put my 2 types of ammo in the same ammo can thinking I would remember. I am so disturbed by this stupid move I am tempted to get rid of my totally relaible easy to carry .380 cause if I can't tell em apart plinkin then I definitely won't under pressure.

Of course I now will never take my "expertise" for granted anymore.

go ahead and tell me how stupid I am and give me any advice you can.

Thanks -bevr

 

[HighVelocity]

Don't worry, your CZ is probably fine. I'd clean the barrel bore/chamber really well to make sure there's no fowling but other than that, just pay more attention.

 

[DogWithGun]

It's been done before. Sometimes on purpose....I concur with the above post. Don't worry. just clean it well.

 

[kirkcdl]

What the others said.You might have a little bit of chamber fouling,like when you shoot 38 special in a 357 mag revolver,but that won't hurt anything.Just don't try 9mm in a 380 gun!!!

 

[Jim Watson]

It is good that you feel stupid. Embarassment is nature's way of telling you to be more careful.
That said:
You did not damage your CZ. There is at least one agency that teaches malfunction clearance by sneaking the occasional .380 into trainees' 9mm magazines.
Do not sell a totally reliable .380, they are not as common as you might think and it is not readily replaceable.
Put an ammunition labeling and identification scheme into practice immediately. Mine is:
Factory loads of any calibre are in the original box.
Reloads in less used calibres are in correct factory boxes marked as reloads. Reloads of common calibres are in baggies with a card describing the load.

 

[GunnySkox]

I'd clean the barrel bore/chamber really well to make sure there's no fowling

Hehehe, fowling is when you accidentally stuff a duck in your magazine.

~GnSx
*cracks up*

 

[HighVelocity]

Hehehe, fowling is when you accidentally stuff a duck in your magazine.

~GnSx
*cracks up*

Oh man, you got me.

 

[BevrFevr]

Thanks folks!

I think I will mark my .380 with a black marker like a sharpie. I am grateful to have made this mistake as I will be much more cautious in than I have been.

Thanks -bevr

 

[Biker]

You idiot! Lord...

Listen up, Private!
I never inserted a mag meant for my Glock 19 into my Glock 23 in front of God and everyone!

Least not that I'm ownin' up to...

Biker

 

[EllisWyatt]

I think I will mark my .380 with a black marker like a sharpie. I am grateful to have made this mistake as I will be much more cautious in than I have been.

Thanks -bevr

You might have better results with one of those blueing touch-up pens. Magic marker will eventually rub off, but the blueing chemically stains the brass dark green-brown.

Keep it away from the primer and case mouth, of course.

 

[hksw]

You weren't the first, you won't be the last. Another popular mismatch I've seen is .40SW into .45ACP.

 

[Marshall]

I never loaded the rounds into my magazine backwards one time and stuck it in my XD and wondered why it wouldn't fire either.

 

[Pilot]

I have a few personal range rules. One is to never have multiple calibers out at the same time. One gun, one caliber out at any one time. And don't mix your ammo.

 

[Biker]

I have a few personal range rules. One is to never have multiple calibers out at the same time. One gun, one caliber out at any one time. And don't mix your ammo.

Yes. Since my..ahem, *alleged* mag mix-up, this is now my rule also.
Biker