I was watching American Justice last night and in this particular case the victim was shot with a 40 Calibre Beretta firing a 9mm bullet. Could someone explain this to me. This was stated verbally and was also written in a report so I don't think it was a typo error.
Calibre question
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Perhaps it was a .357SIG? That is a .40SW cal necked down to 9mm...
We had a guy at the club bring the wrong Glock one day and ended up putting a 9mm through his .40SW Glock. Fireformed the case and the bullet hit the target, albeit sideways, so it could be done I suppose.
We had a guy at the club bring the wrong Glock one day and ended up putting a 9mm through his .40SW Glock. Fireformed the case and the bullet hit the target, albeit sideways, so it could be done I suppose.
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Gitz said:
Criminals don't always have the luxury of stealing the correct ammo when they steal the gun. Also, rented "crime guns" and ammo may not always match so they have to improvise.
Is American Justice a TV fiction show or one of those documentary type crime shows.? If it was a fiction show like CSI , they just made a huge mistake, if they didn't explain how it was done or even possible. You can just see the defence attorney saying yes that is my clients gun but it is a .40 and the victim was shot with a 9mm. So my client is wrongly accused and is being harassed by the police and we a going to sue for X million dollars. The whole thing with forensics is the matching of bullets and casings to the weapons found at the scene or on or with the accused. And yes you might be able to fire one shot of 9mm out of a .40 if the 9mm had tape around the case to hold it in the chamber for the firing pin to ignite it, it wouldn't be a safe practice, but don't expect it to feed another round.
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Berettas are commonly found in 40 S&W or 9mm .... TV writers are commonly found lacking in many respects, just like newspaper reporters.
But then again, it was seen on TV so it must be the truth
The well-published game "Trivial Pursuit" once contained a question
about Dirty Harry's handgun ... you know,
" ... do I feel lucky ? ...Well, do 'ya, punk ? " & " ..go ahead, make my day)
The Trivial Pursuit folks said it was a "Colt" 44 Magnum" .... but every
gun nut in the world knows it was a S & W Mod. 29 . Go figure.
Don't believe everything you hear, see or read !
But then again, it was seen on TV so it must be the truth
The well-published game "Trivial Pursuit" once contained a question
about Dirty Harry's handgun ... you know,
" ... do I feel lucky ? ...Well, do 'ya, punk ? " & " ..go ahead, make my day)
The Trivial Pursuit folks said it was a "Colt" 44 Magnum" .... but every
gun nut in the world knows it was a S & W Mod. 29 . Go figure.
Don't believe everything you hear, see or read !
i believe it was a 40 cal gun firind a 9mm cartridge. a 9mm bullet will fire down a 10mm barrel. if the extractor would hold the cartrige and the firing pin didn't just push the shell forward, it would fire.
it would be the same as firing a 243 cartrige in a 308, which can be done and i don't reccomend.
it would be the same as firing a 243 cartrige in a 308, which can be done and i don't reccomend.
People do it here with far too great a frequency. 9mm in a 40 cal gun or 40 cal in a 45 cal gun and once a 9mm in a 45 cal gun! They almost always fire and the bullet goes down range. The guns don't appear to be damaged, but they are definitely not semi automatic in this mode.
I guess a semi smart criminal could have done this on purpose to avoid forensic evidence (no rifling engraved on the bullet and likely the casing still in the chamber and not on the ground), but in all likelyhood it would be a dufuss with the wrong type of ammo.
I guess a semi smart criminal could have done this on purpose to avoid forensic evidence (no rifling engraved on the bullet and likely the casing still in the chamber and not on the ground), but in all likelyhood it would be a dufuss with the wrong type of ammo.
That trivial pursuit question drove me nuts, too. On a sidebar, it's often stated that a Model 29 was not the gun actually used in the movie, although it was represented as such. It is most commonly stated that a Model 57 (.41 Magnum) was used, because the Model 29 was not in production when the movie was made. Other sources say a Model 25 in .45ACP to make using blanks easier was employed. So there could be several correct answers on a technical level, but it was supposed to be a Model 29.
