Ever get a random different cartridge in a box of ammo?

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Today I picked up some 9mm ammo from Cabelas. Its American Eagle 9mm 115gr FMJ ammo, just the cheap basic stuff. Anyways, I opened a box to take a look when I got home and noticed there was one single round with a nickel casing, all the rest were brass. Turns out its a 9mm +P hollow point, marking on the base says F C 9mm +P. The rest are marked F C 9mm Luger. At first I thought maybe someone just accidently swapped a round out from another box, but Cabelas doesn't sell any HP pistol ammo as far as I know, and I'm at least positive there was nothing out on a shelf like that.

Find it kind of strange, this happen to anyone else? Is this common? I have never noticed anything like this before.
 
Dunno what to say.
It is a rare thing indeed.
Don't shoot any of them and depending on your age,
put them away and in a hundred years that box
of rare packaged ammo should be worth an absolute
fortune.
Just my cupple defunct pennies for ya........... :)
 
It happens. Over the years, I have seen it in 30-06 [one 270 round], 6.5x55 [one 6.5x54]
30-30 [one 32 Special] 22 LR rimfire [one 22 short], 30-06 [one roundnose bullet amid 19 spitzers]

I think sometimes it is swapped accidentally in the store, but I am equally sure that it happens from the factory.
Some situations could be dangerous, if the customer was not alert.

Regards, Eagleye.
 
I've only seen it happen once which was a box of .45ACP with one 9mm in it and the store didn't carry that type of 9mm that was in there so it came from the factory that way.

Apparently it happens.
 
My guess is that when you have people looking at the different rounds and comparing them visually they get mixed up when they are placed back in to the boxes.
 
How about in a factory sealed pack of bullets? Typical Remington QC in my opinion.
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aother couple examples:
I have purchased a sealed box of Remington 30-06 ammunition that had two cartridges with 270 Win headstamps and were loaded with the correct .308" diameter bullets. Never did figure that one out.

And a sealed box of Hornady 150 gr. PSP bullets that had one .312 dia bullet in with the .308s. That one scared me, I was loading my .308 with a maximum charge, and only found the bullet meant for .303 when it stuck in the seating die. They look identical until you put a caliper on them. The package was new and sealed when I bought it, and I have never used or had their .303 bullets in my house. So I wrote Hornady and gave them the lot number, asked for an explanation, and their QC department basically said " we make lots of bullets each day, mistakes happen" - Didn't inspire confidence!
 
bulk reloaded 45ACP from BDX
there was one 40S&W in the bucket, of course that's the day i take a new shooter to the range
she loaded the mag and fired it, about half way through i heard a weird noise upon firing and thought it may have been a squib so i had her stop and let me check the gun out
it was fine, the bullet had keyholed and the case was mangled (it ejected), the pistol still feeds everything i put in it but now i reload the mags if we are shooting remanufactured ammo
 
kyjelly44 said:
My guess is that when you have people looking at the different rounds and comparing them visually they get mixed up when they are placed back in to the boxes.
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That probably happens the majority of the time, although things can get mixed at the factory as well.
 
I suspect its either from dunnage or stuck somewhere in the production line and then finds its self mixed in with different ammo. Use to get the same thing in the auto industry with fasteners frequently. The more you wanted to ensure that there wasn't something mixed in your fasteners they would charge you more to run them through their sorters again and again. Wrong fasteners can really screw up automated assembly systems.
 
I once found a machine bolt without threads in a box of bolts. Does that count? Ammo is made by machines. Mistakes happen.
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Longwalker said:
How about in a factory sealed pack of bullets? Typical Remington QC in my opinion.
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You too huh?

I got a .40 Cal 180gr flat nose FMJ in a bag of 9mm 124gr round nose FMJ from Remington: found out middle of loading when one felt wrong. Irony was it was an extra as I still got the 100 of the 9mm. I know they are packaged by weight or count (weight more likely), so what the heck happened?
 
Aniest said:
You too huh?

I got a .40 Cal 180gr flat nose FMJ in a bag of 9mm 124gr round nose FMJ from Remington: found out middle of loading when one felt wrong. Irony was it was an extra as I still got the 100 of the 9mm. I know they are packaged by weight or count (weight more likely), so what the heck happened?
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Must have been a run of 122gr instead of 124gr ;-)
 
Longwalker said:
How about in a factory sealed pack of bullets? Typical Remington QC in my opinion.
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I bought that exact product and most of the bullets had various degrees of misformed jackets and huge inconsistencies in weight. Some so bad that I had to junk the pills. I certainly won't be buying Remington ammo or components again.
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