Scare at the Range

[JJVP]

Went to the range today. I have not been in a few weeks and needed the practice. Also needed to check the new Hornady Critical Duty ammo I had bought for my EDC (Ruger SR9c). Had been carrying the Hornady Critical Defense, but didn't like the fact that is only 115 grain. The Critical Duty., 9 mm is 135 grain.

Got to the lane and removed the mag, with the Critical Defense ammo, and ejected the one in the chamber. Put the mag aside along with the ejected round and the backup mag. I loaded one of my other mags with the Critical Duty and proceeded to shoot without any problems. Shot a couple more mags worth and then switched to WWB for practice.

After I was done with the 100 rounds of WWB, I decided to go ahead and shoot the Critical Defense I had on my two carry mags (a ten round and the 17 backup). I loaded the 10 rounder in the gun, which is the one I carry, and loaded one in the chamber, removed the mag and topped it off with the round I had removed from the chamber earlier. So now I had the round that was the first on the mag in the chamber and the one that had been in the chamber was now the first in the mag. I took aim at the target and pressed the trigger. Nothing but a CLICK. After checking that the mag was properly seated and the slide was fully forward, I ejected the round. There was a nice dent on the primer, so it was not a light strike. I then shot the remaining 10 rounds in the mag without any issues. Also shot all 17 rounds in the backup mag without any problems. I then reloaded the dud round and again tried shooting it with the same result, a CLICK.

Bottom line, had I been forced to use my gun in a self defense situation, the second round would have been a dud. Glad I found out in the range rather than in a self defense situation. There was nothing in the round that signaled that it would be a dud.

[JP171]

and thats why you have to remember to do failure drills

[WildBill]

and thats why you have to remember to do failure drills

No matter what kind of ammo you buy and how many times you test them, sometimes things fail.

[Dave2]

and thats why you have to remember to do failure drills

No matter what kind of ammo you buy and how many times you test them, sometimes things fail.

Sometimes when we're at the range my buddy will load my mags for me and slip a few random snap caps in there.

[Beiruty]

At the DPC's competition, last Saturday. A competitor was loading random snap caps on one of the stage, he had to clear couple reds duds, snap caps.

[strider67]

Time for ammo rotation here.........thanks for the reminder.

[Heartland Patriot]

Not surprising to have a dud round, though it is good (for US) to get a reminder that things don't always work perfectly. I've had duds before but they were always more unusual brands like MFS from Hungary. I guess even the best ammo can have a bad one out of millions of rounds. Good to know its not your pistol, though. (I carry a Ruger SR9c, as well. )

[RPB]

It's good for y'all to practice failure drills
Glock firing pins hit harder (someone had to say it eventually)
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(Just Kidding, even a Glock can run across a hard primer etc sometimes, EVERYONE should practice failure drills and IMHO, have tactical sights or methods to do them/rack the slide using only 1 hand, just in case )