Had an interesting situation at the range today.
One of the R.O's at my local public range called me over this afternoon to look at a nice ladies Sig P something or other in .380 that seemed to be jammed up. He was unable to get the slide to come back and was unsure as to what to do.
Luckily, I've encountered this scenario a few times before and twice with my P07 Duty and my own improperly created 9mm rounds. (heheheh I said duty)
I looked at the gun carefully and realized that there was "something" caught in the chamber that was not allowing the gun to be opened by manual manipulation. I explained to the R.O and the nice lady that they had 2 options as to how it would be opened and she agreed that I should try it first. I put the gun on the bench (wood) at an angle that would only allow the upper to move with pressure on the lower and pushed. Sure enough it opened up and what did we all see????
A .380 case, fired, empty looking at us. I took it out with a pair of pliers from my range kit and took the pistol apart. Everything looked fine. No visible damage anywhere. I tried to put the gun back together but was stopped by some procedure (I'm guessing) with the slide and the grip. The lady stated that it was fine because she wanted to clean it and I recommended that if it didn't go back together after the cleaning she either contact Sig for a potential repair job or contact a local gunsmith.
So, long story short....can anyone tell me how they think a .380 Winchester piece of brass found it's "fired" way into her chamber with the neck facing me?
One of the R.O's at my local public range called me over this afternoon to look at a nice ladies Sig P something or other in .380 that seemed to be jammed up. He was unable to get the slide to come back and was unsure as to what to do.
Luckily, I've encountered this scenario a few times before and twice with my P07 Duty and my own improperly created 9mm rounds. (heheheh I said duty)
I looked at the gun carefully and realized that there was "something" caught in the chamber that was not allowing the gun to be opened by manual manipulation. I explained to the R.O and the nice lady that they had 2 options as to how it would be opened and she agreed that I should try it first. I put the gun on the bench (wood) at an angle that would only allow the upper to move with pressure on the lower and pushed. Sure enough it opened up and what did we all see????
A .380 case, fired, empty looking at us. I took it out with a pair of pliers from my range kit and took the pistol apart. Everything looked fine. No visible damage anywhere. I tried to put the gun back together but was stopped by some procedure (I'm guessing) with the slide and the grip. The lady stated that it was fine because she wanted to clean it and I recommended that if it didn't go back together after the cleaning she either contact Sig for a potential repair job or contact a local gunsmith.
So, long story short....can anyone tell me how they think a .380 Winchester piece of brass found it's "fired" way into her chamber with the neck facing me?