I see you got a chrome-plated 9mm, it's a beauty. Keep it oiled and it will last forever. That model doesn't have a safety so be careful when you put in a loaded clip!
You need to use life shells. The clips only becomes necessary after a couple of weeks. But the 9mm is only aplicable in communist and ex-communist countries; so your seupervisor cannot be 100% shure wheather or not you are a true communist, a free mason or just a plain mechanic. As a precoursion, he would delay the official report undefinately.