Luckily, the shooter kept all his digits. Not sure what caused it, as the word "reload" was never mentioned.
Good luck finding the trigger and slide stop...
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holy crap! wtf indeed.
...oh my...
what model was this? .40(historically) or .45 cal(most recently) is my guess. Not sure "reload" needs to enter the equation any longer. Something is afoul in Gastonville
I think it was a 9mm. I can check when I look at the log book again...
*sardonic eye-roll*
By all means, blame the manufacturer and not the operator...
- 1.260"
It'd be easier to know where to lay blame if I'd heard what was ammo was being used...
Factory = Glock
Reloads = Owner
far easier to blame the operator because a manufacturer *never* lets out a lemon. Srsly. Glock isn't infallible. There are many more S&W's,1911's et al out there ...yet seems that more Glocks go KaBooM! then other manufacturers. Not saying Glock is bad juju...am trying to find out *why* it's happening- whether operator or gunmaker, I don't care - only the reason why????
because that is what *prevents* accidents like this. (barring lack of commone sense)
Appears that some folks are ok with developing loads that might be towards to hot end of the spectrum. Personally I'm not and tend to go a little lighter than factory. I've seen folks at the range with very hot home brewed loads. When I know they're sending them down range, I'll go and get a cup of coffee instead of being on the next bench over. My gunsmith buddies cringe when they're find their customer's load are hot and will stop after shooting the first one (when shooting that rifle/load at the range). Yes there are safety factors when things are made, but kinda spooky when custom load are hot. Perhaps said gun owners should just get the next beegger gun you think?
I'm with you on that score, Kevin.
I prefer them on the light side for two reasons;
1) They're more enjoyable to shoot when you're going through mag after mag after mag...
2) The brass drops pretty much right where you want it in the same spot time after time. No chasing it 20feet and going on a great hunt. :)
Found out it was a .45.
.45 , unsupported case head, reloads w/lead(improper hardness of alloy) coupled with a not so bright-n-shiny cleaning regimen. Going to take a sewag the problem lies right there.
I didn't know that it was ever fabled to begin with; it's relatively common. One possibility is that the case is not supported 360 degrees around the base, giving it a failure point to rupture the case during combustion.
Or we can just chalk it up to it being a Glock :-P
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