Kaboom!
Glock 10MM goes explody. Non supported chamber, odd ammo, and a barrel with a history of deforming brass: Don’t shoot that.
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November 15th, 2011 at 11:38 am
A lesser cartridge wouldn’t have injured him at all. This is a testament to the power of the 10mm.
November 15th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Unpossible! The only 10 mm round that goes “KaBoom” is the .40 S+W! Everyone knows that!
November 15th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
And therein lies my problem with any tupperware firearm…the stress placed on the frame is just too much, IMHO.
No, I’m not an engineer. But I ain’t stupid either, and common sense dictates that steel or aluminum is stronger than polycarbonate.
And when I’m holding, in my hands, a controlled explosion with psi forces in excess of 60K, I’ll take steel over plastic any day.
November 15th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
@dragon
It really has nothing to do with the frame, and everything to do with the chamber, and the brass. Worse has happened to revolvers and 1911s:
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgH9gO9rWd0oPH71klmd3UwXr_39atJDmmppl18V-GJJC3erzwXq9oJ3cefg
http://operatorchan.org/k/arch/src/k253061_kaboom13.jpg
Even the Python is not immune
http://therealgunguys.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/kaboom.jpg
I’ve sent about 3k rounds (some of which were that precise Doubletap load) through my G20 (which was more than 10 years old when I bought it), and it hasn’t blown up even once. But I checked out the chamber when I bought it, and I check the brass every time I fire a new brand of ammo.
November 15th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
I think Dragon’s point is that there is less to hold the explosive pressure. Any gun can KB with the right situation, but with out a doubt something that is poly is going to protect you less fromt hat pressure then something that is aluminum, or steel.
November 15th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
He didn’t say anything about checking headspace on the new barrel. I’ve fired many, many thousands of rounds through my all original G20, including thousands of rounds of hot reloads, and never saw anything like the bulging this guy had on the original barrel. Cases fired several times do start to show some buldging, and that’s when I toss them out. My barrel looks more like his new one. The kaboom happened with his new barrel, hence I’m suspicious of headspace or proper lockup, proper throating, etc. Still and all; there are such things as defective loads.
All mechanical things fail eventually, and I agree that a metal frame will likely protect the shooter better than a plastic one. Looks like he got off pretty easy– could have been much worse.
November 15th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
@6 Lyle,
He actually says the KB happened with his original barrell (the one on the left in the comparrison pic). I know, I had to read it a couple times to get it straight too.
My G2 20 barrel looks like his original with the big ramps. I may have to invest in a KMM barrel. I have shot G2 10MM glocks pretty extensively and never noticed the trouble, but then I have never shot hot ammo either.
I think I want to shoot the hotter stuff, so I think I will upgrade to be safe.
November 15th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
The unsupported chamber made sense back in the day when most people were still lugging around revolvers because they were “More Reliable”.
I have no idea about the true evolution, but I know that it seems today even the cheapest gun makers can make a rock-solid reliable semi-auto that has a fully supported chamber.
November 16th, 2011 at 3:04 am
Wow its a good thing that is all the damage it did to him could have been worse.
November 16th, 2011 at 6:34 am
Why people buy Glocks!
http://museshank.blogspot.com/2011/11/lets-talk-about-guns.html
You’re on my blogroll Unc.
Keep up the great blogging