Explosion at Glock Facility in Smyrna, GA

[Bruce H]

What I want to know is who was responsible for maintainance. Somebody sure fell off the pace here. Glock is the only manufacturer to have an explosion like this and they haven't been around as long as several others. They better loose the perfection in their advertising because pistols and ranges both going KB isn't good. How hard would it be to have twelve feet of grated floor in front of the shooting bench. Auto flush on schedule and the problems would be over. Probably not cost effective.

 

[Boats]

Well, again. I've heard of giving people the rope to hang themselves, but this is getting ridiculous. I think suicide is a sin:
Why did you just prove my original post by submitting the above? For goodness sake, read your own words!

You actually had a point conflating a personal attack on the human Chuck Heston with amusing, if darkly-humored, slamming of an artificial corporation and the inanimate objects it produces?

How many times does it need to be repeated? No one here personally attacked the victims involved, nor ever even implied that they deserved what they got.

You seem to have this strange desire to force people to extend their sympathy, (expressed or assumed), for the victims of the accident--to their employer. That is a non-sensical expectation. I can and do hate American Airlines, the organization, without bearing ill-will towards the folks who just happen to work at the aviation world's vortex of evil.

 

[pax]

Please remember THR's Rule 4, folks.

pax

4.) Spamming, trolling, flaming, and personal attacks are prohibited. You can disagree with other members, even vehemently, but it must be done in a well-mannered form. Attack the argument, not the arguer.

 

[AZLibertarian]

To make sure this posting is relevant to the thread topic....My prayers go out to the injured, and I hope Glock can prevent a reoccurance of this event.

However, I'm a new guy to this forum, and there are a number of you who seem to have complaints about Glock products. When I carry, I most often carry my G23C, but I can't say I'm a Glock expert. Quite honestly, I don't shoot as often as I would like/ought to. Because I believe all our rights are guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment, my generalized focus on RKBA has been more on the "Rights" part of it, rather than the "Bearing" part.

So here's my question for those of you who appear to be much more active shooters than I: Just exactly what are your complaints about the Glock products? I'm not all that hung up on anyone's problems with corporate arrogance, or marketing slogans. If you're the kind of guy who likes to shoot a 1911 and a M14 over a G19 and an AR15 (--wood and steel over black plastic--)...That's fine. I see that as a difference of opinion in the same way that some guys prefer Fords over Chevys....they're each making the right decision for themselves. I don't intend to hijack the thread topic, but again, what are the Glock complaints out there?

 

[Sven]

Any other information on the explosion, which is the subject of this thread?

 

[Greybeard]

I checked the online version of Atlanta paper just now and found no follow-up article. Over at www.glocktalk.com, donations are being taken for the victims. At one point there were as many as 7 threads going there. A copy and paste below from post by a fella who goes by DJ Niner.

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"Forgive me if I missed this in the previous pages, but does anyone have a copy of the online video of that 60 Minutes report on Glock, Inc? IIRC, it had a short section at the beginning showing Glocks being test-fired; as I recall, the guns were being placed in some kind of a quick-release fixture, loaded, and fired into a tunnel of some sort. The tunnel COULD have been the problem; if it was very small, it probably wasn't cleaned by sweeping, and perhaps the operator didn't realize how much powder had built-up. One random spark strikes the wrong place, and WHOOOOOSH!

Can you imagine the focusing and projecting effect a tunnel/tube would have on this type of fire? It would certainly explain why one of the folks was burned so badly; he was probably nearest to the entrance of the tube, and caught the brunt of the exiting flames. My prayers go out to all involved.

If anyone has a copy of the 60 Minutes vid, or a functioning link, I'd like to see that first part of it again... "

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Grey

 

[FedGunner]

Folks,

I test ammunition for a living. I understand it.

People doing function tests on firearms don't. They know guns.

I'm willing to bet that this was caused by bad housekeeping. period.

We clean our "trap" alleys once every 8 hours, for just this reason. I generally sweep up at least 300 grains of unburnt powder after a shift. It wouldn't take long to accumulate a serious amount if basic clean-up is ignored.

 

[Gunhead]

FedGunner,

I see that you are working as ballistic technician. Approximately how many rounds you fire in an 8 hour shift?