I was talking about "KaBooms!" or blown up guns with someone recently. Neither one of us could think of reported KB! with *factory* ammo, with the exception of some documented cases of Glock pistols and certain .40 S&W factory loads.
It seems like *every* self-reported incident of a KB! on any forum I see the shooter always invariably was shooting reloads. In some cases the shooter admits to a bad load, but in may more they insist, "MY reloads are good! I don't know why the gun blew up!"
So, how many instances of a factory load blowing up a gun can we come up with? We know about the Glock .40 issue, so that's covered. What else?
Btw, old mil-surp ammo doesn't count as "factory" for this as after it's been stored in unknown conditions for years or decades it can no longer be considered the same as new production ammo. (Although I'm still curious if anyone has had a mil-surp let go with mil-surp ammo).
EDIT: If you do know of an instance, what was the factory ammo? (If you know)
It seems like *every* self-reported incident of a KB! on any forum I see the shooter always invariably was shooting reloads. In some cases the shooter admits to a bad load, but in may more they insist, "MY reloads are good! I don't know why the gun blew up!"
So, how many instances of a factory load blowing up a gun can we come up with? We know about the Glock .40 issue, so that's covered. What else?
Btw, old mil-surp ammo doesn't count as "factory" for this as after it's been stored in unknown conditions for years or decades it can no longer be considered the same as new production ammo. (Although I'm still curious if anyone has had a mil-surp let go with mil-surp ammo).
EDIT: If you do know of an instance, what was the factory ammo? (If you know)
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