Glock Kaboom poll.......... Glock owners please vote

[Double Naught Spy]

My wife has a G-19. She's put about 200 rounds through it. Had I even suspected there was a realistic chance that she would be injured by a "Kaboom," I would have suggested she get something else.

Of course you would not have suggested your wife get a gun you thought might kaboom. None of us would. Of course the G19 isn't considered one of the problematic Glocks, even after a grueling 200 rounds, LOL

 

[jeepmor]

2% plus is bad in this industry. How much of it's ammo or dirty powder buildup, not the gun?

Just how far out of battery will a Glock still fire, causing lack of case head support.

 

[clarence2005w]

I have a 3rd gen G22c I was shooting remanufactured ammo purchased from Cabellas and the case blew out in the unsupported area. It locked up the gun fire shot out from the trigger area and burnt my hand but no real damage to the gun. After that I purchased a barrel with a more supported chamber and went back to reloading my own rounds. I won't reload any brass fired from a stock glock barrel in .40 s&w. The other barrels 9mm & 357 sig & 45acp I reload from glock barrels. I don't believe glocks kb I believe they are all ammo problems either overloads or weak cases that should not have been reloaded in the first place. As many glocks that have been sold you are going to hear stories like this and this is the same with all other gun manufactures. That case falure I experienced happened after approx. 3500 rounds and that gun has over 9000 rounds on it today and is my favorite Glock.

 

[Zach S]

2nd gen glock 17, no kB!, unknown round count, traded.

2nd gen glock 17, no kB!, unknown round count, also traded.

3rd gen glock 19, no kB!, 3 or 4k rounds, still counting.

 

[Blue Brick]

After I read this article and saw the pictures, I decided I would never buy any pistol except a Ruger. One confirmed KBOOM is one too many. I will admit that higher production numbers and lack of training and or maintenance by the users might have contributed to some the KBOOMs. That being said Glock should have taken that factor in consideration and designed the pistol better.

 

[novaDAK]

After I read this article and saw the pictures, I decided I would never buy any pistol except a Ruger. One confirmed KBOOM is one too many. I will admit that higher production numbers and lack of training and or maintenance by the users might have contributed to some the KBOOMs. That being said Glock should have taken that factor in consideration and designed the pistol better.

I feel the same way actually...which is probably why I own 6 Ruger auto, and only three other guns from other makes.

 

[SA Friday]

I've owned a lot of glocks. I have owned and shot glocks since their 1st gen frames, and currently shoot glocks competitively. I have seen one kaboom in person and it was not my gun. It was a G35 set up to shoot Limited Division in USPSA. The kaboom was not a glock problem, but a reload problem, a double charge of powder in a reload. It would have kaboomed any gun. I have seen one other kaboom from an on-line site, with pictures posted. This was also a double charge of powder in a competition gun. I have also seen in person case failures in a G34 at a competition. The brass was bad and failing with very low powder charges. Not kabooming, but blowing out at the webbing and venting gas into the mag.

Then again, I have seen both of these happen with STI competition guns too.

I have never seen any glock kaboom that was a result of the gun. It has always been the result of ammunition and would have been an issue in any gun.

The Glock 40 S&W chamber could be a little tighter and support the case webbing more IMO, but it is FAR from unsafe. Any other caliber in a Glock is just as safe. This is an issue of excessive ware on brass for reloaders (the unfortunate guppied brass), and NOT a kaboom issue in any caliber in a glock. The glock kaboom is a myth. Reloader kabooms (and the 1 in a million factory round double charge) are NOT a myth.

 

[SigP232]

Never had a problem in any of my Glocks

 

[OhioPaints]

I've never shot a Glock, so I can't answer the poll.

However, I had a 40SW kaboom with a Sig P226.

At the time, it was observed (on the old Compuserve Firearms forum) that 7 of the 8 kabooms experienced by members were using Hodgdon Universal powder (true for me too).

I think the 40SW is a higher risk round than most (high pressure, short case, risk of extreme pressure buildup from bullet setback or deep seating). Glocks have less chamber support than most other guns (look at the bulged 40SW brass at a range with Glock firing pin marks).

I don't like 40SW. I will not handload it any more and prefer not to shoot even factory ammo in that caliber.

Ken

 

[fubb]

g19 -5000+ g23 -2500 g36-2500 usually shoot UMC 0 zero problems

 

[DENALI]

I see by our little poll that we have 39 Glocks of various caliber that have kaboomed with of course all the expert's in the gallery chirping cheerfully. I say BS let's see 39 photo's to back up all these tales of woe..............Yeah let's see a photo of every one of the claims on this thread about a kaboomed Glock! Half you guy's are alway's throwing around your BS stats about how ballisticlly unstable these pistol's are but of course your $1,000 this or that reflects your superior skill and judgement and of course IQ. I say BS! I say from now on everyone who claims a Glock kaboom on the THR ante up a photo-verification to prove it..............................................

 

[sinistr]

had a sqib round from a box of range purchased reloads one time.might have had a kb if i had not checked the barrel before firing again.taught me to never use reloadsbtw had about a dozen glocks since then tens of thousands of round 9,fotee,45 caliber.(no kbs)

 

[Reddbecca]

I don't own one but my aunt does. Actually she owns two, a 17 and a 19, both in 9mm. No idea how many rounds she's fired through either of them.

 

[ndh87]

I've got a Glock 17. I've honestly lost count of how many rounds i've had through it, is somewhere over 5000 and i've never had any problems or malfunctions of any kind.

 

[GaryGGR]

I own 2 Glocks a M19 and M21. I like the guns and shoot them a lot. I am not devoted any gun or gun company.

The poll results by percent of Kabooms:

9mm 4%
40 9%
45 6%
Other 6%

We must be much harder on our guns then most Glock customers. No gun company could stay in business with that rate of failure.

 

[rmgunsmith]

Glock 20 big Kaboom

Hi folks,

Today at the range I experienced my first Glock Kaboom. It was a bad one as described in http://www.thegunzone.com/glock/glock-kb-faq.html

I will never own another Glock. I love my customized Delta ELite and my Smith & Wesson 610 revolver. Both of which are accurate reliable shooters.

I would recommend nobody buy a Glock.

 

[Javelin]

Well if 10% of THR members aren't a bunch of liars! Almost 1/10 have had a KBoom? What ever. This is a bunch of crap if I have ever seen it.

 

[az-morgan]

G23 with thousands of rounds. Nothing but holes downrange.

I don't know exactly what to make of all the Kb talk. Bullet setback is a good explanation along with lead bullets and over-charged reloads and everything else. Essentially we are holding a bomb in our fists, we should all accept the fact that occasionally, something is going to go wrong. I like the idea that Glocks are made of very tough plastic and therefore perhaps reduces the probability of getting some metal shrapnel in my hand.

Az-Morgan

 

[brentwal]

Second Gen G17 - no problems
Third Gen G23c - no problems

 

[Airman193SOS]

I'm skeptical to say the least about these poll results. You have to be kidding me! There is no way that Glocks have that kind of failure rate. No way. This website's membership must be composed of every Glock owner that ever had a Kaboom.

For the record, I have a G27. The one minor problem I did have was easily remedied. I've fired everything through it, from factory to reloads, with no issues. In fact, I fired 500 rounds of unjacketed lead even before I knew anything about kB!s with zero problems.

 

[Firepower!]

Sounds like an other anti-glock post, but just to let you know my glock did not "kaboom' so far!

 

[Moonclip]

Have never seen a kaboom over the years but I have seen cracked slides and of course broken trigger return springs.

 

[Scorpiusdeus]

Well, the fact of the matter is that KABOOMS do happen. Do they happen with this frequency? Unlike my fellow members, I'm not willing to call the rest of you liars, so we can just say that it's something that needs to be considered when buying a gun.

When someone on a gun board, at the range, or anywhere for that matter says "I had a Kaboom" if you are being honest the first gun that comes to mind is a Glock. Why do you think that is?

With all the Glocks out there and in service with LE agencies worldwide, I don't think the problem is as prevalent as some make it out to be, but it is a consideration IF you are a hand loader for sure and it is a consideration in general.

 

[SRT1]

I have a Glock 27 and have run many types of ammo through it in the 1500 or so rounds down range. No problems at all with it, however my friend just bought one (27) and returned it with under 200 rounds through it due to a trigger problem described in another thread here. Trigger simply went back and locked there.

 

[UnTainted]

glock haters that don't own them are posting some of the KB data above...

If you're worried, get the G20 (it's mega-uber thick for a glock)