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Ragnar, Hoosier etc...

How is it out of this story you got that .40 Glocks are less reliable than other firearms of the same caliber??

This is an ammunition problem, not a firearm or operator problem.
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Well if you re-read the posts you can see that we did indeed admit that it's all anecdotal. But I don't just see it from this post. There are a disproportionate amount of kabooms from .40SW Glocks, as opposed to Glocks of other calibers or other semi-autos. Maybe it happens a lot, but it just isn't reported or talked about as much as on Glocks. It's not hard science, but if there was another thread titled "Kaboom", I would bet real money on it being about abother .40 caliber Glock.
 
When I hear of a .40 caliber letting go, I always wonder if there were any 9mm rounds in the vicinity. A possible scenario is:

Load a magazine of .40 rounds. Accidentally load a 9mm as the top round. Cycle the slide, keeping the gun pointed down range as per safety rules.

The 9mm goes into the chamber and into the barrel. The gun goes click. The shooter, thinking the slide didn't pick up the first round, cycles the slide, still keeping the gun pointing down range, and puts a .40 into the chamber.

The result is a partial obstruction in the barrel; not enough to stop the .40 bullet and bulge the barrel, but enough to raise pressures.

Just a thought.

Jim
 
Don't let facts get in the way of a good story . This had nothing to do with the firearm , it was the ammo . I know that a few anti Glock people will jump on this as a chance to down the handgun , but true facts are true facts. Get a life , get a clue and most of all ,get a Glock !!!
 
I'm not a fan of the 40 GLocks but in fairness this case looks like PURELY a case of bad ammo. The round split on the side where the Glock's chamber is fully supported not on the bottom where the feed ramp is. In this case the Glock held up and contained the blast and worked just like it should have. While I think the design of the Glock chamber does make it more susceptible to problems because it does not have a fully supported chamber it doesn't look like it caused the problem in this case. I still would not buy a 40 Glock DerGlockinmeister, but I will have to get a 9mm Glock one day.
 
It's not hard science, but if there was another thread titled "Kaboom", I would bet real money on it being about abother .40 caliber Glock.
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and i would bet real money it was the ammo just like here. i have never. repeat NEVER seen a glock KB without it being reloads. i have seen may other guns KB for the same reason.


more glock .40's in the RW soooo...
more glock .40 KB's.

make sence?
 
I'm surprised that after that happening you are still considering purchasing one. Most people would set it down, and curse the name Glock from then on. Good for you. :)
 
Were they lead? With the complete case head like that, It almost looks like it was well out of battery. Either way, I will guess ammo, not gun.
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If it was out of battery, why did it fire? :stir pot:
 
Yup, thats a bad reload. I don't buy reloads. I make my own, otherwise its factory. You can't trust others reloading. One of my rules is I only shoot my reloads and you shoot yours. Keeps ya honest about loading.

And .40 in most of todays modern pistols is a bad round to have a weak case for. I may only reuse my cases once or twice.
 
If it was out of battery, why did it fire? :stir pot:
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That could be caused by any number of issues. If it were an early glock, that in itself would explain it. If its a later one, its either broken, or there is another failure, possibly related to being dirty, or any number of issues.
 
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