XD Kaboom found on another forum!

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Oh gosh, reloads. :rolleyes: Why am I not surprised? I'm going to monitor that thread and seem what Springfield says. I'll bet that he's out about half the price of the gun. He needs to pull his other loads in that batch and check the powder charges.
 
Crappy reloads. Springfield will take good care of him but, but you do have to watch your powder charges.
 
Is it just my eyes, or does the chamber support look even less than with a Glock?

Pretty clearly a significant overload (double charge?) by the way the headstamp was nealy erased by the breech face and the extractor cutout is embossed on the case. Further shows the near uselessness of "reading primers" for over pressure signs.

All things considered, seems the little plastic gun held up pretty well.

--wally.
 
Chamber support does indeed make a difference in whether a pistol KBs or not. However, reload that is out of spec you can KB even the most supported chamber designs. That being said, I'm not a fan of the pistol designs that use a funnel instead of a chamber to improve reliability in their pistol designs.:rolleyes:
 
I went shooting with a friend of mine who had an XD. He ran out of new WWB and I offered him some of my reloads, but I checked his chamber first. The XD chamber is just as supportive (maybe more) as my Sig 229.

I seriously doubt the chamber had anything to do with the failure of the weapon.
 
Funny he blames the single stage press for double charging the round.
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Those single stage presses are tricky, especially if you've got your head stuck in a certain dark place while reloading!!:D
 
I've seen kB's Glocks, SiGs, 1911s, S&W and now an XD. No gun is immune. Glad the shooter wasn't hurt.

Show this to your kids and explain to them why they should wear shooting glasses.
 
Funny he blames the single stage press for double charging the round.
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I actually missed that the first time I read through that thread. More interested in pictures I guess. I don't see how a single stage press could promote this sort of thing. If anything, I would think the single stage presses give you more control over the quality of the load. The fact that he doesn't know for sure which press this round was manufactured on is disturbing. I'll wager that most reloaders can tell you just about everything about a given round. My father was into reloading .38 spl years ago and kept strict records of his loads. Each box was labeled and that label was cross referenced in a journal with just about anything you care to ask. One of these days, I'll get into reloading myself and I plan to be every bit as careful.
 
You can blow up anything with a faulty handload. I have the remains of my brother's Ruger Super Blackhawk, a gun built like a bank vault.
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Is there a story in this? I'd like to see the pics and hear the story if possible. I find it quite helpful when, after something like this happens, the cause can be pinpointed (the guy in the other thread doesn't seem to be too interested in this). It's the pits when a fine gun is ruined, but it's still a good learning experience.
 
Sigh, what really gets me down is how we are going to have to hear about this for the next 20 years.

I drink cheap soda.

I wear cheap boxers.

I eat cheap hamburgers.

I do not skimp on my firearms.

Save $6 bucks and risk blowing my hand off, no thanks.

Factory fresh please.
 
Everytime you pull that trigger, you're taking a risk of this happening. Factory or reloads, it happens. Granted, your odds of this happening are reduced by using factory loaded ammo. Some of the cases profiled on Gunzone stem from Glock 40s with factory loaded Hydrashok ammuniton, one of Federal's premium marques. Culprit turned out to that the brass of early .40 ammunition was rather thin in the area of the case head. Couple that with rather generous throating and you've got a problem.

I know a guy at the range I'm a member of who reloads .40s. He's a high volume shooter. Has been for 20 years. He's been reloading .40s since a couple years after the caliber was introduced. Never once had a problem in probably 100k rounds (or more if you consider his previous love affair with 9mm). He's very careful in his reloading and allows no distractions. His favorite guns are XDs. If you're careful, you've got about as much chances of blowing up your gun with reloads as you have with factory. Trouble with reloading is that lots of careless people try it, it's got a steep learning curve, and is quite unforgiving of mistakes.
 
Joe the redneck-

Not all reloaders are mentally deficient and cheap. I trust my ammo because I've seen everything that went into it.

Save six bucks? Yeah right, don't build a hotrod when you can buy a new Kia for nine grand?
 
Only reloads I use are the ones I've made -- and even those are questionable :scrutiny:
I learned that when I blew up my G21 years ago :eek: believe me...not fun!
 
Save $6 bucks and risk blowing my hand off, no thanks.

Factory fresh please.
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And yet, there are those of us who have handloaded/reloaded well in excess of a half-million rounds over the course of several decades with nary a mishap. It does require full attention, and resisting the temptation to push the envelope in the quest of "just another 25 feet per second"...but there are people who blow up guns every day by being careless or just plain stupid.

To quote a statement I once read:

"There's nothing that you can prove with a handload that hasn't already been proven, and the pressure required to accelerate a 150-grain bullet to 2800 fps in 20 inches of rifling is more than sufficient to blow your eyes through the back of your head."

Life is hard. It's harder when you're stupid. Don't be stupid.
 
I borrowed this pic from a TFL post but it clearly shows that the XD and HK USP have the most supported chambers of the ones pictured. MOST KB's on record with Glocks were not reloads! I have blown up a G27 with a case failure (Glock replaced frame for $40. this was 1998) I had a similar instance with a Beretta 96 2 yrs ago when I case failure brike the extractor, blew the right side grip off and ejected the mag! I had to hammer the case out with a dowel. As some stated, No gun is immune and Reloads are seldom at fault! If it makes you feel better to think that You will never have a KB because your gun is "The Sh$%" and your ammo is "factory fresh" then fire away! It may help you shoot better to think that you are immune (less flinch)! :what:
The USP is supposed to have a vent design that allows gasses from case failure to release without causing a Weapon failure and injury but aside from that, You could be next! My G27 failure split the frame, ejected the mag, Felt like a firecracker went off in my closed hand, and put a small piece of the failed case into my cheek below the right eye! I wish I had taken some pics of it! I do still carry this gun sometimes with its mis-match serial #'s due to frame replacement.
 

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The USP is supposed to have a vent design that allows gasses from case failure to release without causing a Weapon failure and injury
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I hadn't heard of this before, but I have seen pictures of a blown USP. The grip frame was in several pieces. Unfortunately, I don't remember where I saw this picture. I'm not knocking H&K - I have 2 USP Compacts and they are super.

The extent of chamber support will help to a point, but many of these mistakes (factory or private individual) are so overpowered that no polymer gun would survive. Metal framed does fare better, though I've seen 1911 barrels split nearly all the way down along with a generous split in the dust cover to match. When I see something like that, I always hate to think what would have happened if it was a polymer frame.

I firmly believe that many reloaders out there achieve far superior quality control over their loads than the big manufacturers.
 
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