My glock blew up
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Hello cbr1100,
I hope you found some helpful info in the posts of your thread. Unfortunately, too many folks are too quick to offer opinions on things of which they have no knowledge whatsoever.
I have four Glocks including a Glock 21, G4. Before I bought my first Glock, I researched the "lore". For Glocks, it's quite simple - don't shoot lead bullets in the Glock polygonal rifled bore and don't shoot reloads in any Glock barrel except in 9mm. I understand all glock barrels are relatively unsupported to improve feed reliability and the exception for shooting reloads in 9mm has more to do with the 9mm cartridge case spec than any improved support for that Glock barrel configuration.
If you repair your Glock and wish to shoot reloads, first get an aftermarket barrel (i.e. lone wolf, storm lake) with conventional rifling. The you can shoot both reloads and lead bullets without any extra worry about the Glock Ka-boom factor.
Regards,
Jambo
I hope you found some helpful info in the posts of your thread. Unfortunately, too many folks are too quick to offer opinions on things of which they have no knowledge whatsoever.
I have four Glocks including a Glock 21, G4. Before I bought my first Glock, I researched the "lore". For Glocks, it's quite simple - don't shoot lead bullets in the Glock polygonal rifled bore and don't shoot reloads in any Glock barrel except in 9mm. I understand all glock barrels are relatively unsupported to improve feed reliability and the exception for shooting reloads in 9mm has more to do with the 9mm cartridge case spec than any improved support for that Glock barrel configuration.
If you repair your Glock and wish to shoot reloads, first get an aftermarket barrel (i.e. lone wolf, storm lake) with conventional rifling. The you can shoot both reloads and lead bullets without any extra worry about the Glock Ka-boom factor.
Regards,
Jambo
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I wouldnt bother contacting glock if i was you, they state there guns are to only have factory ammo fired through them so your reloads will be the blame for sure, glad nobody was hurt but looks like your getting a new gun
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first thing you need to do is get the coppers to dewat it so you dont have a useless pos registered to ya, the slide and barrel arent registered anyway take em off and go give it to the cops
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and i am sure the op was shooting copper plated thru it when it went kaboom at least i think that's what i read but they will alwaays blame the user when it comes to reloads so its a moot point anyways
Glocks shoot reloads just fine thanks.
I know a few who shoot lead through the factory barrel as well.
I have a Gen 2 G22 that's been on a strict diet of reloads for awhile now, as long as I'm not pushing a max charge in a case that's been fired 1000 times it's ok.
My glock has been fine with lead, powder coated, plated and the odd jacketed bullet plus a newbie mistake of changing powders but not changing powder setting. Went from w231 to tightgroup and the below image resulted, I've since put 20k through it. the mag came out and my hands were slightly blackened. After an inspection of the gun we kept using it (different ammo of course). As well, my buddy has a glock 22 gen 4 with 15k of reloads through it (plated).
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It's a Glock; parts are inexpensive and readily available. Contact a Canadian warranty station, arrange to send it to them, and they'll replace the frame with a new one.
http://canward.com/product-warranty/info_4.html
Worst case scenario? You'll pay for the cost of the frame.
Thanks for the tread. I learned a few things. Was't aware about the Glock unsupported bbl. issue. Like my revolvers on that score I guess. I have a Glock 22 but use Lone Wolf bbls. in it. I'm using/reusing my own brass mostly these days but will have to keep an eye out for former Glock fired brass. I use a bullet checker in .45ACP and 9mm so if the brass isn't sized perfect the round will not fit the checker. A revolver is a bullet checker itself if the round won't go in the cylinder. Guess I'll buy a checker for .40 S&W as well.
I operate on the idea that if I can learn something from someone else's mistake than I won't make that same mistake myself. Lot cheaper that way.
I operate on the idea that if I can learn something from someone else's mistake than I won't make that same mistake myself. Lot cheaper that way.
You probably know this but not only do Glocks have a significant unsupported chamber in the feedramp area, but they claim that they make their chambers oversized intentionally to contribute to their "legendary reliability". In your case, I guess it had "legendary reliability" until it blew up.
Interestingly, Lee makes a kit (their BULGE BUSTER KIT") for resizing the oversized case heads of brass (the part that a common sizing die doesn't get to) - but they say don't use it with Glock brass - as these are too far gone. From Lee:
"Glock Cases: We do not recommend "fixing" cases fired in pistols with unsupported chambers, because there is no way to make them safe once they have bulged. The case wall is thinned where it bulges, and resizing the outside of the case back down to the correct diameter does not restore the case back to its original thickness. If this case is fired in a pistol with an unsupported chamber again, and this thinned section of brass happens to line up with the unsupported part of the chamber, there is a high probability that the case will rupture." - LINK
All this is bad news - as there is a risk poised by Glocks to others. That is, the rest of us could end-up with some Glock brass in any stuff we pick up at the range. In a normal gun, this oversized stuff will not resize properly and will jam a gun other than a Glock. I'm not crazy about having a Glock guy or girl shoot next to me, because of the risk of mixing my brass with his or hers.
For example, I would definitely not want to mix my "brass" with this particular lady:
As noted, a Lee Bulge Buster kit would not help her.
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That unsupported issue was way back in 2009 and has been dealt with already. You'll know what cases were fired from an unsupported barrel when you see it. Looks like a short fat guy with a beer gut.
I don't quite get the part about the fat guy with the beer gut, but do agree that Glock owners, as a group, are rather un-selective types - who seem to have no misgivings about unsightly bulges that would make the rest of us puke.
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User error is most likely the cause. Loaded ove 250k rounds in 20+ years, never a double charge, with certain procedures in place. Range brass a0or virgin, works the same forme. Only use virgin or 1f for match loads
if its cracked, throw it away, that's all i ever had to do.
This is why I colour code my ammo on the headstamp end so I know exactly what brass I'm picking up. An 8 pack of different coloured felt pens works well.
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