Glock and Kaboom!

Glocks and Kaboom!s are

  • bull####! My Glock is perfect!

    Votes: 18 12.7%

  • possible, but not likely to happen. Ignore the stories.

    Votes: 76 53.5%

  • so true! Happened to some people

    Votes: 43 30.3%

  • scary! I have my Glock listed on Exchange forum now!

    Votes: 5 3.5%
  • Total voters
    142
  • Poll closed .
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I heard stories about Glocks that go "Kaboom!" that a chambered for bigger caliber than 9 mm, e.g. 40 S&W and 45 ACP. Did anybody actually experienced anything like that?

PS. I think it could be just 1st generation...
 
It is possible but remote. This is especially true if you use factory of FMJ ammo. Our range Glocks see many 10s of thousands of rounds, we have never had a KB.
 
I've seen a KB on a S&W (5906) and an HK.... Never seen one on a glock... I'm pretty sure you can KB anything.... But it's not really a brand thing...
 
I seen a Glock 20(?) 10mm go kaboom, it was one of our CGN members. It was quite surprizing, we were practicing IPSC and just before I was standing a the exact right spot and I could follow the bullets on the way to the target, sun was reflecting off them. I've seen the vapour trail of rifle bullets before but never the bullet.
 
From what I've heard, it tends to happen to people who reload their own ammunition and put in hot loads. It may also be more likely specifically with the Glocks chambered in .40SW since it's basically a 9mm conversion with no strengthening.
 
any unsuportted chamber will allow the case to rupture at high pressures and or tired brass, but on a 1911 you just trash the mag and grip panels, on the glock it smashes the frame, the one failing of polymer. That being said, there is no good reason to push loads that hot down it, if you need something that much hotter, buy a bigger gun:D And thats not meant to be a shot at the glock, I don't pretend to like them but they're d@mn good duty guns and really reliable. (just not my cup o tea)
 
All guns go kaboom!
I ve heard of AR15, M14, 1911...... blowing up but its very remote.
Same with glocks 1 in 1000000 might go Kaboom but the chance of you getting that one is very remote.
But If it makes you feel better dont buy any guns at all, just to be safe and donate all your dangerous Glock to me so I can make sure you guys dont get hurt.
 
When people reload brass that was shot with in a Glock and they load them too hot, it may happen. From what I can gather, it happens when the area of the case that was weakened the first time, is loaded too hot, and ends up unsupported again. Regards, Richard:D
 
I have talked to one LEO, who had his Glock 22 go kaboom and have talked to another person who had a casing rupture in his 22.

Have seen referances to kabooms on LEO forums and seen a couple of videos. Seems to be most common with reloaded .40cal.

The problem I have heard about in their .45 is to do with the feeding and having to stick a piece of cardboard behind the mag. supposed to fixed soon.

Glock in 9mm yes!!!
Glock in .40cal or .45acp? No thank you
 
I've seen one on a Glock in 9mm but the fault was a double charge of powder in a handload. Worked perfectly too. Mag blew out along with all debris, grip split pretty well right in two, but user was not hurt with exception of likely pooping himself.....
 
It can happen , but IMO it takes several things to take place first .
I'm guessing that the .40 S&W ( G22 ) is the most prone to it . It has a higher pressure ( faster twist than the 45 too ) . Glocks are kinda fussy , they hate lead - it builds up on their type of rifling . So IF you shoot lead and allow it to build up eventually it wants to stop the bullet . The pressures rise and in the case of the G22 it has an unsupported chamber ( base of the cartridge above the feed ramp is in the breeze ) and now you have a kaboom . If you are reloading max loads with weakened brass all this will just happen quicker / easier .
To me the solve is easy , and I just bought a G22 by the way .
1) don't shoot lead !
2) clean your gun .
3) in my case its for IPSC production division so all rounds are down loaded to 130 power factor .
4) if you need full power buy factory ammo .
5) only shoot ammo you know is yours .
This worked for my G21 for a long time with no problems .
 
I had a KBOOM / case rupture of sorts once with a Glock 26 (overseas).

Shooting the owners 147gr JHP reloads. They were hot - factory spec at least - and after about 10 rounds I had a shot that immediately sent hot pain along my left hand where it ran along the gap between the slide and frame. The plate I was shooting at fell, but the case did not eject.

Saw no blood but just a long black line along my left hand / thumb. There was a piece of the case that was blown down into the mag, and basically there was a 1cm gash right above the rim of the case where the chamber was unsupported.

So it goes down to bad reloading, but we were shooting the same loads out of a USP (supported chamber) with no problem.
 
It happened when the Ottawa Police changed over (40 cal).

Glock were there exchanging the guns one for one.

I had seen the results and, thankfully, no one got hurt.
 
richardoldfield said:
When people reload brass that was shot with in a Glock and they load them too hot, it may happen. From what I can gather, it happens when the area of the case that was weakened the first time, is loaded too hot, and ends up unsupported again. Regards, Richard:D
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"I had a KBOOM / case rupture of sorts once with a Glock 26 (overseas).

Shooting the owners 147gr JHP reloads. They were hot - factory spec at least - and after about 10 rounds I had a shot that immediately sent hot pain along my left hand where it ran along the gap between the slide and frame. The plate I was shooting at fell, but the case did not eject."

HK fan, I think we are saying the same thing. It all comes down to reloading used cases, that have been fired in a Glock, to max levels. If you reload used Glock cases for mid range loads you will probably be fine. Regards, Richard:D
 
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