Kaboom in Glocks

[Kosmic]

Those of us who have only one life have to be more careful with our choices

That's funny!!

 

[757Fixer]

Slavex G19 blew up in my hand. It hurt.

 

[yyyyy]

Really? I just read that there had only been one documented case of a 9mm KB I thought... Slavex how many guns have you had blow up now? A reload or factory ammo?

Was it this one? http://www.thegunzone.com/glock/g19-kb.html

To the OP:
"To my knowledge there is not a single handgun design on the market that
was originally developed to run 40 or .357 SIG.
That means all the models currently sold in .40 and .357 SIG were
designed to run 9mm loads with an average pressure of 30K, with "room
for error" to handle up to 50K.
All that's happening when they take 9mm designs and "re-engineer" them
to run .40 and .357 SIG is that they make the barrel walls thinner to
accommodate the bigger bullet, and they throw in a heavier spring and
hope for the best.

Given that the pressures the gun is being subjected to are consistently
higher (and closer to the failure point of 50K), logic would indicate
that shorter service life and problems will occur from pounding guns
designed for 9mm with higher pressures against thinner components on a
regular basis."

 

[Steve David]

And they also added the 3rd pin for strength in the .40 The first and second gen 17's did not have the 3rd pin.

Sig_1959 get yourself a Lone Wolf barrel.

 

[bearkilr]

To the OP:
"To my knowledge there is not a single handgun design on the market that
was originally developed to run 40 or .357 SIG.
That means all the models currently sold in .40 and .357 SIG were
designed to run 9mm loads with an average pressure of 30K, with "room
for error" to handle up to 50K.
All that's happening when they take 9mm designs and "re-engineer" them
to run .40 and .357 SIG is that they make the barrel walls thinner to
accommodate the bigger bullet, and they throw in a heavier spring and
hope for the best.

Given that the pressures the gun is being subjected to are consistently
higher (and closer to the failure point of 50K), logic would indicate
that shorter service life and problems will occur from pounding guns
designed for 9mm with higher pressures against thinner components on a
regular basis."

The 10mm Glocks were designed for the 10mm, yet there's still KB's in those. However, most if not all of these can be attributed to reloads or remanufactured ammo.