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SpeedRacer
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Shooting reloads. What a surprise.
Guate_shooter
LA CHP Instructor # 522
Damm thats the first one I see do this, pretty messed up though glad the operator isn't seriously hurt, bad thing is its putting a bad name for us XD fans when it was not due to poor quality of handgun more bad quality of load.
nickatnite
Crybaby Hater...
And your point is?
This can also happen with factory ammo. I had a gun I was shooting last Wed night get a squib. Something didn't feel or sound right. I stopped and sure enough, had a round lodged in the bbl. If I had the classic "head up ass syndrome" there would have been a similiar post.
I thought that was only supposed to happen with Glocks??????
There's just more scenarios with Glocks b/c there's more of them out there.
SpeedRacer
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My point is, almost every time this happens to any handgun the owner is shooting reloads. And then everyone rants about how it has nothing to do with the fact that they were shooting reloads. It's not just a strange coincidence.
It's not the reloads, it's the reloader.
I've reloaded thousands and thousands of rounds without one problem.
I also check my brass for cracks, am very observant while I charge my cases with powder, and I check every 20 or so rounds for over all length.
If you also look into it, you'll find that 75%ish of reload kabooms happen with gun show reloads. There's a big difference between a person making performance ammunition for him(or her)self and a person looking to make back what he spent on a table by selling ziploc bags of cheap ammo.
I've reloaded thousands and thousands of rounds without one problem.
I also check my brass for cracks, am very observant while I charge my cases with powder, and I check every 20 or so rounds for over all length.
If you also look into it, you'll find that 75%ish of reload kabooms happen with gun show reloads. There's a big difference between a person making performance ammunition for him(or her)self and a person looking to make back what he spent on a table by selling ziploc bags of cheap ammo.
bayoukajun
Old & Cranky
I'm over twice your age so I'm not as smart as you but.... I have been reloading for 30 years plus and have to this date had exactly zero kabooms and one squib load to my credit. To make a blanket statement like that is totally idiotic. Reloading is like anything else, if you don't have your head in the game don't do it. I, like most who reload, have very stict rules when reloading which are never compromised. One of those rules is to never shoot any one else's reloads.
kajun.....
+1 again
Especially guns chambered in .40 S&W
Have you ever reloaded any .40 S&W?
Of course it's the person doing the reloading as Sterno said, i'm sure Speedracer is not implying that these rounds are making themselves.
However EVERY single Ka-boom I've seen has been from a reload and NOT from Factory Ammo. Glock/XD/SIG/M&P even the Beretta just the other day. I'm also not in the minority here I'm sure when it comes to reading these stories, and then not being surprised to also read the admission of guilt when they relinquish the fact they it was a reload that blew their gun up.
I'm quite certain that is the point Speedracer is trying to make here.
Cheers
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bayoukajun
Old & Cranky
Hitman;390550 Have you ever reloaded any .40 S&W?[/QUOTE said:
Agreed
When reloading .40 S&W, isn't there little room for improvement if any at all?
This isn't rhetorical, I'm just wondering b/c I hear that's why a lot of folks have a .40 blow on them is b/c it's already at its peak.
was thinking the same thing, if he can feel them, they must hurt.
hdfinder47
Ed
FYI, it happens with factory loads, also, but much less frequently. Witnessed a friend blow up a PPK/S with fresh box of Federal JHP's. The gun was repairable and Federal paid to have it factory rebuilt.
From another angle.....
Reloads are like underwear. Be very careful who you share with.
Back on topic. It really does look like a out of battery ignition. Seen enough photos of squibs and double charges to know what that looks like.
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