Sometimes the case would let go completely, resulting in this sort of kaboom.
fter investigating it as thoroughly as possible, it does appear to have been ammo-caused.
glad he wasn’t hurt too badly - could have been a lot worse
YIKES!
Since it wasn’t a hand load, I wonder if it’ll be covered by Glock for replacement/repair under their warranty.
Always wear eye protection.
During at outing to the range last summer, I was firing Winchester “white box” through my Glock17. At one point, the chamber failed to close and I found a squib round in the barrel. I was fortunate that it didn’t get too far down the barrel as firing a round behind it surely would’ve been a bad situation. I had never experienced that and hope I never do again.
Sometimes the case would let go completely, resulting in this sort of kaboom.
“I blowed it up good!” alert.
Lucky shooter, that could have turned out far worse than it did.
The G20’s like most Glocks have that unsupported chamber which results in brass expansion and a nice big knot on the brass in the area that lacks support. I reload which is tough using a Glock due to overworking the brass.
Put an aftermarket barrel in my G20 which is a dramatic improvement.
I’m glad that the shooter was not too terribly injured.
I thank him for giving me another reason to retain my nice little all-steel .38 Special snubnose revolver.
I’ve been told Glocks “Walk on Water!”