[El Gato]

The culprit is generally either reloaded ammo, or improper ammo leading to a casing failure. I have a Glock 23 (.40 S&W) and shoot it quite frequently with no problems -- but then I don't re-load. No compaints here

That must explain why the owner/rangemaster/CHL instructor at my range is so hard over against re-loads and non name brand ammo, even for practice. He's a Glock afficiando, and rents only Glock handguns.

[archy]

The culprit is generally either reloaded ammo, or improper ammo leading to a casing failure. I have a Glock 23 (.40 S&W) and shoot it quite frequently with no problems -- but then I don't re-load. No compaints here.

That must explain why the owner/rangemaster/CHL instructor at my range is so hard over against re-loads and non name brand ammo, even for practice. He's a Glock afficiando, and rents only Glock handguns.

In various handgun courses over the years I have personally witnessed five (5!) kB!s, all with factory-new .40 S&W ammo. Yes, two were with the earlier Federal 165-grain Hydra-Shok, but I've also seen it happen with 180-grain Winchester Ranger and 155-grain Speer Gold Dot HPs."

- Ken Hackathorn, World Class Firearms Instructor