Near Miss for a Tennessee Handgun Instructor

[Guest Legally Armed]

Article about a recent malfunction on a Tennessee range.

Firearm Instructor Near Miss In Tennessee

Edited January 21, 2011 by LagerHead

[LagerHead]

Added link to text. Hope you don't mind.

[gnmwilliams]

Holy flying slide Batman! My question is how did the shooter not get hit by the slide?

Edited January 21, 2011 by gnmwilliams

[Guest strelcevina]

here we go again

now people will start bashing cheap a$$ plastic made Glock Again .

[Guest tnxdshooter]

here we go again

now people will start bashing cheap a$$ plastic made Glock Again .

Well they are junk. Nuff said.

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

Any gun out there can KB. I've seen pictures of 1911, Glocks, XD's, H&k's, Sig's and even revolvers Kabooms..

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

Well they are junk. Nuff said.

I guess XD's are junk too?

[JReedEsq]

Any gun out there can KB. I've seen pictures of 1911, Glocks, XD's, H&k's, Sig's and even revolvers Kabooms..

+1; But there are probably more Glock KBs than XD KBs.... Why???... But because their are more Glocks being used and abused. Why??? Because Glocks are generally more worthy of use and abuse... With all that use and abuse comes improper care and some people who insist on using the wrong ammo.... Hence more KBs....

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

Well they are junk. Nuff said.

How about a .44 Magnum Colt's revolver, are they cheap too?

[PC7]

The article states the ammo was Wolf; that is the culprit in my opinion. I can’t believe anyone puts that commy crap in their weapons.

[gnmwilliams]

+1; But there are probably more Glock KBs than XD KBs.... Why???... But because their are more Glocks being used and abused. Why??? Because Glocks are generally more worthy of use and abuse... With all that use and abuse comes improper care and some people who insist on using the wrong ammo.... Hence more KBs....

I would say that you hear about more Glocks just because there are more of them out there. That and their lack of fully supported chambers.

[Garufa]

I would say that you hear about more Glocks just because there are more of them out there. That and their lack of fully supported chambers.

Bingo.

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

You won't find an automatic with a "fully supported" chamber per-say because of the way they operate. But Glocks has made big changes to their barrels over the years.

Edited January 22, 2011 by GLOCKGUY

[Guest strelcevina]

I guess XD's are junk too?

yup. cheep plastic gun to.

only real difference is that you wont lose any body parts shooting XD

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

yup. cheep plastic gun to.

only real difference is that you wont lose any body parts shooting XD

How do you figure that?

[BigK]

The article states the ammo was Wolf; that is the culprit in my opinion. I can’t believe anyone puts that commy crap in their weapons.

Uh oh!

I've shot somewhere b/w 700 & 1000 rounds of cheap commie crap (Wolf, Bear, Tula) in my CZ P-01 (steel & aluminum) all the time. I also shoot cheap reloads in my Ruger SP101 (built like a freakin' tank) all the time too.

I WILL NOT shoot this same stuff in my Glock (plastic), though. However, I did read at the link below that there is not a single confirmed kb report from any of the 9mm Glock models.

Glock kB! FAQ v1.35

[Lumber_Jack]

Uh oh!

I've shot somewhere b/w 700 & 1000 rounds of cheap commie crap (Wolf, Bear, Tula) in my CZ P-01 (steel & aluminum) all the time. I also shoot cheap reloads in my Ruger SP101 (built like a freakin' tank) all the time too.

I WILL NOT shoot this same stuff in my Glock (plastic), though. However, I did read at the link below that there is not a single confirmed kb report from any of the 9mm Glock models.

Glock kB! FAQ v1.35

If I were a betting man I would say .40 S&W has the highest possibility due to tue very high pressure. I can't see the pic on my iPod can y'all tell what caliber it is?

[deerslayer]

If I were a betting man I would say .40 S&W has the highest possibility due to tue very high pressure. I can't see the pic on my iPod can y'all tell what caliber it is?

40 and 9 operate at basically the same pressure.

[A.J. Holst]

I wonder how routine cleaning and maintenance effects the number of reported KBs.

I am not a gunsmith, but feel I am familar enough with my firearms to know during cleaning and inspection if something looks different after each shooting session.

Since I always clean my guns after each shooting session, I should notice if there strange wear marks where there weren't any before.

I understand Glocks and many other brands can go many sessions before requiring cleaning, so pending failures may not be noticed until the fatal KB.

[Oh Shoot]

40 and 9 operate at basically the same pressure.

Yep, and 9mm +p is higher than .40

Never have understood why the .40 is the one to KaBoom Glocks.

- OS

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

Glocks are not perfect, nothing man-made is, but I trust my life to their reliability. The overwhelming majority of blown Glocks are from lead build up or poor quality reloads and few are from bad factory loads. I know their are a few that have had manufacturing defects, but I have not seen one yet that caused a KB.

Barrel walls are thicker on 9mms than 40S&Ws. They have the same outside diameter, but the .40 has a 1mm bigger hole bored through it. This is especially true with the 9mm/40S&W comparison. The 9mm, 10mm, and 40S&W all work in the same pressure area: 35,000 p.s.i. The 40 has a much thinner barrel to contain the same high pressures that the 9mm does with its much thicker barrel.

[JDM175]

I quit reading the article after they said Glock as I have never seen a Glock have any malfunction. Ever. Never Ever. Period.

[Oh Shoot]

...The 40 has a much thinner barrel to contain the same high pressures that the 9mm does with its much thicker barrel.

Well, there ya go. Don't know that I've ever heard that seemingly perfectly logical explanation.

- OS

[Erik88]

Well they are junk. Nuff said.

your ignorance is astounding....

[Guest BEARMAN]

KABOOM!.....BLOWN TO SMITHEREENS!