[Big Red Badger]

Where is The Thumb?

No Thanks Glock!

[Geronimo]

Look at the barrel, and how much of it is missing…

Look at the hand...where's the index finger and the thumb...?

[Delta 21]

Lead buildup to the point of explosion? Do Glocks come with a facny schmancy cleaning rod?

If you cant reload your ammo where it wont destroy your gun, you might be a dumb ass.

[A Navy Vet]

And that’s why I owned a Sig Sauer P226 until it fell into the ocean in rough seas.

[mountainlion]

I never saw anything like this for a Colt 1911

[ontap]

Reloaded ammo is the prime reason for failures....maker is irrelevant!!!

[VicVanleeuwenhoek]

As said these could be the fault of the ammo and not the gun.
The Glock brought on a whole new set of problems with its lack of a safety and its light trigger pull. As someone mentioned “Glock Leg”, a term created when Glocks were introduced to Police Depts. and there were numerous accidental discharges, sometimes resulting in leg injuries.

With revolvers and DA\SA pistols the trigger pull is hefty enough that you have to consciously pull the trigger.

Look at all the shootings(accidental) where a toddler shoots off a pistol or a pistol goes off in a purse or in a waistband or under a pillow (all real incidents) and you’ll find it involves a striker fired pistol.

I don’t even want to get started on the ridiculous new way of holding a pistol and......never mind.

[Tenacious 1]

Bookmark for later

[GladesGuru]

Stainless steel is my gun material of choice because of the secondary containment aspect.

Think of it as Murphy repellant.

[Big Red Badger]

Okay Guys...
I still will continue with
Factory ammo in a
Big frame REVOLVER!

[canalabamian]

Failures happen even to Sigs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNfLXKQnQOQ

[golux]

Thank you for this post.

I have been trying for years to spread the message about the unpredictability of the Glock system, including bizarre sudden discharges that almost any gun shop owner - who is not interested in selling you a Glock - will tell you about as he points to a hole in the floor.

But, like Pit Bull variants, again and again we hear

"The gun is safe."

[Campion]

my guess would be a reloaded cartridge with a possible double charge

I doubt that a double charge would do that. My guess is a squib which blocked the barrel, followed by a full-pressure discharge.