Posted: 9/28/2009 6:35:35 AM EDT
| anyone have issues with .40 reloads or remanufactured loads blowing up gun |
| Reloads in ANY gun can be dangerous, that matter is not a glock only issue. This has been said above, use mild loads with jacketed or plated bullets and you'll be OK. I have 30K + of reloaded rounds thru my guns that include glocks and have never had an issue. As of late, IDPA loads for my G35, I load to a 130 PF which is very mild; working towards 4K of those this year alone. |
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anyone have issues with .40 reloads or remanufactured loads blowing up gun No. I, as do many others, shoot my own reloads through my own G23. Have put thousands of same down the pipe. No issues or problems at all. If you're a safe, competent reloader, you won't have a problem. |
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according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission there were 37 known vending machine fatalities between 1978 and 1995, for an average of 2.18 deaths per year
From Here Find me more than 2 deaths a year from exploding .40 cals and I'll be very impressed, in the mean time, be wary of vending machines. Show me one death from a glock "grenade" that can be linked to a gun malfunction The problem isn't the reloads, it's the reloader. |
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according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission there were 37 known vending machine fatalities between 1978 and 1995, for an average of 2.18 deaths per year From Here Find me more than 2 deaths a year from exploding .40 cals and I'll be very impressed, in the mean time, be wary of vending machines. Show me one death from a glock "grenade" that can be linked to a gun malfunction The problem isn't the reloads, it's the reloader. That sir is an awesome post! 
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If you're a safe, competent reloader, you won't have a problem. This. I let a .40 escape through my quality control earlier this year that had about 11grains of WSF in it (that powder at that load does not overflow). My loads were supposed to have 5.5grains... Needless to say, the glock died and I would love to have a picture of my face at the moment of it's death... bang bang BOOM! Flames shot out of every conceivable place and destroyed the barrel, slide, and some other small parts. I wasn't hurt but it felt like a firecracker went off in my hand, all tingly. I learned my lesson to pay attention to the tune of $470 for a new G22RTF2. I did resurrect the old one though with new parts. That's the only incident in 1000s of reloads put through my glocks. And I know I caused it. I use a 550B and I only blame myself. |
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If you're a safe, competent reloader, you won't have a problem. This. I let a .40 escape through my quality control earlier this year that had about 11grains of WSF in it (that powder at that load does not overflow). My loads were supposed to have 5.5grains... Needless to say, the glock died and I would love to have a picture of my face at the moment of it's death... bang bang BOOM! Flames shot out of every conceivable place and destroyed the barrel, slide, and some other small parts. I wasn't hurt but it felt like a firecracker went off in my hand, all tingly. I learned my lesson to pay attention to the tune of $470 for a new G22RTF2. I did resurrect the old one though with new parts. That's the only incident in 1000s of reloads put through my glocks. And I know I caused it. I use a 550B and I only blame myself. How in the world did you get 11 grains af anything in a 40 case..it must have been overflowing! |
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If you're a safe, competent reloader, you won't have a problem. This. I let a .40 escape through my quality control earlier this year that had about 11grains of WSF in it (that powder at that load does not overflow). My loads were supposed to have 5.5grains... Needless to say, the glock died and I would love to have a picture of my face at the moment of it's death... bang bang BOOM! Flames shot out of every conceivable place and destroyed the barrel, slide, and some other small parts. I wasn't hurt but it felt like a firecracker went off in my hand, all tingly. I learned my lesson to pay attention to the tune of $470 for a new G22RTF2. I did resurrect the old one though with new parts. That's the only incident in 1000s of reloads put through my glocks. And I know I caused it. I use a 550B and I only blame myself. How in the world did you get 11 grains af anything in a 40 case..it must have been overflowing! Oh, it could happen. When I load Titegroup, for example, the charges are low in volume. I'm very careful, because I could easily fit twice the required amount of powder in the case. |
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If you're a safe, competent reloader, you won't have a problem. This. I let a .40 escape through my quality control earlier this year that had about 11grains of WSF in it (that powder at that load does not overflow). My loads were supposed to have 5.5grains... Needless to say, the glock died and I would love to have a picture of my face at the moment of it's death... bang bang BOOM! Flames shot out of every conceivable place and destroyed the barrel, slide, and some other small parts. I wasn't hurt but it felt like a firecracker went off in my hand, all tingly. I learned my lesson to pay attention to the tune of $470 for a new G22RTF2. I did resurrect the old one though with new parts. That's the only incident in 1000s of reloads put through my glocks. And I know I caused it. I use a 550B and I only blame myself. How in the world did you get 11 grains af anything in a 40 case..it must have been overflowing! Oh, it could happen. When I load Titegroup, for example, the charges are low in volume. I'm very careful, because I could easily fit twice the required amount of powder in the case. I had a double charge of Titegroup when I was loading for .45 in my 1911. Luckily it was a light load, though the double charge brought it to somewhere in the vicinity of "45 Super +P" according to Keith_J. Weapon was fine, but I could DEFINITELY tell the difference between it and every other round in the mag! |
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I shoot a Glock 35 in USPSA Production class.
My load is 3.4 GR of Titegroup with Winchester SPP and 180 GR FMJ from Montana Gold. This pushes around 740 FPS for a power factor of 135-138. I have 8,955 rounds of the same load through my Glock in the last 1.5 years with absolutely no issues. J |
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house protection and cc Why the question fo the light rail? Because Glocks can be a little tempermental with a light mounted to the rail. The frame is supposed to flex a certain amount and a light on the rail can interfere with that. You need to experiment with different defense loads you plan to CCW or use for HP to make sure it functions reliably. |
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according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission there were 37 known vending machine fatalities between 1978 and 1995, for an average of 2.18 deaths per year From Here Find me more than 2 deaths a year from exploding .40 cals and I'll be very impressed, in the mean time, be wary of vending machines. Show me one death from a glock "grenade" that can be linked to a gun malfunction The problem isn't the reloads, it's the reloader. That sir is an awesome post!
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About 8 years ago, there were some either very hot factory loads or weak brass cases combined with a rather unsupported case chamber in the older Glock 40SW barrels in the G27, G23, G35.
Glock increased the case support in the 40SW barrels. Many competitive shooters and reloaders with 40SW Glocks, downlead their loads and use lower pressure and higher velocity powders and/or aftermarket barrels like LoneWolf, Barsto, or KKM with sizeably greater case support. Not as much an issue now days. My solution, aftermarket barrels, lower pressure powders AND I also have a 357 sign barrel that does not have any case support issues as it is a bottleneck. Or shoot 40SW Long aka 10mm. It's all good now. Just don't reload anything past mild recoil if you are reusing a 40SW case. 
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