41 Magnum
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OK, back to the original question:
The glock, specifically in 40, ended up with a bad reputation for KABOOMS. Most likely for three specific reasons:
1. The 40 is a high pressure round. It's short and fat. Therefore, any bullet set back REALLY cuts down on actual case capacity.
2. They are used extensively by LE folks for duty weapons. Folks that come home, drop the magazine, empty the chamber, and put the gun up. Then before next shift starts, you put in the mag, load the gun, then drop the mag, top it off(with the bullet that was chambered all last shift) and reinsert the mag. Doing this, unless you make it a point to rotate the ammo in your mag, means that those top 2rounds get chambered over and over and over. This leads to set-back eventually.
3. FACT: When the above mentioned set back occurs, and firing pressure rises, where will the case fail? Right in the unsupported area of the chamber.
It's not the guns fault that the round is over-pressure. But that is a definite weak spot in that firearm.
Moral of the story? CHECK ALL of your carry/duty ammo EVERY TIME you load up and head out.
OK, back to the original question:
The glock, specifically in 40, ended up with a bad reputation for KABOOMS. Most likely for three specific reasons:
1. The 40 is a high pressure round. It's short and fat. Therefore, any bullet set back REALLY cuts down on actual case capacity.
2. They are used extensively by LE folks for duty weapons. Folks that come home, drop the magazine, empty the chamber, and put the gun up. Then before next shift starts, you put in the mag, load the gun, then drop the mag, top it off(with the bullet that was chambered all last shift) and reinsert the mag. Doing this, unless you make it a point to rotate the ammo in your mag, means that those top 2rounds get chambered over and over and over. This leads to set-back eventually.
3. FACT: When the above mentioned set back occurs, and firing pressure rises, where will the case fail? Right in the unsupported area of the chamber.
It's not the guns fault that the round is over-pressure. But that is a definite weak spot in that firearm.
Moral of the story? CHECK ALL of your carry/duty ammo EVERY TIME you load up and head out.