simmonsjoe
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Whatever I want a Titanium Caspian.
Whatever I want a Titanium Caspian.
Steel frames! Accept no substitutes.:banghead:
I can assure you that I don't fall into that bucket. I have a number of guns in my carry stable from which to chose and I look for several key criteria. Reliability is first and foremost and if a gun is going to go Kaboom, I am going to do some research and consider my options. My all steel carry guns are Kahrs. For pistols, I do have two 1911's and a Browning, but I am very reluctant to carrying a single action in Condition One - it's just me.Interesting. Not ONE of those failures seems to be in the area of the STEEL trigger guard portion of the STEEL frame. You know the part that failed in the WV PLASTIC gun incident. Oh and look, all of the examples above are REVOLVERS. I think I am seeing a pattern here. This is beginning to look a lot like global warming science.
You know guys, the Glock and its polymer brethren are all ok as the failures are more likely ammo or some other issue. But it is sure fun to yank the chain on the owners. I have never seen a more defensive group of people in my life. Well I guess there is that soccer mom thing Palin was talking about.
Sure it is, and so are solar-powered cars. But seriously, the part on the Glock that failed (if in fact it was solely the weapon and not overheated ammo) was the steel that failed to ccontain the blast.Plastic is the future.
Adapt or die.
Oh? What are the Hi-Point crowd? Chopped liver?Interesting. Not ONE of those failures seems to be in the area of the STEEL trigger guard portion of the STEEL frame. You know the part that failed in the WV PLASTIC gun incident. Oh and look, all of the examples above are REVOLVERS. I think I am seeing a pattern here. This is beginning to look a lot like global warming science.
You know guys, the Glock and its polymer brethren are all ok as the failures are more likely ammo or some other issue. But it is sure fun to yank the chain on the owners. I have never seen a more defensive group of people in my life. Well I guess there is that soccer mom thing Palin was talking about.
Of course, we have no control over what left the factory, but for .40's, it seems the case is loaded to capacity so the chance of an over charge is pretty slim with factory loads. This leaves case walls, barrel obstructions, and bullet setback as issues.
There have been numerous instances of Glocks going bad--generally .40 S&Ws. I'm not a fan of Glocks, although will admit they are usually very well made pistols. I'll stick with my SIG GSRs and Hi-Power. As I trust them with my life, I'm not concerned about my fingers...Well, there is one MORE reason I am leery of Glocks now.
Pyramid power and pet rocks were once the future too.Plastic is the future.
Adapt or die.
It was Federal 165gr HST and notice I said "it seems the case is loaded to capacity", seems being the operative word. I did not pull the bullet from a sample round to verify this - I just shook the cartridge so I could easily be wrong with this.SouthernBoy wrote:Of course, we have no control over what left the factory, but for .40's, it seems the case is loaded to capacity so the chance of an over charge is pretty slim with factory loads. This leaves case walls, barrel obstructions, and bullet setback as issues.
And what brand of .40 ammunition are you basing this assumptive statement on?
I have not disassembled a factory round for .40 S&W, but logic tells me they are not loaded to fullcapacitive volume.
I load for my own for my XDm .40, and the amount of powder is ridiculously low IMO, something like 4.2 grains of Titewad powder for a 180 Grain Hornady JHP. I bet i could fit 5-6 times that amount in a case without it being compressedwhen seating the bullet.
Commercial ammunition manufacturers choose their powder based on using the smallest weight they can, for the pressure and velocities they need. Why? because they buy powder based on weight, so it only makes sense to use the lightest weight load they can to get more cases charged for the same cost. (Example,why wouldyou load 10K cases with x-pounds of powder when you could load 20K with the same weight of another powder. especially when productions cost's are important)
I found this out after have a rifle KABOOM on me with factory ammo, best estimates from the professionals involved in this case was the the round had triple the charge or more, to cause the damage to the gun that it did. This was a brand new rifle, shooting ammo made by the same manufacturer that made the rifle. And it was being shot at a range, on a bench. So barrel obstruction was not a cause.
Glocks & Kabooms, those seem very limited to the 1st & 2nd generation .40's. Almost every loading manual I have read has had disclaimers about handloading for a glock .40 due to the unsupported chamber at the 6-o'clock position. Glock has modified this in later generations of the same model, and aftermarket barrel makers attended to this too.
And not all Glock Kabooms were from reloads, several were from factory ammo. There was very little injury to the operator too which surprised me.
As was astrology and divination.Armond Reese wrote:Pyramid power and pet rocks were once the future too.Plastic is the future.
Adapt or die.
this is the future:celebrateArmond Reese wrote:Pyramid power and pet rocks were once the future too.Plastic is the future.
Adapt or die.
How many rifles did I see afield this deer season that wereNOT a derivative of the 19th Century's Mauser 98?Plastic is the future.
Adapt or die.