Thread: Glock Kaboom
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Old 03-09-2008, 09:34 PM   #8
just_a_car
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Originally Posted by mitch_mckee View Post
I really wasn't looking to get that fixed. It's not mine but a co worker's and it was salvaged for parts.

No one really knows why it blew. The suspicion is poor engineering on the .45 model.

Anyway, the owner, after a significant period of recovering from wounds, bought a Kimber to replace his Glock.

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Actually, Glock would do nothing since he was using reloaded ammo.
Actually, by your own admission, you've identified one of the most common causes of a kB!... reloaded ammo.

Most, if not all GLOCKs are made very well and very durable. It was likely a double-charge or 'over'-charge of the reloaded ammunition. I suspected reloaded ammo the second I saw the pictures.
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