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Originally Posted by just_a_car  That also appears to be a Second Generation pistol, as it doesn't have any rail nor finger grooves on the grip, but has the stippling on the grip front and back. They may have changed the design more than just the outside cosmetics with the Third Generation, but the 2nd Gen didn't have catastrophic failures due to design.
Any pistol will kB! if fed a double-charged round and with a polymer frame (that includes XD's and M&P's) it will shatter the frame as was seen in those pictures.
You can't blame the gun, just the person that was being so inattentive as to put too much of a charge in a reload. If it was the person that was using the firearm, as the saying goes: "You reap what you sew." I'm not saying anyone, save God, is perfect, but when we're dealing with potentially self-lethal instruments, an extra measure of caution is absolutely necessary. |
According to my co-worker, the reloads were done on a Dillon press by guys who shot and reloaded 3,000 rounds a month. He is a Front Sight grad (I'm not sure what that means), but I take as an honest, reliable fellow. He is pretty sure it's the gun as that never happened before or since.