A buddy was shooting some crappy gun reloaded 9mm ammo he got at a gun dhow out of his 1990's vintage SIG P226 and a case let loose.

Gun was locked up but he was finally able to get the slide open, frame rails seemed slightly spread apart in front of the mag well.

Should be able to pick more than one caliber

I picked 9mm as the two most recent ones I recall were 9mm. I work at a range, so I see more than most.

One guy had a Freedom Ordnance FX-9 blow up on him. I know at least the upper was ruined, not sure about anything else. He sent it back to them and they basically gave him a new one.

Another customer had his just purchased Charter Arms 9mm revolver blow up the first time he shot it. Top strap and part of frame under crane both let go, so whole front end came off. He also got a replacement from manufacturer and promptly sold it off.

Luckily neither party was seriously injured. Both were unmodified guns firing good quality factory ammo.

Six.

Three Glocks and three P320s. Two of the Glocks were 40, and one was a factory fresh Gen5 17. The Gen5 was most certainly faulty ammo.

The three 320s were all 9mm and I’m pretty sure they fired out of battery. Despite the claims that is “in-possible”, I find it curious that SIG fixed a problem that was “in-possible” in the military guns and with the upgrade.

Very first round I fired thru a S&W 357 revolver, was a squib and I had never shot one before. The second round bulged the barrel!!
S&W fixed it for free as it was to be my off duty gun. I was shooting Winchester ammo and I sent the box in with the gun.

No questions asked.

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
The first was an M-16A2, working with the Thai Royal Marines. Do not, I say again, DO NOT fire live rounds through the weapon if you have a BFA (blank firing adaptor) on!
Barrel peeled back like in the cartoons.

MAC tested this on camera. Nothing happened.

https://youtu.be/98633BHZUiY

A Kahr P40 blew up in my hand after coming back from Kahr. It had been sent in for failure to return to battery, and I believe it fired slightly out of battery. It vented down the mag well and blew out the mag, and the side plate, venting gas, burning powder, and material along my hand and back into my face. I'd have had eye injury, I'm sure, had I not been wearing safety glasses. It was the second magazine through the range, with factory ammunition, after receiving it back from factory repairs.

A S&W shield failed in a similar manner, shortly after receiving the pistol and firing it with factory ammunition.

I also had a shield frame fail, but with no dramatic "kaboom" or notable ammunition failure or other cause; it just split and quit firing. S&W claimed it was ammunition, though it was all factory ammunition with no overpressure signs. When pressed, they said they found no cause for the failure, but that their go-to "cause" when they couldn't find a cause, was to blame ammunition. They refused to honor their warranty.

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Originally posted by jljones:
Six.

Three Glocks and three P320s. Two of the Glocks were 40, and one was a factory fresh Gen5 17. The Gen5 was most certainly faulty ammo.

The three 320s were all 9mm and I’m pretty sure they fired out of battery. Despite the claims that is “in-possible”, I find it curious that SIG fixed a problem that was “in-possible” in the military guns and with the upgrade.

I’ve seen two 320 x5’s fire out of battery in uspsa matches.

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Originally posted by walker77:

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
The first was an M-16A2, working with the Thai Royal Marines. Do not, I say again, DO NOT fire live rounds through the weapon if you have a BFA (blank firing adaptor) on!
Barrel peeled back like in the cartoons.

MAC tested this on camera. Nothing happened.

https://youtu.be/98633BHZUiY

The thing about MAC is if we were both standing in the rain, and he told me it was raining, I’d have to look up to make sure.

Yes more then once but not to my self.

Once at a GSSF match. I was a score keeper and watched a guy blow up a Glock 21. The rounds were his reloads. The gun was Inspected after the boom by a Glock armor and was fine. His magazine was toast. It blew out the bottom of the gun in pieces along with all the ammo. The shooter was uninjured

Once during a IDPA classifier. I had just handed the Timer to another safety officer so I could take a break. As I turned around after getting a drink the shooters 1911 went boom. Another blown apart magazine and ammo all over the ground. The rounds were his reloads. The gun also had damage to some of the springs. The shooter was uninjured.

The most dramatic was a person shooting an FN 5.7 pistol. I was working at a gun range at the time.
The customer came out of the range with a squib. It was knocked out of the barrel and there was no damage. He was asked if he was shooting factory loads or reloads. He told us they were reloads. We told him he should stop shooting and check his ammo before shooting it.
He decided so shoot some more. About five minutes latter I had to go into the range to fix a target hanger and noticed the customer standing in one of the shooting bays with something in his hands. When I got closer I saw it was the GRIP ONLY of the FN 5.7 pistol with the magazine still in it sticking out of the top of what was left of the gun grip.
The gun had blown apart. It was in little pieces.
He was okay.
My guess it was an overcharged round that had blown up.

Back when I was 18, was out shooting with a friend. We were shooting a bunch of his reloads.
The pistol was a beautiful Colt 1911, with some amazing engraving. Everything was so beautiful on this pistol.
Had a squib, and the next round wasn’t. I was too new and stupid to realize what had happened until it was too late. Made a big boom, barrel was swollen enough that the slide wouldn’t rack.
That beautiful handgun was ruined.
God willing, nothing like that will ever happen again.

I've had several OOB's with 22lr rifles and pistols. I once launched the extractor of my IZH-35M some where into the future, but that was back when you could still get parts. I replaced the parts and the gun ran fine.

Factory JHP ammo in a G27.

Was shooting up at Cockatoo Ranch with Marzy, the Monkey and some guys.

Stung my hand pretty good. Blew the Extractor into orbit, headstamp of the case went with it. Pressure formed the brass and stuck it in the chamber. Glock tech had to tear it out with a pair of pliers.

Took it over to glock. They looked it over. Said it was structurally fine. Replaced the extractor and all the springs. Replaced my x2 magazines that I had in the case. A+ Service from them.

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My buddy brought a brand new Taurus Raging Bull .44 Magnum. He fired 12 rounds, handed it to me and I fired 6. I handed it back to him and on the 2nd round he fired, I watched his barrel fly off the gun and skip downrange. His face was cut up from the shaved lead.

I was a a range the day a member's S&W Model 29 decided to end its days.

Shooting factory ammo, the barrel assembly cracked the frame.

It wasn't spectacular when it happened, as in blown off figures or barrel flying down range.

The clue was the misalignment of the barrel and frame. If there'd been one more shot, however....

I was RSO for our range at a head to head steel plate match. Shoother to my left had a KaBoom with a Glock shooting reloaded 40s&w. Blew the magazine out and rounds went everywhere.
Upon calling the cease-fire, we noticed the tell tale bulge in some of his reloads that we were picking up. Ever since then, if I notice someone shooting reloads in a glock while I'm RSO, I'll ask to inspect their rounds. Caught a few and showed the shooters, who then switched to factory ammo for the event.

Mine was minor. I was shooting a P320C when the case blew out the bottom, shooting the extractor out, but no permanent damage. The case had the bottom blown out at near the base. Fortunately, the FCM is all metal, and provided some protection for my hand.

I popped the extractor back in and that P320C is still going to this day.

Yes, I observed a friend KB his Glock 22 using Wolf 40 S&W ammunition. Bent the top of the barrel upward into an L shape.