Anyone ever witness a "Ka-Boom" firsthand that involved factory ammo?

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Has anyone here ever witnessed a "Ka-Boom" (Glock or otherwise) first hand that involved factory ammo? I have seen a total of three in my whole life (one Glock, one Beretta, and one S&W revolver) and every time it involved hand loads. One of the guys it happened to swore it was not the ammos fault because it was factory ammo but it turned out he had bought reloads at the gunshow.

I have seen a few instances on the internet that actually seemed reputable, but they always seem to involve handloads too. Of course, since this is an internet forum, I am sure some of the eyewitness accounts we get posted here will all be perfectly reliable. :)
 
Not a handgun, but I had a slam fire with an M1 Garand using GI issue LC69 ammo that was issued by the DCM for the match. Rifle was trashed, and I still have a nice scar in the palm of my hand from the op rod handle ripping it open. Does that count? :)
 
My new FNP.45 blew up when a Lake City round failed. We recovered the case and it looks like it was weak near the rim. Aside from breaking the decocker and mag the gun functioned and fired perfectly afterwards. Sent the round and gun to FN and they replaced the gun and sent me another shooters kit free of charge.
 
I did not see it but I got to interview the gentleman who had the Ka Boom.

This guy, an All Guard shooter and a TN Service rifle champ, was shooting at 600 yards with his personnel Match M1a.

He loaded a round, pulled the trigger, and the magazine was blown out of the rifle and the stock split.

The new LC case he was using had a brass flaw through the case head. Right through the extractor cut.

The shooter had pulled the bullets from linked machine gun ammo, dumped the proper charge of IMR 4895, and seated a match bullet.

The case had a brass flaw, stuff like that happens.
 
I've never seen one firsthand, but I was in the clubhouse when a guy came in with the pieces of his Glock 9mm. He suffered no ill effects other than being completely unable to remember what kind of ammo he had been using... :rolleyes:

After he left one of his friends told us that it was his first attempt at reloading.
 
Had a Kaboom with factory new ammo in 1991 with a brand new Colt Officers ACP. I called the factory and they paid for the gun repair and asked that I send back the remaining ammo (I had purchased a case of 1000 rounds...those days one need not mortgage the house or sell the first born). They paid for the shipping and sent me back two cases of a different lot of the same ammo. I had no further problem but never bought their ammo again. Now, nearly 19 years later, I may have to use their ammo as it becomes increasingly difficult to be choosy about the brand one can purchase. I would also have to take an educated guess that the quality control has improved with the technology over these same years.
 
My PHOENIX HP 22 slide cracked .But stayed on the gun locked up tight .Gun is 1991 vintage .Guess i got my moneys worth.
 
I don't think it was exactly a KABOOM, but while I was shooting Fiochi factory 9mm in a Taurus PT-99, the locking block shattered and locked up the whole gun making it impossible to dissasemble without further harming the gun.
 
This guy has a thread going right now about this one--

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Not a kaboom, but I did get a squib while shooting factory remington ammo out of my M&P 45 a while back. I know it was factory ammo due to the fact that I bought it at Acadamey Sporting goods. It was the next to last round out a 100 round box of sure shot 230 grain FMJ. At first I thought it might be a jam. The round would not chamber so racked the slide It was the last round and the slide locked open, I picked up the round off of the ground and tried to manualy put it into the chamber and it would not go in all the way.
I quickly figured out what had happened. I field stripped the pistol, got a cleaning rod out of my range bag and used it to clear the barrel. Cleaned my pistol right there. Then I put my carry ammo it it and went about my day. (Threw the left over round into a trash can.) Only time I ever had a squib, hopefuly the last time.
 
Had my buddie standing right next to me lose a S&W Mod 66 .357 full of S&W .38 Special factory ammo. Not sure if one round squibbed and the next blew it or if one round had a double charge and blew it but whatever the case was it completely destroyed the revolver.

S&W replaced it and discontinued ammo branding about the same time.

Oly
 
Never with factory ammo. I've cracked a cylinder on a Ruger SBH and a reciever on a Mini-14. My gunsmith at the time recommended that I quit fooling around and showed me a few examples. I've shot factory rounds ever since.
 
Not a full KABOOM and not "factory" loads. They were 9mm factory reloads (Ultramax). Shot the first round in the box and it felt really strong/really loud. The case was stuck in the barrel. I had to beat it out with a wooden dowel. The chamber cracked. Couldn't get a hold of anybody at Ultramax so I purchased a new barrel.:mad:

Beentown
 
Two. One was a Beretta, loaded with UMC, of all things.

The other was a S&W .44 Mountain gun. Squib load from CorBon .44 Specials.
 
Not really a KB, but I had the firing pin fall out of my S&W 629 while shooting Hornady factory 300grn XTP JHP's. The action would still cycle fine, just wouldn't fire. Upon examining the spent cases, the primers seemed slightly flattened leading me to believe that the ammo may have been slightly overpressure. I called S&W and explained the situation and they repaired the gun free paying shipping both ways, I haven't had a problem with the gun since (I've shot CCI Blazer, Winchester White Box, and Remington since getting it back). My brother shot the remainder of that box of ammo from his Ruger Redhawk without issue.
 
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