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Life changing. That hand looks bad.
IMO,its just incidental it happens to be a Glock. IMO,its not about Glocks.

I don't know anything more than the post.
The value is in the image.The real deal.

1) Pushing the envelope. ? 9 mm Giant Killers?
2) Wrong powder? Double charge? etc
3)Brass integrity.? Bulged and "fixed" brass is a problem.Where the bulge is abrupt,as in near the case head,that wall is offset,or,essentially sheared.Forming the bulge back does not heal the case integrity.

Other considerations? Shooting your own handloads versus any you bought or were given. And sharing your handloads. I'm sure glad that man was not shooting my ammo.

I did click "safety" on my toolbar to check,no reported problems with the website.

http://strefiebon.pw/2017/03/26/a-g...nt-destroyed-his-pistol-and-hand/#comment-353
 
Something like that would be a big mistake, one to the point of as your about to pull the trigger thinking, "I sure hope this doesn't blow up in my......oooowwwww $..@!!!!!!"
 
I'm guessing it's a early generation 40 S&W. No accessory rail at dust cover and two pins at the locking block. The 9mm did not have the two pins up to the early Gen3 and had a accessory rail.

Besides from all the blowup I've seen over the years it's usually a 40 S&W or 45ACP. I. don't think it's even possible to overload the 9mm to that extent. The worse I've seen with the 9mm is a blown extractor.

I believe Glock at some point in time during the early 40S&W production changed the ramping at the barrel to give better case head support. It was the worse support of any brand at the time.
 
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Very gruesome indeed!

Not much information provided with an assumption that it was a reload. ???

A friend just facebooked a picture to my wife of another accident/explosion that just happened to them this past week.

The gun was a S&W MP 40 that was given to her and her husband by her father's estate. The ammunition was factory loads and the malfunction happened on the 3rd fired shot.

Fortunately he wasn't severely injured. He was taken to the hospital with injuries to his hand and face. Gun was destroyed!

My wife only was provided pictures of the gun and she was quite upset by them. She has only been shooting for about 6 months and by the questions she asked me I could tell she was upset.
 
Looked for Unique powder, couldn't find any, substituted C4?

A bunch of rounds in the mag must have detonated too. That's unreal.
 
My FLG, a staunch steel frame man, showed me those pictures.
A mangled hand, a demolished gun, and no details.
Surely if somebody were close enough to the case to take well lighted pictures, with even the pistol fragments arranged sort of in their original relationship, there is information as to the caliber and load somewhere.

I can go with 745SW for the time being, the .40 Glock operates closer to the edge than about any other gun+cartridge.
 
Case failure won't cause that with standard pressure loads.
And pressures that will cause that will result in case failure of its own.

Besides from all the blowup I've seen over the years it's usually a 40 S&W or 45ACP. I. don't think it's even possible to overload the 9mm to that extent. The worse I've seen with the 9mm is a blown extractor.
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Very fast powder.
Double (or triple) charge.

It's very doable.

There's a member of my family that doesn't pay attention while reloading, and has some pretty dangerous practices at the bench -- including always pushing for absolute maximum velocity. He has blown up more 9mms than I will ever own. ...Plus half a dozen .40 S&Ws, multiple .45s, some .38s, a bushel of .357s, a 44 or two, and, surprisingly, every .380 he has ever owed (except for one - which he still shoots - that 'only' cracked the slide and bent the guide rod).

About every 2-3 months, he sends me yet another picture of something that was either "tame" and only had a major case failure, or 'the usual' with a kaboomed Glock, Beretta, or Sig.
 
I don't believe that hand was holding that gun. Me thinks it's a hoax.
That hand was destroyed by something else, maybe fireworks.
 
I don't believe that hand was holding that gun. Me thinks it's a hoax.
That hand was destroyed by something else, maybe fireworks
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I agree. They "don't have too much information about this" because it's a hoax.
 
There's a member of my family that doesn't pay attention while reloading,
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Go back to post #14 to get the litany of what this guy has done. Incredible.

FM---maybe it's time for a family 'intervention' for this guy. That is unless you've already signed him for big bucks to the next 'Jackass' movie.

I'd say 'good luck' but IMhO this guy has used up his share of luck and might be trading on those around him.
 
Ouch

call me crazy but my assumption that hand held something between the thumb and fore finger as in/if/maybe an M-80?????:confused:
 
I wonder........

I dunno 'bout this story. For one thing, the "no details" aspect is fishy.

Too, I've loaded a bunch of 9mm ammo, and though a 9mm case may well hold a "double charge" of fast burning powder, ( say Bullseye, say 8-9 grains) the volume of such a charge in my estimation will bring the powder level up to the case mouth, if not over. I am quite certain that a bulky powder, like Unique, will not allow a double charge of a reasonable load, say 5 grains. (doubled to 10) There is just not enough room in the case. Then, one would have to seat a slug on top of that, again, not easily accomplished.

There is certainly not enough room in a 9mm case to "triple charge" with any normal load and powder combo of which I can think. Tonight, I will fill a case to the brim with Bullseye and weigh the charge as a test. I'd be surprised if it held more than 9 grains.

I can see where it is possible to get into trouble with a large case and fast powder. A .45 ACP, a 10mm, a mag revolver, case, or a .44/.45 revolver would hold enough Bullseye to result in a real catastrophy. No less a sage then Elmer KEITH would not use a fast powder so as to avoid overcharging. And a rifle case with fast pistol powder would be REAL trouble too, imagine 45-50 grains of Bullseye in a .308!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But...till we get some more scoop on the original pic, I am suspicious.
 
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