GLOCK EXPLODED!!!!

[mif_slim]

Funny (as in sad but ironic) true story from Front Sight.

Guy gets told during check in inspection that he can't use his giant bin of self reloads. They remind him this was clearly spelled out to him when he signed up for the course. Reluctantly he makes his way to the pro shop to buy ammo for the day. He then takes the store bought ammo to his trunk and puts the reloads back into his duffel bag. The course goes on for a little bit, then the worst happens. His gun kabooms! He's lucky. He's fine. The gun is destroyed. Everything stops for a bit. They get him off the line. Then after a clam down period he says he wants to continue but only brought one gun. So they loan him a rental gun (not knowing at this point this was his fault and that he broke the rules and used his own reloads). They give him their little spiel about no reloads again, which is standard procedure. Unwilling to believe his reloads are too blame, he uses them in the rental gun. Sure enough, Murphy's law wins again. Kaboom! There goes the rental gun. Only this time he is hurt and needs to be medivaced to the hospital. So in order to save money on ammo now he lost his own gun, has to pay Front Sight for their gun that he destroyed, has to pay for a very expensive helicopter ride to the hospital, has to pay his hospital bills, and at the very least has some permanent scaring (they didn't say how badly he was injured). If you ask me, those were some very expensive reloads.

ahaha I bet the guy wanted to go to frontsight but was trying to save on ammo cost, so he went out and bought alllllll the equipment for reloading the day before and learned how to reload that very same day, then did his 1k worth of ammo and set off to FS.

but, that is a sad story though. sucks to be him.

[dexter9659]

Wow! sucks that your glock went kaplooooey.... Now I'm wondering how much longer my H&K USP will keep eating Tulas before it goes kaboom. So far its gobbled up 300 rounds of Tula.

[tacticalcity]

ahaha I bet the guy wanted to go to frontsight but was trying to save on ammo cost, so he went out and bought alllllll the equipment for reloading the day before and learned how to reload that very same day, then did his 1k worth of ammo and set off to FS.

but, that is a sad story though. sucks to be him.

Might also be an incorrect assumption on someones part that he made the reloads. He might have bought them in bulk or at a road side stand. I am not sure how you would verify something like that. The story has been repeated a few times. Might get a little better each time it is told. Human nature. Plus I am sure the guy was extremely embarassed by the event. So who knows how forth coming he was about it.

There used to be a guy up near Oroville who would sell his reloads at a stand on the side of the road. Never bought it myself, but seemed sketchy to trust a total stranger like that. Didn't know anyone who could verify he was good at his craft.

It's one thing if you know what you're doing and did it yourself. It is a totally different thing to trust somebody else's reloads. Espcially if you have no idea who they are.

To me, it is worth the extra few cents a round for the added statistical security. It's not that you can't get a bad round from a reliable brand's factory loads. It's just less likely than trusting some stranger's reloads.

The idea of trusting spent brass also bugs me. Since I'm not skilled at that sort of thing, I'd rather play it safe.

[zfields]

Might also be an incorrect assumption on someones part that he made the reloads. He might have bought them in bulk or at a road side stand.

There used to be a guy up near Oroville who would sell his reloads at a stand on the side of the road. Never bought it myself, but seemed sketchy.

It's one thing if you know what you're doing and did it yourself. It is a totally different thing to trust somebody else's reloads. Espcially if you have no idea who they are.

To me, it is worth the extra few cents a round for the added statistical security. It's not that you can't get a bad round from a reliable brand's factory loads. It's just less likely than trusting some stranger's reloads.

When your shootin .45, its more then a few cents : P

But the number one reloaders rule....only use your own reloads.

[JSolie]

Edit: Why would anyone actually do this?

Cuz they read about it on the internet...

I wonder if the OP's buddy got the gun back from Glock and what their final determination was...

Funny (as in sad but ironic) true story from Front Sight.

Guy gets told during check in inspection that he can't use his giant bin of self reloads. ...

Some people never learn...