I witnessed a kaboom today.

[leewongfei]

I was at the range with a couple of buddies of mine. One of then was firing a mostly new ruger sr45. I had just finished a volley of shots from my glock 21 and turned to him and made a comment on how much better my glock was than his ruger. As I finished my sentence, he fired his weapon, and chunks of his gun flew off if his gun and smacked my safety glasses. The magazine busted apart, smoke went everywhere, my safety glasses broke, his hand was gushing blood, it was awful.

We cleaned up the wound with a med kit, there was a nasty gash on his trigger finger, and a ton of bruising all over his hand, but nothing to serious. My safety glasses are cracked (better a crack than my eye), but all in all, it could have been worse. He didn't lose a hand and I still have my eyes.

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[Greschner 4]

WOW! I'll defer to those that know more than me (which is everyone), but my first thought was how would a steel frame have tolerated that pressure?

 

[cockpitbob]

So glad you are OK and it wasn't worse for him!
Was he shooting factory loads or hand loads?

 

[Reyn]

glad your all ok.

 

[Pondhill]

Glad you guys are all right.

 

[noxin]

Oy! Not an expert but it looks like it was an Out of Battery detonation, of course, I could be wrong.

How new was it?
Which Ammo was he shooting?
Any thing weird before it happened?

I'd be calling Ruger about that shit tomorrow.

Safety gear, it's not just for kids! Glad everyone made out relatively well.

 

[92G]

Wow glad u guys are ok. No joke for sure.
what loads was he shooting.

well i was eyeballing the SR45 i guess i will hold off.

 

[ColdDayInHell]

Ruger SR series are pretty durable, this must have been a OOB reload problem or something. Glad you're all ok.

 

[Wrench75]

I had just finished a volley of shots from my glock 21 and turned to him and made a comment on how much better my glock was than his ruger. As I finished my sentence, he fired his weapon, and chunks of his gun flew off if his gun and smacked my safety glasses. The magazine busted apart, smoke went everywhere, my safety glasses broke, his hand was gushing blood, it was awful.

So in basically what you are saying is. The ruger proved to you that it is just like a glock...

Glad everyone is ok. Tell your friend to enjoy the new gun they send him...

 

[NorthShore]

Ouch - glad you guys are ok. Look forward to reading the details about type of ammo used.

 

[Zappa]

this must have been a OOB reload problem or something.

I don't trust those Old Orchard Beach reloads either.

Don't let Marsha see this, she'll take the SR45 off the EOPS list.

 

[AllaSnackbah]

Brand butthurt in 3...2...1...

 

[ColdDayInHell]

Brand butthurt in 3...2...1...

you mean ntomsw butthurt. LOL.

But we know the SR series are pretty much near perfect. They run with almost no malfunctions. This seems like a pretty bad one and they should correct it. My SR9c has been flawless like hundreds of thousands of others probably.

 

[josh2600]

But we know the SR series are pretty much near perfect. They run with almost no malfunctions. This seems like a pretty bad one and they should correct it. My SR9c has been flawless like hundreds of thousands of others probably.

seconded.

 

[RHJJ]

I won't blame the gun until I hear what the ammo is.

 

[Palladin]

I won't blame the gun until I hear what the ammo is.

This

 

[SJan]

I wonder what powder that double charge was

 

[MisterHappy]

This is why it's so important to have good trigger control, and slowly press it. Pulling it too hard makes it go Boom more.



glad there were no serious injuries, and that safety gear did its job.

 

[FreeWillie]

Well that's a good way to ruin your day! Glad no one was seriously hurt.

 

[Waher]

Glad no one was hurt. Can't really comment until it is known what type of ammo was being used.

 

[GrayHorizon]

Oh man! Glad everybody is OK. Please keep us updated, I'd like to hear what Ruger has to say.

 

[Garys]

I won't blame the gun until I hear what the ammo is.

Just about every kaboom I've read about on any forum ends up being a reload of some sort. Out of Battery ignitions seem to be as rare as Loch Ness Monster sightings.

To the OP. Glad everyone is pretty much OK. Good work with the first aid kit.

 

[leewongfei]

The ammo was either pierce, fiocci, or federal. I Only shoot my reloads, but he was shooting his factory stuff. I do think it fired out of battery. I noticed with a couple of his rounds, the slide didn't seem to be sitting forward completely, at least not like his sr9 did.

 

[ntomsw]

I won't blame the gun until I hear what the ammo is.

Yep.

I could care less what brand the gun was. If he was shooting reloads, that was probably his problem right there.

 

[1919FAN]

Almost looks like the round went off in the mag.

 

[EJFudd]

WOW! I'll defer to those that know more than me (which is everyone), but my first thought was how would a steel frame have tolerated that pressure?

My guess? Better.

And why is it that with almost every report of a KaBoom, there is a minor mystery about what ammo was being used. I know what I am using with every damn shot I take. Apparently, I am in the minority on that.

 

[noxin]

My guess? Better.

And why is it that with almost every report of a KaBoom, there is a minor mystery about what ammo was being used. I know what I am using with every damn shot I take. Apparently, I am in the minority on that.

I've taken several brands of ammo to the range before.

 

[ntomsw]

That gun doesn't have a steel frame either. It's polymer or glass filled nylon.

 

[EJFudd]

I've taken several brands of ammo to the range before.

Me too. But if you had a KaBoom, you wouldn't know or be able to figure out which ammo blew? Honestly? Do you mix ammo brands &/or types within a single magazine? Maybe it's just old anal me, but I don't do that.

 

[noxin]

Me too. But if you had a KaBoom, you wouldn't know or be able to figure out which ammo blew? Honestly? Do you mix ammo brands &/or types within a single magazine? Maybe it's just old anal me, but I don't do that.

Yes, I do. Especially if I've shot a comp where I don't use a full magazine of ammo.