If Glock made 1911s

[JetGirl]

They would look like this.
(In all seriousness, the shooter was not injured, and that in itself is a miracle judging from the photos!)

 

[trapperDave]

springfield go BOOM

 

[ghitch75]

yep seen that today......set back as said on there would be my first guess.....little more crimp....i sound like a broken record..

 

[TheDude]

A 1911 kaboom, say it aint so.

 

[ghitch75]

here's another

Kaboom never seen before?? - 1911Forum

 

[BGDave]

Thanks for posting. Interesting reading.

 

[foszoe]

It would be a wedding of two of the biggest snobbery gun owning groups in history!

 

[Bunnykid68]

It would be a wedding of two of the biggest snobbery gun owning groups in history!

QFT

 

[foszoe]

Love the sig line

 

[churchmouse]

That is sick. I just went and hugged my Springers.

 

[Spike_351]

yep seen that today......set back as said on there would be my first guess.....little more crimp....i sound like a broken record..

You might sound like a broken record but sound advise like that can save lives sometimes ( according to the size of the kaboom) as people gain more experience in a certain area they tend to get comfortable and start slacking. So hearing it over and over is a good reminder. Personally I had an excellent time today with reloads, best accuracy I have ever had no issues. But hearing about incidents like these make me double check everything I do.

 

[dubsac]

imagine if that was a glock, it could of blown the guys hand off geez, glad to see the shooter wasn't hurt

 

[JetGirl]

imagine if that was a glock, it could of blown the guys hand off geez, glad to see the shooter wasn't hurt

I do think that steel protected him more than plastic would have.
Of the few Glocks I've seen go back to the factory from "kabooming", I only got to talk with one person who was the one who pulled the trigger... and the result he spoke of was mostly burns on his hand and something (likely either the slide stop or the trigger) hitting him in the head.

 

[pokersamurai]

That picture is obviously Photoshopped. Everyone knows that 1911's are so well built that the force it would take to make one kaboom would crack the earth in two.

 

[686 Shooter]

I've been very fortunate, I've only had one double charge in one of my reloads (bad luck talking about it). I was shooting in a bullseye league, (scared the hell out of me). I can't imagine having a gun blow up in my hand. Plastic or steel, that might leave a mark.
And honestly, it doesn't matter what company made the gun, they all have the potential to go kaboom.

 

[Excalibur]

First time I've ever seen a 1911's slide crack like that

 

[Jeremiah]

TO be fair, SS 1911's are more prone to craking due to metallurgical makeup. Stainless on Stainless has a tendency to "gall" this galling can be avoiding by ramping up the carbon content of the stainless and often that leads to fairly brittle parts. http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIc74Zq9xoUuJszRTEm_IJeEKV6S8i17tFyyulmvL1vC-fg_LopoOc4PI1 It happens.

 

[Ljungman]

my springfield 1911 GI is saddened greatly.

 

[williamnewman1]

a sad day indeed , but like mentioned must have slipped through the Glock plant

 

[JetGirl]

First time I've ever seen a 1911's slide crack like that

Me, too.

my springfield 1911 GI is saddened greatly.

My MilSpec got scared and cried "Hold me! Hold me!"