G23 blown round in chamber, new mag catch GTG

[mercop]

So Saturday I was at my local club shooting in a fun shoot along with my daughter. I was shooting my G23. I had decided to shoot up a mixed bag of factory hollow points from various manufacturers since I only needed about 150 rounds.

I was on the fourth of seven stages shooting some steel when pulled the trigger and a casing ruptured in the chamber. The round exited the barrel and I immediately dropped the mag and cleared the gun. We then rodded the barrel to make sure it was clear.

I stripped the gun and all looked OK, so I reassembled it and moved onto the next stage. The mag would not stay in after a round was fired, obvious broken mag catch. So for the rest of the day I just did a malfunction drill after every round:embarassed:

Fixed it today, here are some pics of the casing, mag release and cracked up magazine.

 

[INRanger]

I hope you changed underwear before you changed the mag catch.

 

[Dogman]

Glad your ok, look at it this way you got to do malfunction drills like all the other non Glock owners.

Just a suggestion but you might have a Glock Armorer go over it or sent it in to Glock and have them check it out for any damage.

 

[jeremy]

Holy **** Batman!
How long did it take to clear the malfunction in your britches?

 

[kingnereli]

What can I say? Glocks blow up. You are very lucky that wasn't a catastrophic failure. I agree you should have it checked out.

 

[BigCat]

Glad everything was ok, thanks for posting pics and describing the problem

 

[IndyGunworks]

huh.... seems odd.... what was the round headstamped?

 

[mikea46996]

Winchester from what I can see in the pic.

Gotta love those unsupported Glock chambers.

 

[gglass]

There is nothing to see here folks... Now, move along.

Please, no gawking!

Everything is just fine. This is nothing out of the ordinary.

Now, please just move along.








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[IndyGunworks]

There is nothing to see here folks... Now, move along.

Please, no gawking!

Everything is just fine. This is nothing out of the ordinary.

Now, please just move along.


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haha

 

[mercop]

I guess my nerves are so shot that I was not really alarmed at all. Just cleared the malfunction and that was that. I am a Glock armorer so all is well. Test fired it yesterday and it is GTG. It was an ammo issue not a Glock issue. If a round blew up in another brand of gun would you have been able to-

Clear it on the line
Continue to shoot it
Fix it by yourself
Fix it with a $4 part

I think not.- George

 

[HICKMAN]

If a round blew up in another brand of gun would you have been able to-

Clear it on the line
Continue to shoot it
Fix it by yourself
Fix it with a $4 part

I think not.- George

Thanks for the follow up

 

[Bigum1969]

I guess my nerves are so shot that I was not really alarmed at all. Just cleared the malfunction and that was that. I am a Glock armorer so all is well. Test fired it yesterday and it is GTG. It was an ammo issue not a Glock issue. If a round blew up in another brand of gun would you have been able to-

Clear it on the line
Continue to shoot it
Fix it by yourself
Fix it with a $4 part

I think not.- George

Awesome

 

[Crystalship1]

 

[Joe Williams]

Glad your ok, look at it this way you got to do malfunction drills like all the other non Glock owners.

Just a suggestion but you might have a Glock Armorer go over it or sent it in to Glock and have them check it out for any damage.

I'm really not sure a thread about another Glock kaboom is the place to be ragging on the owners of "other" guns

 

[redneckmedic]

Glock hatered....it never suprises me where is appears.........Glad to hear your OK.

 

[mercop]

Not ragging...bragging. It was an ammo kaboom...not a Glock kaboom. I don't think I have ever typed kaboom before.- George

 

[tyler34]

I'll settle my guys down, IT WAS AN AMMO KABOOM. mount up guys we have more impressionable gun owners to turn.

 

[Agent 007]

Big surprise.....Mr. Glock Stalker is here. Geez....Gaston needs to get a restraining order.

 

[Dogman]

I'm really not sure a thread about another Glock kaboom is the place to be ragging on the owners of "other" guns

Since your not sure, it must be the right place since it was an ammo problem and not a problem with the Glock as has been posted. Oh wait it's always the Glocks fault.