evansvillethompsongunner
Shooter
- Oct 29, 2009
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A properly designed gun would have contained the ammo failure. I've had case failures in other guns, and they did not result in the gun spontaneously detail stripping itself. The 23 was based on a 9mm platform, like many other .40s were, but I simply do not think it has ever been properly designed to handle the cartridge. This is one gun that needs the fully supported chamber, a simple change which doesn't hinder function and cures the problem.
Yeah, this clearly wasn't a failure of the case or anything...
Yes, as I've said, the chamber does need more support. No doubt of that.
What are we debating, here?
Mercop lived to tell the tale. Appears that his piece was repairable. No blown-off hand. No eye damage. No round planted through his face. No slide blown off. Is it good? Hell no. I'd send both ammo and piece back to manufacturer. But where are the stories of XD failures? Or, more rarely, 1911 ka-booms?