Guns and unknown gun show / badly hand loaded ammo don't mix

pleasantguywhopacks · Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:43 pm

Just a couple of reasons not to get gun show reload ammo.

http://www.thegunzone.com/glock/hk-kb.html
http://www.theledger.com/article/200803 ... 30481/1039

and yes I'm sure my XD would explode under the same conditions.

Glock and dagger · Post by **Glock and dagger** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:21 am

So, in other words, it must be the gun and not the fact that an incompetent person reloaded the ammo, right???

SSChevyMan · Post by **SSChevyMan** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:25 am

You should see what steel framed guns can do to you when they kaboom, if you think poly guns KB's are bad...

jeep45238 · Post by **jeep45238** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:31 am

NEVER use ammo that you didn't load yourself to within specifications or brand new factory ammunition.

There are too many morons mixing powders and going for 'hot' loads without understanding what's going on, and they get people hurt.

pleasantguywhopacks · Post by **pleasantguywhopacks** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:54 am

Glock and dagger wrote:So, in other words, it must be the gun and not the fact that an incompetent person reloaded the ammo, right???

yep, as my thread title says but I'll edit it and add gun show to the title but my post already said that....
"Polymer frame guns and unknown gun show or bad ammo don't mix"

I guess I'm going to have to put one of those five hundred word font so small you can barely read, disclaimers, on all my post to keep me out a dutch with some of the brethren.

captainstormy · Post by **captainstormy** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:00 am

Guns and unknown/bad ammo don't mix. Even the durability legend that is the AK47 has been known to have its life ended by bad ammo.

If I'm going to be holding a gun while it has a KB thou, I would rather it be a poly frame. Sure all that hard plastic is going to hurt you, but not nearly as much as all the shrapnel from a metal gun.

NordicRX8 · Post by **NordicRX8** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:50 am

jeep45238 wrote:NEVER use ammo that you didn't load yourself to within specifications or brand new factory ammunition.

+infinity!

Actually, I don't even trust factory ammo... but not much choice for those that don't roll their own.

willbird · Post by **willbird** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:19 pm

Actually the second article did not say anything concrete about the 45 gap ammo that was being fired when the guns blew up.

Bill

Glock and dagger · Post by **Glock and dagger** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:02 pm

pleasantguywhopacks wrote:
Glock and dagger wrote:So, in other words, it must be the gun and not the fact that an incompetent person reloaded the ammo, right???
yep, as my thread title says but I'll edit it and add gun show to the title but my post already said that....
"Polymer frame guns and unknown gun show or bad ammo don't mix"

I guess I'm going to have to put one of those five hundred word font so small you can barely read, disclaimers, on all my post to keep me out a dutch with some of the brethren.

If you think that an all-steel gun would have fared any better that a poly gun, you're badly mistakened. If the load was enough to breech the barrel, the rest isn't going to make much of difference. That's why when I reload ammo it is never hot-loaded, and powders are never mixed.

If the title read "Guns and hand loaded +P ammo don't mix", I would have not said a word. That is the more accurate statement.

Post by **evan price** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:33 pm

How about just calling this title, "People shouldn't shoot questionable ammo?"

They fact the gun was polymer framed had nothing to do with the KB.

Glock and dagger · Post by **Glock and dagger** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:45 pm

evan price wrote:How about just calling this title, "People shouldn't shoot questionable ammo?"

They fact the gun was polymer framed had nothing to do with the KB.

Sounds good to me!!!

NEOH212 · Post by **NEOH212** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:48 pm

Glock and dagger wrote:So, in other words, it must be the gun and not the fact that an incompetent person reloaded the ammo, right???

Thank you!

NEOH212 · Post by **NEOH212** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:50 pm

evan price wrote:How about just calling this title, "People shouldn't shoot questionable ammo?"

They fact the gun was polymer framed had nothing to do with the KB.

Or, people should follow the manufactures instructions and not complain when the gun blows up when they don't.

dan dan the XD40 man · Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:41 pm

heres some more great pics on this subject

This one is my absolute favorite!

calvin56 · Post by **calvin56** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:58 pm

Any information to go along with the pictures?