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Originally Posted by cxm
It was also perplexing that the kB! in Glocks would blow the chamber in many cases, but not in other 40s... The BHP40 had two kB! without damage and the Sigma I saw had one... both with only minor damage... yet we see Glocks blown wide open. Are Glocks inherently a weaker design or made with weaker materials? I don't know the answer to that question... The metal on the Glock chamber is certainly of similar thickness to other guns... Perhaps the rupture of the chamber releases gas faster than the case rupture at the base... and that is the source of the damage...
FWIW
Chuck
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“The Glock geometry creates a predictable failure location, but this does not indicate weak chambers (as some have claimed). Good engineering design incorporates predictable failure locations and modes.”
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