My Shield went boom.

[yeti]

Wow! That frame is totaled! Thankfully you were not damaged.

Please let us know what the outcome is.

 

[FirNaTine]

oh my... glad to hear that you werent hurt! Hopefully S&W give you some good news and answers!

 

[ruhip]

Glad to hear you are ok......Nasty looking frame explosion.....Keep us posted on what S&W has to say....just picked up a shield 9mm today.

 

[Tap Tap]

Guarantee it was a reload or Tulammo.

 

[Momokahn]

Great to hear you are OK except the bruising...that will heal. Pretty scary stuff. I bet S&W QC just ramped up a notch or two. Looking for a Shield myself. Everybody always beats me to the store before I can get there. : )

 

[WallyJJ]

Guarantee it was a reload or Tulammo.

Nah, I am pretty sure they are Corbon/Glaser and I know they aren't reloads.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92948573@N04/8448303433/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92948573@N04/8448303433/ by WallyJJ, on Flickr

WallyJJ

 

[Skunkhome]

I'm curious, are Corbon ctgs now typically loaded in Winchester brass? The only Corbons I've seen have Corbon head stamps.

 

[jajo]

Almost the same thing happened to our range safety officer last weekend. The left side of his Kimber .45 blew out. No injuries and no one was beside him at the time.

Pretty new gun and well maintained. He's been in contact with Kimber, but it looks like an ammo issue.


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[WallyJJ]

I'm curious, are Corbon ctgs typically loaded in Winchester brass? The only Corbons I've seen have Corbon head stamps.

There was some discussion on that in the other forum I linked as well. I did some searching and found several hits on google of corbon using other vendors brass when they are short. It seems its common, or at least used to be. I'm not sure how long I have had these but I know it has been several years.

WallyJJ

 

[Skunkhome]

Did the ammo come with the primers sealed like that or did you apply the sealer.

Regardless Smith should be able to tell exactly what powder was in the ctg and about how much.

 

[VMaxSplat]

Daaaaaamn! Don't hear of to many M&P kabooms (fortunately). Glad to hear you're OK. Hopefully someone (ammo maker or S&W) will replace your Shield.

 

[pazzo]

Never used Corbon or Glaser and never will.
Those rounds look like they have some setback, but hard to tell, not being used to seeing/using them.

 

[robkarrob]

I enlarged the ammo photo and the casing are marked Winchester 40 S&W. How do you think this is CorBon/Blazer? I have been using CorBon for many years, without a hint of a problem of an over powered round. All casings are marked CorBon and I shoot 9, 40, and 45 without one issue or notion of excessive powder.

Bob

 

[gunfan]

Dayum! That looks PAINFUL! I hope that you weren't injured. I hope that S&W replaces the pistol posthaste.

Scott

 

[2tango2]

Oh man!!! I'll echo glad you are ok! That is quite the ka-boom!

 

[josywales]

Did the ammo come with the primers sealed like that or did you apply the sealer.

Regardless Smith should be able to tell exactly what powder was in the ctg and about how much.

I have never seen sealer on factory rounds.

 

[Culina]

ouch!, I am glad to hear only the gun got hurt. Whenever I see a post like this it reminds me that shooting has its risks. So far I have had some case ruptures and pierced primers but I fear that something like this could happen at any time.

 

[gfy1960]

Glad your still in one piece. Those pics are a tad scary. Hope S&W treats you right and gives you a new Shield and extra mags for your trouble.

 

[PCnotPC]

I had six rounds of Glaser Safety Slug ammunition in .45 Colt that was probably 20 years old when I decided to use it up a couple of years ago. I shot them at the range through my Ruger Vaquero Birdshead. I don't think I had heard as loud a report from even my .44 magnum Blackhawk before that cylinder full of .45s. Some guys two stalls over, who had been shooting their .44 magnum, even came over and asked what the heck I was shooting.

So the point to this story is that perhaps whatever they were loading those old Glasers with gets a little ripe with age and makes a bigger boom than it should. Good thing I was shooting mine in a full-sized Ruger and not a smaller-framed revolver.

 

[handgunner356]

Bullet setback from rechambering the same round has been a concern with the 40s&w for some time. The slightest bit can raise pressures very quick on what is a high pressure cartridge already. I've seen pretty much the same damage on a S&W 99, Walther P99 and a couple of Glocks, all in 40s&w. Glad you're OK.