BOOM! Ouch....*Warning graphic image*

[OldFatGuy]

Reload? Wrong caliber? Something went wrong.

[Alfonse]

I actually wish I hadn't looked at that.

[deadeye]

Yeah, I guess it did! No explanation on what happened?

[OldFatGuy]

No explanation, except the two guesses I posted. My niece posted it on FB. I don't post on FB, so I didn't ask any questions. She just suggested the reload or wrong caliber.

[Longitude Zero]

Guessing overcharged reload.

[ericlosh]

overloaded reload and earlier glocks in .40 had issues with partially supported chambers combined with that overloaded chamber means boom.

the boom does not require the partially supported chamber by any means but it did help. Put enough power in your reloads and you will blow up your gun.

[CJB]

Im nearly certain the gun shown did not cause that injury

[Bobshouse]

Im nearly certain the gun shown did not cause that injury

I am with you. Just some more to feed the anti's.

[jpshaw]

Kinda makes you worry about your Glocks.

[OldFatGuy]

Im nearly certain the gun shown did not cause that injury

I wondered about that, but the more I looked, the more I thought yea, that looks about right. I could be wrong, I guess.

[Ikeo74]

The original poster on facebook can answer all the questions because the picture was taken before medical treatment, so it had to be taken as a selfie or by someone else standing beside the injured person. So a little investigation could bring out all the facts about this injury and blow up.

I guess he could send the gun back to glock for repair under warranty.

[OldFatGuy]

The is where the photo came from.
https://www.facebook.com/scgnetwork?fref=photo

[yqtszhj]

That picture makes my head hurt.

[muggsy]

Just as a precaution I always try to use a powder that will more than fill the case with a double charge. Double charges of fast burning powders is a recipe for disaster. The hand you save may be your own. And likewise, always check that the bore is clear of obstructions before firing your gun.

[CJB]

The original poster on facebook can answer all the questions because the picture was taken before medical treatment, so it had to be taken as a selfie or by someone else standing beside the injured person. So a little investigation could bring out all the facts about this injury and blow up.

I guess he could send the gun back to glock for repair under warranty.

The original poster is just a re-poster of the image with the warning about "cheap reloads"

The picture is just not consistent with what very very typically happens with a pistol injury.

The line down the palm is very perplexing as there is no corresponding fracture in the pistol.

The index finger is missing, skin and muscle ripped from thumb remnants and middle finger remnants.

In the vast, vast majority of kaboom, the magazine is ejected, and the hand is bruised, sometimes badly, but there is little to actually hold the force of the ejected gasses, and while parts may fracture... they also shield from the gasses.

I really don't think this is a kaboom injury. Firework injury perhaps. Tool injury perhaps, but its just not consistent with a kaboom.

Also not the apparent lack of barrel/slide deformation. Deformation is usually present when there is an obstruction or a fresh round is fired onto a squib.

So, I think we're looking at a case head separation. Certainly possible that a case head could let go and fracture the receiver. But the injury is just not consistent with the parts shown.

I've seen first hand several blown 1911's from overload (ie, compressed charge of Bullseye with a 230 FMJ over it). Not pretty, but no case head separation.

I've seen a Ruger Super Blackhawk let go... right there... as the shooter was uninjured but the guy next to him took a piece of cylinder into his hand. That injury resulted in some loss of use, but not loss of limb.

The picture of the injury and picture of the Glock just don't add up.