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Blew Up an XDM40 Today
SemperFiGuy:
--- Quote ---... but did you ever lubricate the firing pin channel?
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Somewhere on this Forum I have a post advising against this very practice.
[If I'da dunnit, could never have looked Chris Z straight in the eye again.]
How Many Rounds?:
Bought used, but gun was quite clean when purchased, except for some minor holster wear. But all the wear parts were sharp and crisp. Like the flat place atop the chamber that had no previous wear line on it until the event occurred. That line occurred during the blast.
I shot that gun during the past two local USPSA Level I and Level II events using factory ammo. All in all, I've probably put about thirty-five (35) magazines or so through it. Not all that much.
BTW.... I do put very, very light grease on the slide rail mating parts and around the barrel where it mates with the slide. Always manage to skip the striker pin.
Thanx for askin'.
sfg
Gary:
Your reloaded ammo from that batch, how many rounds remain? What are you going to do with those remaining rounds?
I dont reload. Out of everything in the gun world, it is the thing I know the least about. My ignorance of the subject breeds fear. Me, I would pass on shooting the remaining rounds from that lot batch. Just to be on the safe side.
Mudnrox:
Glad you are ok
SemperFiGuy:
Gary:
--- Quote ---Your reloaded ammo from that batch, how many rounds remain? What are you going to do with those remaining rounds?
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Bucketsful. Ice cream buckets full. Not kidding, either. About five (5) buckets full. And that's just the .40S&W reloads. I ate all that ice cream so that I could reload all winter and have a place to put the ammo.
You have reached right into the heart of things and articulated my dilemma: What about the rest of that reloaded ammo? I'm working on a recovery process and may post it for Devil's Advocacy from Forum members when I get it all lined out.
mudnrox:
Thanks a bunch.
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SemperFiGuy:
Following Up w/Gunsmith Report:
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Tim (gunsmith) called today with his report and commentary.
Said that the XDM40 had been disassembled and checked out. He indicated that the front part of the cartridge case had remained in the chamber while the back part of the case broke off and was ejected. So the ragged piece that I found at the range must have been the actual case back end. However, being uncertain at the time, I tossed it away, preferring instead to search for my Lost Cool and fingers at the moment and not being so preoccupied w/post mortem at that particular time.
Tim said that the handgun was actually repairable. In fact, the only permanent damage was to the extractor, which had bent down from the blast and deformed beyond repair. To illustrate, in the earlier posted picture(s) the next (unfired) cartridge in the magazine had been turned backwards. It now appears that the nose of that bullet was wiped and marked by the extractor, meanwhile setting the bullet back in its case, as shown in the newer pictures immediately above. In this process, the extractor was totaled.
Tim says that the rest of the handgun, despite the KA-BOOM, appears to be in workable order. Apparently the slide rails returned to their proper place in the frame w/just some urging. The slide is OK. Except for the extractor, of course.
So--All that's needed is a brannew XDM40 extractor and the handgun is ready for testing.
Now the problem: No XDM40 extractors to be found anywhere. Neither factory nor the usual gunsmithing sources. Shelves and parts drawers are empty of this part. Indefinite wait. Ammo shortage is moderating; parts shortage is picking up.
Which means that I'll have to switch to my other .40S&W handguns for a while. Including the Lone Wolf .40S&W barrel for my Glock 33 (.357SIG).
So much for having Too Many Handguns. (Wives, please take note. Just go buy some more living room lamps. They cost as much as a handgun these days.)
And that's the story for now.
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