RXM Kaboom!

[twerpymoon]

Let me preface this post with the statement that what I am about to relate is in no way, shape, or form a condemnation of Ruger or this pistol.

Also, to set the stage, the ammo was acquired back during the woo-flu debacle from a buddy's buddy who "Knew somebody."

I am guilty of stupidity.

This stuff did the same thing in my G19 X. I thought I had pulled the bullets in all of it and dumped the powder. Evidently I missed a few.

Anywhoo, got me a new RXM yesterday morning, grabbed a box of mixed rounds and hied me self off to the sand pit. Topped off both magazines and proceeded to make small pieces of blue rock out of big ones. Six rounds in and, damn, my hand stung a bit!

Blew the mag out and there was carbon marks on the tip of my trigger finger, the base of my finger by the mag release and the heel of my hand at the bottom of the grip.

Picked up the mag, stripped the rest of the rounds out, looked things over and saw no apparent damage. Reloaded with known factory rounds and fired a magazine full.

Went home and stripped things down for a closer look and found this.

Bottom right corner of mag catch.

Top right of mag well.

At least a new grip module is relatively cheap.
Not withstanding this hiccup, I am pleased with the pistol.

 

[davevabch]

Glad you are OK. Thanks for posting, a reminder to all to be careful of what ammo you purchase.
On the bright side a new grip will only cost $39.00 from Magpul and about 15 minutes to change out. Over the years I went through many fractured grips on LCP's. Later moved to the Pico with the modular design and so easy to change out the grips or work on. (even though the Pico never suffered a crack with thousands of rounds shot through it).

 

[arfmel]

Handloads?

 

[t-reg]

Thread title is deceptive at best

 

[twerpymoon]

???
I guess I'm a little confused. I was shooting an RXM. The round went kaboom instead of bang.

 

[twerpymoon]

Not handloads per se. "Remanufactured." Loose in a plastic ammo can.

 

[gunzo]

A pioneer you are. The first, number 1. But rest assured, you won't likely be the last, it happens.

Glad you're OK!

 

[Lt92]

Very fortunate indeed. Fortunately the slide was in battery. Years ago a young "boot" on the range allowed his pinky to cover the ejection port on his G-23 during repeated loading/unloading drills. Absolutely freak instance where an a live round struck the ejector and detonated in the ejection port, cleanly removing his pinkie in the process. Immediate debilitating injury

 

[Delbert]

If you still have 8 fingers and 2 thumbs, you survived. At least the new gun wasn't at-fault being such a new model. I've heard many horror tales of bad ammo's being the culprit. Glad it's an easy fix.

 

[Hvymax]

Yeah the Unsupported Chambers are a problem especially with/for reloads. The prestressed brass might not hold up.

 

[Al James]

I'm glad you are ok. On the bright side, you got a great piece of bench brass to remind yourself of your error. Looks like it could be used as a tool as well.

 

[XUSNORDIE]

Wonder what it would have done to a Glock mag? I've never had any issues with Magpul mags in my PSA Daggers but they sure aren't Glock mags, which I use......you can find them for $12.99 ea if you shop around. I only have a couple. If I were to buy a RXM, and I most likely will not, I'd be running Glock mags.

 

[twerpymoon]

Not being snarky, but there is nothing wrong with the magazine(which was a glock brand). It is the magwell/frame module that is cracked.

 

[OMCHamlin]

Not handloads per se. "Remanufactured." Loose in a plastic ammo can.

Okay, to be clear, these were "remanufactured (handloads)" that had ALREADY caused you a problem, is that what I'm getting? Suggest editing title to: Here are reasons why you need to KNOW what you're feeding your (fill in the blank_______________

 

[twerpymoon]

Point taken. At times I am too simplistic.

 

[hittman]

I saw a YouTube video posted recently by a Glock hater. Said something like "Glock comes apart".

You had to watch the video to find out that "come apart" happened on the 3rd squib. High cap mag …. Rapid firing ….

A lotsa guns may come apart after you jam a few squibs in the barrel and keep pulling the trigger.

 

[LaneP]

Exactly why I never shoot "reman" ammo or anyone else's handloads but my own. Glad you came out okay.

 

[blume357]

This is the reason I don't reload, " A man needs to know his limitations". I admire folks that do and especially those that are doing it for their own personal research, but I really don't have the discipline or time to do this right.... I guess some would call me crazy but a guy out west sold me a Sig P239 in 357 sig and shipped me a variety of ammo separately and some of it was reloads... he specifically told me he was selling me these to just pull the bullets on them not to shoot.. but guess what I did with them?

 

[Hvymax]

This is the reason I don't reload, " A man needs to know his limitations". I admire folks that do and especially those that are doing it for their own personal research, but I really don't have the discipline or time to do this right.... I guess some would call me crazy but a guy out west sold me a Sig P239 in 357 sig and shipped me a variety of ammo separately and some of it was reloads... he specifically told me he was selling me these to just pull the bullets on them not to shoot.. but guess what I did with them?

It's not Rocket Surgery but it's definitely science. If Scientific Method is followed it's far safer than just blindly following "Established Data" having scales, chronos etc available is essential IMO to actually be able to verify everything you are doing. Just using this dipper or that of what I thought was the right powder doesn't cut it. I'll throw a few deliberately light charges that I don't expect to even cycle the gun to verify baseline data. If something is amiss it shouldn't damage anything but will let me know something is off. If everything is as expected I'll proceed with the expected data. There's always the chance of some mislabeled components or a bad batch of something.

 

[Hvymax]

Glocks with their Unsupported Chambers have ruined available Once Fired Brass for reloading.