First time ever I've experienced something like this. I was wearing gloves and eye protection. Very good thing too, I felt "stuff" hit my face!

I had been firing, then BANG! that wasnt right and it stung my hands! I knew immediately something was wrong. I didnt attempt to fire again, I shifted my focus from my target to the gun and noticed the slide hadnt returned to battery. I carefully opened the slide just slightly, enough to see that the round wasnt going to eject as it was still chambered. Then I noticed the rod that the external extractor is supposed to be on sticking out of the side of the gun! The case had burst in the chamber and blew the extractor off!!!

The round that failed was a reload. It had been given to my friend by a guy he works with. But that guy wasnt even the one who reloaded it! A friend of his reloaded it and we have zero clue how many times the brass had been reloaded! The case head seperated from the cartridge in the chamber and with the exception of the extractor, there is no other visible damage. My friend is gonna take his Glock to a gunsmith and have it checked out thoroughly however before replacing the extractor and being used again, and fortunately it isnt his carry gun anymore.

Be careful out there folks. It coulda been worse. Be certain of where your brass is coming from. If you dont know, dont use it. If youre getting reloads from somewhere else and not doing it yourself, are you comfortable in knowing that the reloader knows what he is doin? My friend had more reloaded .45 ACP he was give me. Ball ammo, target ammo... I declined after the failure, not gonna run it through my gun.

You have my feelings on it. You may feel differently. Just that theres always a chance, but there are also ways to minimize the probability.

Good cautionary tale and heads up Rossignol !!

Yeah man, I certainly dont mind sharin what I've experienced!

Especially if folks can take somethin away from it. Stuff happens... but how many times are we gonna make it out on the good side of things? How many chances do we have?

This wasnt all bad. I mean, I felt fragments, but didnt experience the full impact of the round exploding between the chamber and the bolt, I def felt the reverb in my hands! Had it burst the barrel... I dunno.

Anyway, all is well that ends well right? So we share with each other and hopefully learn from each other too.

Take from it what its worth to you!

Thanks for posting, Glad nothing serious happened to you. Keep us posted on the condition of the Glock, I'm curious to see what the verdict is.