frankwright
Senior Member
As Bill Murray said in the movie Stripes!
I went to the range to sight in a different Red Dot on my AR. After that I decided to do a bit of practice with my Sig P320X compact for the upcoming GA IDPA Championship.
I decided to go ahead and fire the full magazine of Federal 124gr HST's as I usually do with carry ammo.
I fired probably 9 or 10 rounds and then BLAM!
Loudest bang I ever heard close up, blew the magazine out and all it's guts too. (I never found the mag spring). Blackened and stung both hands. Slide was forward but I could see mangled brass in the chamber.
Normal jam clearing tricks would not work so I took it home and clamped the slide in a padded vise and hit the frame with a rubber mallet. It was and is really stuck. I got it back to get the brass out in pieces.
Slide is stuck, extractor is broken off.
I doubt it was a double charge from the factory. I am guessing a bad case or out of battery detonation but I question the slide being forward.
I saw the previous round hit the target and no barrel obstruction.
I emailed Sig for a RA to see what they will do. I don't know if contacting Federal would do any good as the case was cut out in pieces with a side cutter, it was the only way to get it out.
Frame and FCU may be OK, I don't know about the slide and barrel.
I went to the range to sight in a different Red Dot on my AR. After that I decided to do a bit of practice with my Sig P320X compact for the upcoming GA IDPA Championship.
I decided to go ahead and fire the full magazine of Federal 124gr HST's as I usually do with carry ammo.
I fired probably 9 or 10 rounds and then BLAM!
Loudest bang I ever heard close up, blew the magazine out and all it's guts too. (I never found the mag spring). Blackened and stung both hands. Slide was forward but I could see mangled brass in the chamber.
Normal jam clearing tricks would not work so I took it home and clamped the slide in a padded vise and hit the frame with a rubber mallet. It was and is really stuck. I got it back to get the brass out in pieces.
Slide is stuck, extractor is broken off.
I doubt it was a double charge from the factory. I am guessing a bad case or out of battery detonation but I question the slide being forward.
I saw the previous round hit the target and no barrel obstruction.
I emailed Sig for a RA to see what they will do. I don't know if contacting Federal would do any good as the case was cut out in pieces with a side cutter, it was the only way to get it out.
Frame and FCU may be OK, I don't know about the slide and barrel.