Catastrophic failure:
I was at the range this morning and this happened. I had experienced a squib round(no powder) where the primer pushed the 9mm bullet into the rifling. Hearing just a puff sound, I knew to stop, wait, drop the mag and eject the expected empty case. I made the gun safe and pulled the slide. I removed the barrel and cleared the dead bullet. I ran a dry patch through the barrel and began shooting again.
What I hadn't thought of, since I reload on a progressive press, if there is a squib, there is likely to be a double load. Well, five rounds later, I found it! BLAMMO!
I'm just glad there was no one else nearby to catch the flying gun parts. And yes, it did hurt like hell, but a change in underpants was not required. A couple of fellow shooters on our other pistol range helped clean and bandage me up.
The Trijicon and the Olight both still work!
I can now check the box that asks; Have you ever had a handgun blow up in my hands?
I am glad you are OK.
Excuse my ignorance. I am assuming it squibed because no gun powder was in the round. I am also assuming a double load is when you load 2x the gun powder in one round. Is that true?
Thanks.