Springfield XDM kaboom

[Timothy]

I don't load but bunches of fellas at my range do.  One guy in particular, an older fella, loads and when he steps up to a range, everyone else steps back.  He's constantly having issues with his loads and it's gotten to the point that people won't shoot when he's on the range.  They/we avoid him and I think if he gets another complaint, we're going to 86 him.

We pride ourselves as being a self policing range with not one firearms accident in the 81 years of our existance.  The only time we have RO's is during scheduled shoots of various kinds.

[Fatman]

Here's another pic that you may not have seen. It's pretty evident that the cartridge was seated in the firing chamber straight, so the ejector issue was improbable. The case blew out along the feed ramp side (bottom) where the round was unsupported. Its a classic overcharge. The Blue Gun Blog said that the gun was being fired all day without a hitch by someone with Dillon Reloading team and in the final stage kaboomed. He would not have been using high powered rounds in a match. He was shooting all day. He was with a reloading group. Does that point enough evidence to a reloading error where a round was double charged.
Was the reloader negligent? Yes. Did he make an easy error? Yes. No one other than benchrest shooters weighs every single round. If he was shooting all day he could have shot up 300 plus rounds that he reloaded the night before. The lesson learned is that you need to be dilligent and consistant when reloading.

much bett
Thanks, that last photo is a clincher.

[twyacht]

Doesn't matter what the pistol/rifle is, .........if the bullet is in doubt?,....throw it out....

OR this is the result....Thanks for the picture. As was posted, thankfully the detonation went downward through the mag, as opposed to up and out toward the shooter.