Springfield XDM kaboom

[XDM9]

Does anyone have the straight, true answer to what caused this XDM to break apart like shown.

This is very scary to me since I own an XDM.

XDM9

[LoveMyXds]

Does anyone have the straight, true answer to what caused this XDM to break apart like shown.

This is very scary to me since I own an XDM.

XDM9

It is pretty evident that it was a double charged handload. I have thousands of rounds through my XDs. Plenty of hot handloads and tons of CorBons. No problems at all. You have a 9. Mm I assume and that is much lower pressure than he 40 that kaboomed.

[XDM9]

Looks like it could have been a blocked barrel, as well.

My concern is that it happened because of some operator error. I would like to know what that reason was, so it does not happen on my weapon when I or my wife is shooting it.

I have shot my XDM over a thousand times, without a failure of any type. I hope to continue that record.

It hopefully did not harm the user, although it looks like it could have caused substantial hand or eye damage.

[LoveMyXds]

Operator error is shooting yourself in the foot... just kidding. No way.operator error caused a catastrophic failure like that. Unless the operator double charged the hanload himself. He is holding the gun in the pics. He has some abrasions and maybe bruising. I saw a 10mm Colt Deltas Elite blow up... he was not in any shape to take a picture afterward. The XDM held up well. Itsa tough pistol.

[Ksail101]

I think that even though some ones hand might be a little tore up, they are alive. It looks like the gun took a huge impact and actually maybe saved the persons life. If this was 50, maybe even 20 years ago that person may be worse off with what ever gun they were shooting.

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[LoveMyXds]

I think that even though some ones hand might be a little tore up, they are alive. It looks like the gun took a huge impact and actually maybe saved the persons life. If this was 50, maybe even 20 years ago that person may be worse off with what ever gun they were shooting.

When the Delta Elite kaboomed it turned the aluminium frame and the grips into shrapnel. The shooter was all mangled up. It was about 20 years ago. The 10mm was new and everyone was handloading them super hot. The Guy was bragging it was within spitting distance of .44 Mag power. I think he would have been hurt with ANY pistol with those loads.

[Ksail101]

LMXD- I thought I read someone say that this would a gun of one of the Dillion people. So I am sure that this too was also loaded a little too hot. Although in an American Handgunner I have, there is an article where John Taffin loaded some really heavy, hot .45 acps and shot them out of an XD and hand no problem. He was trying to recreate the original .45 colt load in an ACP cartridge.

He shot an H&G #68/7.0 gr. Unique. Which is like a 200 gr swc at 1043 fps.

He was also messing around with Speer 260gr JHP/6.0 gr. Unique and that was at 853 fps.

Mr. Taffin tested quite a few 255 and other 260gr cast bullets with no failure.

So someone most likely double charged the round. Cause these guns can take a pounding with no real problem. I wouldnt shoot 260gr SWCs all day everyday through it and who knows how many times this poor handgun has survived wild cat rounds before it KB'ed.I havent really seen a final verdict on it.

[LoveMyXds]

Ksail,
I agree 100 percent on the double charge. I know the Xd family can take a beating but I am surprised about those numbers! Wow!

[XDM9]

You know: People that fool around with these types of loadings do not belong in the general public.

That is equivalent to running around with dynamite in their handgun and thinking there is nothing wrong, or they are immune to destroying themselves, or worse, destroying innocents.

I have no use for people like that; they are an extreme danger to the public and themselves.

[tombogan03884]

You know: People that fool around with these types of loadings do not belong in the general public.

That is equivalent to running around with dynamite in their handgun and thinking there is nothing wrong, or they are immune to destroying themselves, or worse, destroying innocents.

I have no use for people like that; they are an extreme danger to the public and themselves.

So you have "no use" for Skeeter Skelton or Elmer Keith ?
It's pretty obvious that you are overlooking the fact that without "those people" we would still be shooting black powder .38's and .44's instead of smokeless  powder in .357 and .44 Magnum