When Polymer Guns fail

[VooDoo6Actual]

http://loadoutroom.com/3817/when-polymer-guns-fail-hk-p2000/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-polymer-guns-fail-hk-p2000

[SteveL]

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[AZ-Renegade]

I have seen two P2000s have frames damaged from falling or getting run over, but I have never heard of a Glock, M&P, or XD doing so. I wonder if the composition of the P2000's polymer is more brittle than other manufacturers?

[TiroFijo]

Can happen, but that's a freak incident. I would be more concerned about my dog chewing up my pistol :D ...but then I don't have a dog so perhaps I don't have to worry too much about it.

In actual use, for extensive firing, many quality polymer guns are reportedly more durable than most aluminum framed ones, or even steel oldies like the browning high power.

[slowkota]

I'd be more concerned with my broken bones if I fell with enough force to break my XD!

[JHC]

http://loadoutroom.com/3817/when-polymer-guns-fail-hk-p2000/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-polymer-guns-fail-hk-p2000

Pretty amazing photos; about when THAT polymer gun failed. All these years (decades) and all these "action guys" with polymer on their hip . . . ever seen anything like this before? (noted that AZ-Renegade has weighed in on that already).

[VooDoo6Actual]

Yea, JHC et al.

My belief is it's an anomaly / aberration & the likely-hood of that occurring is pretty nil.

[Grizzly16]

Hasn't this already been posted here? Everything worked out and the agent is fine from the roll over.

Yep, here we go: https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=106804

[HKBanger]

I have seen two P2000s have frames damaged from falling or getting run over, but I have never heard of a Glock, M&P, or XD doing so. I wonder if the composition of the P2000's polymer is more brittle than other manufacturers?

You're probably thinking about the same instance. This happened a while back. This could also happen to ANY polymer gun. To even suggest that the XD is using higher quality polymer or a better built gun than any Heckler & Koch is crazy!

[opdsgt]

I've seen the grand total of one poly framed gun fail catastrophically, and it was being worn by one of our officers when he was shot during a bank robbery attempt (the pistol was actually struck by gunfire). I would hazard a guess an all steel 1911 would have been rendered inoperable had it been struck in the same manner.

[Psalms144.1]

I & my team have probably fired, conservatively, 750K rounds, combined, through 10 G19s in the last 7 years or so. We also take them through some fairly rigorous training, and they get the stuffing knocked out of them on a daily basis when we're operational - and we haven't had so much as a scratch in the polymer from all the abuse we've given them. Our new HK45CTs are just getting started to be abused, but I haven't seen any signs of problems with them, either.

By contrast, I've seen at least five Sig frames or slides that cracked under much less rigorous use; and can't even count the number of Beretta locking blocks and/or safety levers that have failed on guns in my various armories over the years.

Just sayin'... ;)

Kevin

[polymorpheous]

There is a thread floating around about this from 2 months ago.

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=106804

[Moose-Knuckle]

Oh snap! :eek:



Sorry, coudn't resist! :D

I wonder if this is covered under the HK warranty?

[jyo]

You can break almost anything if you really try!

[Sam]

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