KrampusArms
10-29-12, 00:00
A bit of back story.
About 5 years ago I was hard up for some 9mm for a camping trip I was planning. I ended up buying 400 rounds off a friend for dirt cheap. The ammo he said was remanufactured reloads, & I thought nothing of it at the time, he did me an awesome solid selling me some of his stash. This was during an ammo shortage, & I couldn't find squat. I remember being relieved I got some 9mm, as plinking is part of the relaxation & enjoyment of the great outdoors. I was satisfied. Until the festivities started after arrival to our camp grounds. I got to the second magazine in my G17c, & BOOM. A wrong sounding BOOM. My hand felt like I slapped concrete, & the magazine blew out into the dirt. The ammunition my friend sold me was subpar dangerous trash. The gun & I both made it out undamaged, just startled.
I disposed of it all, & didnt shoot a single round more. Shooting ceased for the trip, no fun. I was pissed off, not at my friend mind you, as he didnt know his ammo was crap. Upon arrival home I called him up and warned him not to fire a single round of that shit he stashed away as its dangerous, it'll blow up your gun, you have a potential disaster waiting to happen. I was very sincere to him, I didnt want him to ruin his guns, or worse yet, hurt or kill himself. His response to me..... "Dude, that was a one in a million chance, it was probably your Glock, theres nothing wrong with my ammo". I repeatedly warned him to only get scoffed at.
Fast forward five years later to today.
I get a call. Its my old friend who has since moved. So I don't speak with him regularly. This is the story he tells me, it goes like this.
His Sig-Sauer P228 had been fixed of a broken ejector just last week, so him & his dad decide to give it a work out. Hmmmmmmmmmm they don't have any usable ammo, so they decide to dip into their super secret zombie stash they've been saving for the apocalypse. About 6 rounds in to magazine one, he tells me his face gets pelted with shrapnel & the SIG locks up, holy crap it was hard to clear the casing. He was greatful he had safety glasses on.
Thats where I thought the story ended. But he continues.
So he decides to run another mag & TRY AGAIN........ YES NO JOKE. 3 rounds in & BOOM it went! He said it was loud, shrapnel hitting his face, & SIG locks up........... AGAIN.
I tell him "WTF were you thi.... ......................." but I get cut off mid sentence & his tale goes on, to my sheer & utter disbelief....
SO thats when his dad steps in. He gets the KBed brass out, LOADS ANOTHER MAG, & half way through, you guessed it, booooom. Part of the plastic grip blows off the gun, locking it up, his face as well, blasted by shrapnel, & they FINALLY realise holy crap & THEN STOP!!!!
HA HA HA!!! I can not believe how careless they were. Im shocked by the stupidity. Does anybody here know much about the P228? How strong a design is it? It supposedly is still ok to the naked eye according to them, but I have my suspicions something would be permanently damaged at least. Whats worse, is I remember them saying its a more desirable west german example.
Anyways, that sums it up. Pretty stupid I thought. He did end up telling me my warnings had merit & that I was right. NO S#$T man!
About 5 years ago I was hard up for some 9mm for a camping trip I was planning. I ended up buying 400 rounds off a friend for dirt cheap. The ammo he said was remanufactured reloads, & I thought nothing of it at the time, he did me an awesome solid selling me some of his stash. This was during an ammo shortage, & I couldn't find squat. I remember being relieved I got some 9mm, as plinking is part of the relaxation & enjoyment of the great outdoors. I was satisfied. Until the festivities started after arrival to our camp grounds. I got to the second magazine in my G17c, & BOOM. A wrong sounding BOOM. My hand felt like I slapped concrete, & the magazine blew out into the dirt. The ammunition my friend sold me was subpar dangerous trash. The gun & I both made it out undamaged, just startled.
I disposed of it all, & didnt shoot a single round more. Shooting ceased for the trip, no fun. I was pissed off, not at my friend mind you, as he didnt know his ammo was crap. Upon arrival home I called him up and warned him not to fire a single round of that shit he stashed away as its dangerous, it'll blow up your gun, you have a potential disaster waiting to happen. I was very sincere to him, I didnt want him to ruin his guns, or worse yet, hurt or kill himself. His response to me..... "Dude, that was a one in a million chance, it was probably your Glock, theres nothing wrong with my ammo". I repeatedly warned him to only get scoffed at.
Fast forward five years later to today.
I get a call. Its my old friend who has since moved. So I don't speak with him regularly. This is the story he tells me, it goes like this.
His Sig-Sauer P228 had been fixed of a broken ejector just last week, so him & his dad decide to give it a work out. Hmmmmmmmmmm they don't have any usable ammo, so they decide to dip into their super secret zombie stash they've been saving for the apocalypse. About 6 rounds in to magazine one, he tells me his face gets pelted with shrapnel & the SIG locks up, holy crap it was hard to clear the casing. He was greatful he had safety glasses on.
Thats where I thought the story ended. But he continues.
So he decides to run another mag & TRY AGAIN........ YES NO JOKE. 3 rounds in & BOOM it went! He said it was loud, shrapnel hitting his face, & SIG locks up........... AGAIN.
I tell him "WTF were you thi.... ......................." but I get cut off mid sentence & his tale goes on, to my sheer & utter disbelief....
SO thats when his dad steps in. He gets the KBed brass out, LOADS ANOTHER MAG, & half way through, you guessed it, booooom. Part of the plastic grip blows off the gun, locking it up, his face as well, blasted by shrapnel, & they FINALLY realise holy crap & THEN STOP!!!!
HA HA HA!!! I can not believe how careless they were. Im shocked by the stupidity. Does anybody here know much about the P228? How strong a design is it? It supposedly is still ok to the naked eye according to them, but I have my suspicions something would be permanently damaged at least. Whats worse, is I remember them saying its a more desirable west german example.
Anyways, that sums it up. Pretty stupid I thought. He did end up telling me my warnings had merit & that I was right. NO S#$T man!