TDean and others that have blown Glocks,
Did any of you have any mag release button damage? I'm thinking that the blood blister on your finger came from the mag release button. I have a friend who blew a G20 with a double charge of 14 grains of Vitavorii. He was using an Agrip, but cut the Agrip around the off side of the mag release button area so he could change the button out, etc. When the gun blew, the off side end of the mag release button broke off and nailed him in the trigger finger... dislocating his finger... knocking it 90º to the right... (ouch!). He now swares he will never cut around the mag release again. (I told him not to! ) The blast also blew the trigger group out, but the barrel and slide were ok. The frame also had massive cracks in it, but the Agrip caught the majority of the blast coming through the cracks. He did get a nice little hole torched into his thumb knuckle where the hot gasses came through the rear trigger pin hole. He had cut a small hole in the Agrip to access the pin. Magazine blew out the bottom of the gun. He also had burns on the top of his hand where the hot gases blew through the space between the slide and frame. Amazing thing was that the Agrip had on the adhesive side an odd shaped golden colored wavy wedge shape stenciled into it. We later figured out it was from the hot gases that blew though the biggest crack. Apparently the gold color was from the brass "liquifed" from the blast. There was also a mix of unburnt powder and various very small metal and plastic particles stuck to the adhesive. Also quite amazing (to me) was that the width of the "golden wedge" at the top of the Agrip is about an inch or so wide. The pictures he sent me (along with the Agrip) showing the Agrip still attached to the frame, and that golden wedge, seem to indicate that the gun frame really expanded out kind of like a balloon at the top of the frame. I will have to get permission from him to post the pictures.
Btw, nice to see so many 10mm fans here! I also have a G20 as my old CCW, and now carry a G29 with hi-cap mag and A&G grip extender as my CCW. In case you don't know, there's a "10mm club" at GlockTalk.com called "The 10 Ring"... not to lead anyone away... as this site of Brian's is GREAT! Right-on Brian!
(Edited by Tazz10m at 9:48 pm on Aug. 19, 2002)