benellishooter3

Thanks for all of the replies, I haven't even shot the gun since I got it back. With the ammo left over from the original batch, I've found about 3 percent will not go into my buddies xdm 4.5 chamber even with full slide pressure. However they load perfectly fine in my 5.25. So we will be using his chamber for checking brass. I assume they checked out the barrel while it was back at the factory. Benellishooter3

LMAO, good to know. Using Dillon dies. Or RCBS in everything. I'll look into that! THANKS Benellishooter3

Udie?

Update, Springfield called today, said the gun was fixed. $75 bucks for a new frame and a new extractor. on the way back to me as we speak! that is a super fast return time! couldn't be happier. He said he assumes it was an over pressure with the ammo OR OR a brass malfunction.... who knows. it is time to put a better brass inspection practice in place and get back to reloading. i still haven't pulled any of the ammo i was using. or measured OAL. Who uses a bulge buster or a roll sizer? i wonder if some of the brass i had was bulged and wasn't fully going into the chamber, just enough for the gun to still fire but not be properly locked up. i asked because i took some of the same ammo i was shooting and shot it in my buddies xdm 4.5.... about 3 rounds out of 100 wouldn't go into battery fully due to a bulge, and it wouldn't fire either. i have never had that issue in my gun, i assume his chamber is tighter than mine. they are both factory Springfield barrels. i saved the rounds that wouldn't go into his barrel to try them in mine when i get it back. i will only see if they will fit and pull them or discard of them. i think i will either buy a bulge buster or start buying roll sized brass. any ideas or words of wisdom is appreciated. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE IDEAS AND HELP, ALSO THANKS TO SPRINGFIELD!!! what a great customer service!! benellishooter3

i sure can pull a couple of the rounds i have loaded, although i doubt i have that exact one. i see what you are saying in the picture. benellishooter3

I know 100% for sure the round in question was dry tumbled only. I've wet tumbled everything from HOT 7 mag to 9mm. Never had an issue. I could see if you wet tumbled WAY too much it could possibly weaken the brass.... Possibly. But it wasn't wet tumbled so that's for another thread. Nothing from Springfield yet. Benellishooter3

The gun shipped 6 business days ago. I haven't heard from Springfield. It's only been in their hands for a couple of days so I'm not expecting to hear from them for at least another few days. My brass is bought range brass, if it's in really good shape it gets dry tumbled, if it's pretty dirty it goes through stainless media and water treatment. I don't have a great method for inspecting every case, but I need to put one in place. After loaded the ammo is placed in plastic boxes bullet down so that I can see any cracks or messed up primers in the bases. So the answer would be I don't have a great system for inspecting every piece of brass that goes through the Dillon. What are some methods other people use? Benellishooter3

seems to be more common than I expected. Humm, I guess you don't hear about it until you go looking for it. I'm currently trying out minor 40 loads, so hopefully it'll be a smaller boom if it ever happens again. Thanks for posting your experience.

Or a bullet set back? Who knows...

that's good to hear you didn't have any other problems after it was rebuilt. And rebuilt for free!!! Wow! I really like the xdm I want to stick with it. And I will as long as I have full confidence in the gun. I'm with you, I think/hope it was a brass issue. I'm shooting range pick up brass. For all I know it had been shot 10 times. I might switch to verified once fired brass. I just got in touch with Springfield, I explained my issue over the phone with customer service, I had a return shipping label in my email inbox before I got off the phone. I'll keep this updated when I find out more information. Thanks for everyone's input. I'm leaning towards a brass problem. But I'll see what Springfield has to say. Benellishooter3

i do not believe it was a squib, the shot prior to this one acted just fine and hit the target. unless the shot prior left a piece of the case in the chamber or something crazy. the gun completely locked up, the frame expanded enough that the slide release came out of its position and was holding up the action.

All, I was in the process of shooting my first uspsa match today at a local club, first two stages went fine, about 40 rounds in and BAM BOOM SMACK... Felt like a fire cracker went off in my hand, stung like crazy. Background on the gun and load. Gun has around 1500 rounds through it, 99% being reloads. The rounds today were reloads, 165 Montana gold, I'll have to check but I think 5.4 vit N340. I've shot about 300 of the exact same load and well over a thousand other reload combinations. I'm loading on a Dillon 650xl progressive. The powder check die is NOT in use. Or shall we say it wasn't.... I'm not an expert but it looks like the shell was not supported and blew the whole back off. I'll try to add pictures in a bit. It cracked the frame and the extractor looks bent and is very loosely wobbling around in the slide. If you search for 5.25 KB I believe you will find another forum member with almost identical circumstances. His pictures are almost identical as well except my frame held together and just cracked. Any ideas? I'll be in contact with Springfield tomorrow about returning to the factory. Also the only modification to the gun is a drop in trigger kit from PRP. This is my first post, but have read many many posts on this website, I think it's great. Benellishooter3