Broken
Springfield XDm-40
An overview with
pictures
Todays
trip to the shooting range was eventful.
While we were there a XD-M in .40 blew up
in the hands of the guy shooting next to
us. Here are the photos of the XDm- 40 after
a round blew up the frame and destroyed the
gun. The cracked frame on this Springfield
XDm 40 after we pulled the magazine from the
pistol and locked the slide back is easy to
see. The next round in the magazine took a
lot of the damage when this round blew up,
the hollow point round was ripped open in place
inside the magazine. The case of the round
that exploded is still in the barrel of the
broken XDM-40. The Springfield XDm-40
after the pistol was broken down The cracked
frame, damaged round in the magazine and the
exploded round in the barrel. The round did
go off looking down the barrel the open primer
pocket on the damaged case is visible. The
previous round fired had some marks on the
case, but nothing to indicate why the round
exploded. Springfield XDm 40 frame cracked
from an exploded round
The cracked
frame is easy to
see on this Springfield XD-M 40 after we
pulled the magazine from the pistol and locked
the slide back.
The next round in the magazine
took a lot of the damage when this round blew
up. The hollow point round was ripped open
in the magazine
The case of the exploded round
still in the barrel of the XD-M 40
