A guy was shooting Saturday, he was burning up some ammo and seems to have had a cartridge that was over charged. Luckily he was not hurt.
It was Wolf ammo, and he knew this will open a bunch of negatives about the ammo but he has shot more than 10,000 rounds of Wolf ammo in 9mm,40,45acp and 223. and never an issue.
It was the ammo's fault. He had finished one box and was almost thru the second box. He was asked if it might have been a squib on the previous shot. He said the previous shot felt normal, but the one that did the damage felt like he was shooting his 500 S&W
when it went off. It even blew the primer out of the primer pocket, where it lodged in the top of the magazine.
Checked the barrel there is no bulge or split, the slide is jammed back and the magazine is jammed in also. He had to remove the mag. base to get the unfired rounds out. They weren't able to get any good pics of the barrel, cant really tell much from these pics, but the barrel was not bulged . Look at the base of the case how it crinkled.
He has contacted Wolf, they had him do a statement over the phone explaining what had happened and asked for him to send pics. They told him to send remaining ammo and pics, they are sending a UPS pickup tag for shipping. They are sending him 500 rds of free ammo and offered to exchange the 3000 rds. of other Wolf ammo that he has on hand, if he felt uncomfortable about shooting it. They also said for him to contact S&W about sending the gun back to be repaired or replaced at Wolf's cost.
S&W said no problem they would check the gun out and be in contact with Wolf. They told him all they will need is the information of the FFL that he uses due to a new frame with new serial #.
So let's see how this pans out and if Wolf hold up their end. He did say that the reaction he got from Wolf was very positive as that they would take care of everything. So let's hope they do.