Quit with the blaser is going to blow you up.  

THe link cited is to one (READ ONE) report of a guy blowing up his mac - its not from atf.  There is no known testing that proves blaser will blow up you gun - just one guy's mac.

Think about it for a minute - neither brass nor alum. cased ammo does very well when fired out of battery.  They'll all blow up.  Will a brass cased round resist fragmentation better?  Maybe, but its like saying youre not as dead since you were driving a 3/4 ton truck vs. a 1/2 ton when you hit the bridge at 100mph - the forces are greater than either metal will withstand as manufactured.

Still dont believe me?  Ok why does blaser in our law suit happy society sell a product by the millions (for years) if its going to blow people and their guns up?

It would be pretty stupid and blaser would have long since gone away.

So why do manufacturers put warnings in their literature? - because they want to have an 'out' and as many 'outs' as they can if they get sued.  Hell, drug companies classify drugs with stronger warnings all the time - not based on science but because the FDA says you can add restrictions (even without data) to make a drug carry more warnings but not fewer than your data supports.

Certainly there are some manufactures that make crappy ammo, there are guns that are defective as well.  Remember though, that ALL of them are gunna let lose with a bad one at some point.  With larger ammo manufacturers its just a matter of time before a bad round gets out - Ive seen them from every major manufacturer.  Name me a gun manufacturer that's never had a bad gun go out...aint one.

Personally Ive run well over 15K of blaser thru several open bolt mg's  Never had an ammo related problem, never blown one up.  Most of that has been thru macs (shutter!).  Stop and think about how this is just another internet gun 'thang' that has grown to lore - remember you cant leave your mags loaded either or the springs will fatigue....there's another.

I dont work for blaser, Im just a satified customer and I hate to see crap perpetuated.

rant off - glad youre ok.  Im sure bushy will get you squared away.

Nightowl,

If I could see/find/read any credible proof that blaser was blowing up blowback or open bolt guns anymore often than other ammo, I'd bite.  But it aint out there.  Im not the only guy running blaser thru open bolt mgs or using it in blowback guns either.

We're also talking about 2 different cartridges with different pressure curves in different guns.  both the guns - mac and your buddy's glock were 45's not 9mm's, that could have something to do with it....I dont know.

I do know that when there is a bad batch of ammo or shitty manufacturer we hear about it ALOT from lots of shooters - look at the 308 indian surplus - the net was full of guys that have blown shit up with it.  Its not full of guys with blown up guns from blaser - so I call B.S. on the warning/blame.

Im not encouraging people to ignore a factory warning - Sorry if I came arcoss that way.  Im just trying to point of the seemingly blanket condemnation of blaser is based on nothing of substance.

If one chooses to ignore a warning I see them sharing some blame.  I shoot reloads in lots of pistols that say it will void your warrenty - I understand the risk and understand the manufacturer's position and reasoning.

My bitch is with the 'blaser is going to blow up your gun' statements grounded in one case report.

Even looking at this AR, It doesnt seem to be OOB type damage - at least not totally.  I would have expected the receiver to more damaged to the rear of the barrel extension and to hear about the mag being blown to hell, extractor damage, etc.  Certainly when a rifle chambered ar/16 has an ammo related kaboom you see this type of damage.  When Ive had or seen rifle cartridges let loose OOB (1919, mg-42) the majority of the damage is behind the chamber - even when its a bore obstruction that caused the issue.  Being as this is blow-back system with nothing locking barrel and chamber together I would expect to see this here as well.