[CaptainGyro]

So, guy is out mowing on his riding lawn mower. Doesn't notice that Glock has fallen into the grass. Runs over said Glock on next pass.

Now, if you have ever derided polymer handguns as "tupperware", :shame: or doubted their durability, direct your attention to these photos. Take a look at how the polymer fared, as opposed to the steel. Repent.

imgur: the simple image sharer

imgur: the simple image sharer

 

[Charlie Petty]

Maybe I missed something, but the Glock doesn't look too good. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't run but I bet the mower would...

 

[Skeptic49]

Looks like the steel took the whupp'n didn't keep on shooting, but the frame looks OK. I'd like to know what kind of steel in the cutting blade did that to gun metal. Geoff Who is careful. I saw the cell phone before I got to it with the mower.

 

[WaltGraham]

Just did that to a game camera.

It's plastic and it's definitely not running again.

Saved the gray fox pictures, though.

 

[TommyGunn]

Maybe I missed something, but the Glock doesn't look too good. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't run but I bet the mower would...

I think the point was that the polymer frame was undamaged while the steel barrel was, along with the rear of the slide.
Not really helpful, IMHO.
If I wanted a smaller gun there are better ways of getting one.
I'd not count on running a gun after a close encounter of the lawnmower kind.
I'd feel sorry for the guy who owned the Glock ... but Glocks are ugly.
They work (when unmowed) ....but they're ugly.

 

[CaptainGyro]

You know you're right, Gyro. The polymer did perform better than the steel.

But it just doesn't feel right not to say something negative about Glocks.

 

[Snake45]

Only slightly off-topic, I recently read the following quote in a book about the great Douglas AD Skyraider airplane: "The only thing that goes through a spinning propeller alive is a butterfly. I've seen it many times."

 

[CaptainGyro]

Yep, and the poor little guy lives just long enough to go "splat" on the windscreen (which, come to think of it, is made of a polymer strong enough to resist some bullets.)

 

[William R. Moore]

Um, I don't seem to see forward rails on the frame and whatever retains the trigger group seems to have moved, because the trigger isn't where it's supposed to be.

Even if you dropped a new slide assembly on it, I don't think it's gonna work.

 

[WaltGraham]

Even if you dropped a new slide assembly on it, I don't think it's gonna work.

Yep, and even if it does, I'm not betting my life on something that has experienced that kind of trauma.

A better than good enough excuse for a new pistola.

 

[Tim Burke]

Run over the frame again and see how it fares. Looks like the blade caught the end of the barrel. That probably knocked the entire gun free. If it had made contact on the polymer, I'm thinking the result would've been more dramatic.

 

[Charlie Petty]

The new location of the trigger means that something inside is disturbed. A heat wrench might be able to straighten the dust cover and the rest should be covered by warranty :bigidea:

 

[mikegunner]

Yikes! I agree with CP, I'm not thinking that is going to shoot (at least NOT with ME holding it!)

Also, I see great negligence in the mode of carry as I have been on a mower/tractor many times and never had my weapon come out of it's holster (except in 1998, when the neighbors Chow (ex Chow) came out of the woods charging at me ... he found out that a 135gr Triton Quik-Shok was NOT good for his system! .. but that is another story). You need to direct him to our friend "Snug" Mitch Rosen Gunleather | High Quality Leather Products

 

[Kevin Gibson]

You know you're right, Gyro. The polymer did perform better than the steel.

But it just doesn't feel right not to say something negative about Glocks.

It just doesn't appear to me that the polymer took a blade strike. And let's be honest, if it did the polymer would have been destroyed, and that goes for Glock, Ruger, S&W, XD or any other polymer pistol. But for that matter, I don't expect aluminum would fare much better. It seems clear to me that the end of the slide took the brunt of the impact, and the entire pistol is trashed regardless of the condition of the polymer frame. The displacement of the trigger tells me that something inside the frame probably gave way, so I doubt the pistol could ever be made to fire again. Looks like a total loss to me. Bummer, it was a good pistol.

 

[mikegunner]

It just doesn't appear to me that the polymer took a blade strike. And let's be honest, if it did the polymer would have been destroyed, and that goes for Glock, Ruger, S&W, XD or any other polymer pistol. But for that matter, I don't expect aluminum would fare much better. It seems clear to me that the end of the slide took the brunt of the impact, and the entire pistol is trashed regardless of the condition of the polymer frame. The displacement of the trigger tells me that something inside the frame probably gave way, so I doubt the pistol could ever be made to fire again. Looks like a total loss to me. Bummer, it was a good pistol.

From close inspection of the pictures, it appears that the blade struck the barrel and slide causing it to be forced back rapidly and separating from the frame. I would guess that this force is what pulled the trigger and lower assembly parts backwards and up. Anyone that has made the mistake of not removing the magazine on a Glock during takedown knows the resistance from just the magazine .. and add to that the trigger was in set position (not fired/disengaged), so you have that at play here as well!

I once had a stupid customer not pay attention and force his slide back and OVER the rear rails to the point the trigger engaged. After talking to Glock customer service .. their solution was for me to put it into a vice, smack the rear of the slide with a rubber mallet and have the customer send all the pieces back to Smyrna for repair! (they did not want him to ship the gun still mated!)

 

[shep854]

Agreed. The slide/barrel took the hit. The frame would have been torn up by a mower blade.

 

[Daniel Watters]

It looks like the left front frame rail sheared, and I wouldn't be surprised if the right side front is gone as well. I suspect the hit on the barrel was enough to break the locking block and its pins, which is the reason the trigger has been displaced.