Sig Sauer blew up in my face..... ouch!

[dtkw]

Holy Cow! Glad you are okay in one piece. Your eye will heal in time. Just make sure there ins't anything inside got damaged. Is your frame plastic or metal?

 

[Que]

I don't want money, I have insurance for this kind of thing. I want my gun replaced so I can sell it and never own a Sig again. It was factory ammo and regrettably I was not wearing safety glasses. I know that's really stupid, but I can't see well to begin with and safety glasses interfere with my vision even more. Now I will be wearing them no matter what, because well apparently I'm an idiot lol.

Glad you are okay, but make sure you see an optometrist. I had an eye injury years ago and thought it was minor. It turned out to be an issue as tie went by. Also, as to your reference to insurance, are you saying you have insurance to cover the cost of your gun or what?

 

[ryan3030]

Holy Cow! Glad you are okay in one piece. Your eye will heal in time. Just make sure there ins't anything inside got damaged. Is your frame plastic or metal?

It's a Sig SP2022, they are polymer framed guns.

 

[chezuki]

TrajeTech is the manufacturer of the ammo

While I've never heard of it, a quick Google search shows mixed reviews on this ammo.

I stated earlier that I did not. Which I'm aware is a terrible idea.

Not to rub salt in the wound, but... listen to Norm, WEAR YOUR SAFETY GLASSES!

 

[snapping turtle]

TrajeTech is out of Ohio and Chris Roma runs the company. I meet him at the ohio gun collectors meetings. The company was once know as one shot Inc. Seemed like a good guy and he had a nice video of ammo testing for SAMMI spec and CUP. I will admit as a Salesman he was good. They are an ammo remanufacture and use Camdex reloading machines. The video showed the testing bay's and the testing procedure's used. I believe he stated they could crank out 175,000 rounds per day. This is not a guy in a basement with a Dillon 650 or two. Then again this is not Winchester Olin or CCI by any means either.

Personally I would give them the time to respond and then call and ask for Chris. I think you will be taken care of but what do I really know I met him once and watched half a video. I do remember they had big insurance policies and the indoor testing included real low temps and real high temps. I am sure he will want the rest of the ammo (the box does have lot and date info) and the gun and parts.

i am glad you escaped without major injury in what appears to have been a catastrophic failure of ammo or sig 2022. It happens at times that an explosion inside a contained devise will malfunction but that does not mean it should or will.

 

[kawtech87]

Wow OP glad you are OK.

Now do what I did and sell that Sig and buy yourself a nice CZ. May I suggest a steel framed one?

 

[Bravo-4-2]

Reloads. It's like putting your hand on a stove and then complaining that it's hot.....

 

[NyleRN]

Then it wasn't factory ammo. Remanufactured. Glad your ok. Learn the lesson not just about eye protection but the ammo you choose

 

[tbhausen]

Is there a bullet stuck in the barrel of the gun??? Maybe the previous round was a squib?

 

[MikeDVB]

I stated earlier that I did not. Which I'm aware is a terrible idea.

Ah, I overlooked it [was mobile] sorry! .

Yeah, I suspect you'll only make that mistake once but at least I don't have to question my eye-pro now.

 

[Tula47]

Reloads. It's like putting your hand on a stove and then complaining that it's hot.....

Its a nationally recognized company not just some hill jack with a press in his basement.

 

[Tula47]

Is there a bullet stuck in the barrel of the gun??? Maybe the previous round was a squib?

No squib, barrel is clear and the gun is destroyed. Sig has sent me a FedEx label to have it sent iin with the casing that I finally got out.

 

[Tula47]

Glad you are okay, but make sure you see an optometrist. I had an eye injury years ago and thought it was minor. It turned out to be an issue as tie went by. Also, as to your reference to insurance, are you saying you have insurance to cover the cost of your gun or what?

For the medical bills, they don't care about the gun. I'm supposed to go in for a follow up tomorrow if it continues to bother me, but now I've also missed a full day of work with no pay.... Today sucks haha

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Ouch! Glad you're ok, Tula. Tagging to see how this works out for you.

 

[chezuki]

Its a nationally recognized company not just some hill jack with a press in his basement.

Hey, I'm just some hill-jack with a press in my basement and my reloads are impeccable!

 

[tbhausen]

OK... I'd probably have left the casing in just the way it was. Photograph the hell out of it before you turn loose of it!

 

[Tula47]

Hey, I'm just some hill-jack with a press in my basement and my reloads are impeccable!

I'll trade you then! haha

 

[chezuki]

I'll trade you then! haha

The cardinal rule of shooting reloads is never trust ammo that you didn't reload yourself. You are your own quality control. (plus, if I blow myself up, I have no one else to blame!)

 

[xM3RC1L3SS1x]

Just remember that no matter what happens with the gun, the main thing is that you're okay.

 

[remauto1187]

DO NOT SEND the ammo or the gun to their respective manufacturers UNTIL your lawyer says so! Do you really want to give your evidence away? Let us see a pic of the casing that did this damage. This is exactly what Sig is going to look at and then they will tell you most likely it was a doublecharged/overcharged reload. I will most likely end up saying the same thing once I see the casing with it head blown off. That is not SIGs problem...its the ammo manufacturer that is liable for your new gun and your eyeball. Get a Lawyer.....the ammo manufacturer has insurance for this scenario for a reason and if you try to handle it between just and them they will lowball the hell out of you. You will be lucky to get ALL of your medical bills taken care of let alone a new gun WITHOUT a lawyer.