OK actually there was no beer involved but a lack of common sense could be argued. I prefer to blame this one on CPJ. He threw down the $20 bet and I had to play. The Goal was two fold. To see what the porting on the Glock 23C would do under close quarters condition and worse case scenario, to see if it would catch your cloths on fire. Don't try any of this at home, children. Leave it to the professionals (read: stupid people like me).

My very first shot out of the new gun was at the #2 Position or weapon retention position. I did not cant the gun to the 1 o'clock position as would normally be done. I did it this way as a worst case scenario or "like an idiot I forgot" scenario.

I do not recommend this at all. The blast caught me right up the side of the face and since I expected this I had closed my right eye for safety sake. The worst part was the copper shrapnel that embedded itself to the bone of my first knuckle on my left hand middle finger while in the defensive position. I had to dig it out last night with a needle and tweezers.

I then fired a few rounds with the ports pointed directly at my stomach from 1 foot down to 2 inches to see the damage or flames. No flames as I expected. The only damage was to the shirt at 2 inches. A few holes and some stinging sensations. What the hell, lets just bury this rumor and go for the gold.

13 rounds with the ports 2 inches from my abdomen. If there's gonna be a fire it should be now right?

You know, you can test this a bit easier and more safely by just holding a piece of paper over the holes. If the paper burns and/or tears, odds are it's not going to be good for your tender skin.

Here hold my beer..............

This guy?

This guy? Maybe he should have dangled his scrotum over the comp holes. "Hey, you? Out of the gene pool. Now."]