SQUIB!: please read - a public service announcement

[wyccad915]

good catch, USAF385!

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

I have had it happen with factory ammo, but that was a long time ago. I think factory ammo has much more, better QC than was possible in the era before computers and automatic powder checking. Although, I have a .38 Special cartridge from a major maker that has a bullet loaded backwards!
I used to have it happen with my own reloads when I first started. I learned to do a better job!

I had it happen several times with Winchester white box....both bought from Wally World but in different stores and different lot numbers.

I no longer use Winchester white box for anything and have moved on to Federal or Speer with no problems.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

RELOAD

I just got sick........

 

[jlrhiner]

Had to add this;

 

[Krell1]

I posted before on this topic. I've had 2 squibs in over 50 years of reloading and shooting. All my reloads and it happens. I don't do any speed shooting so it was easy for me to realize what happened and I stopped before I fired another shot. Once, the round had enough oomph to just get out of the barrel. It rolled 3/4 of the way down the range floor. The second was stuck halfway through. I hammered that one out with a hardwood dowel. I've seen guns that have been badly damaged when the second round went off. Fortunately, in each case the shooter was unharmed. The guns involved, however, were a total loss. I hate to think what could happen to hands and eyes when one of these guns explodes. All I can say is, don't ever trust somebody's reloads. Stick with your own and only reload when you can do so without distractions. Double check yourself as you go along.

 

[jack the toad]

Had to add this;

Saw one like that once. The shooter (a local einstein) had an old cheap SA .22 revolver that had "locked up" on him due to stacking bullets in the barrel until one lodged between barrel and cylinder. I was able to rescue the old gun and removed 5 slugs from barrel.
Shooter's comment was; "I wondered why I wasn't hitting the target."

 

[jlrhiner]

Saw one like that once. The shooter (a local einstein) had an old cheap SA .22 revolver that had "locked up" on him due to stacking bullets in the barrel until one lodged between barrel and cylinder. I was able to rescue the old gun and removed 5 slugs from barrel.
Shooter's comment was; "I wondered why I wasn't hitting the target."

The tag with that photo is that it's a Single-Six .22 Mag. and the shooter complained about not hitting the target.

 

[MrJT]

Good catch, and thanks for sharing!

 

[cowart]

I've only ever had one squib. It was CCI factory ammo, more than 30 years ago. The inside of the case was clean, bright and shiny, so it was probably a missing powder charge.

 

[Rastoff]

I've never had a squib, but I've seen it a lot on the Trap range. Inattentive reloaders forget the powder and the wad gets about 3/4 of the way down the barrel. Fortunately, most of the shooters are aware of this and tell the shooter to look in his barrel. We actually keep a dowel at the scorer's chair to push out wads.

I've seen this picture before:

It has to be a setup. It looks like a Ruger Single Six and the only way that could happen is with 5 consecutive squibs. If it wasn't done on purpose, how would they have known to cut the barrel open like that?

 

[cowart]

It has to be a setup. It looks like a Ruger Single Six and the only way that could happen is with 5 consecutive squibs. If it wasn't done on purpose, how would they have known to cut the barrel open like that?

It was originally reported as a .357 revolver

It could have simply been a bunch of reloads with little or no powder. Maybe a stuck powder measure. The primers would have pushed the bullets part way down the barrel.

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