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as Bugs Bunny would say:

So I am at the range Sunday, shooting among other guns my new to me Colt OMT .32. Had a box of 50 cartridges so I was sighting the gun in using 5 shots per cylinder. On the 8th cylinder full, third shot, I get a click. I am thinking what the heck, bad cartridge, damaged firing pin? I fire the last two shots of the cylinder just fine and dump the cylinder and realize the problem, I loaded an empty cartridge. I was shooting Fiocci wadcutters and the bullet on those cartridges is almost below the case mouth so I grabbed an empty and loaded it. Glad there was no problem with the gun (which shot like a dream BTW), the problem was with the nut at the end of the grips.
 
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NEVER do that!
When you have a click, STOP, clear/UNLOAD the gun, and LOOK.

What sounds like just a click on a range with ear protection, and/or other shooting, and/or wind noise MIGHT have been a primed case WITH a bullet but no powder.
That means you have a stuck bullet. :mad:
Following with a normal round means you have a BULGED barrel. :eek:

They won't be readily available for a 32 OMT, and even if you find one your gun will never be orig again.
 
handejector said:
NEVER do that!
When you have a click, STOP, clear/UNLOAD the gun, and LOOK.

What sounds like just a click on a range with ear protection, and/or other shooting, and/or wind noise MIGHT have been a primed case WITH a bullet but no powder.
That means you have a stuck bullet. :mad:
Following with a normal round means you have a BULGED barrel. :eek:

They won't be readily available for a 32 OMT, and even if you find one your gun will never be orig again.
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i was actually thinking, besides your points, that if you had a hangfire/missfire and kept rotating the cyl and the next shot it decided to go off you may get a face full. i would never leave a primer struck cartridge in a gun and continue shooting! :eek: IMO
 
Click and not in life/death situation:
1. wait 30 seconds in case it is a slow burning primer.
2. unload gun
3. check chamber/cylinder to find dead bullet brass/bullet.
4. check barrel to insure no bullet stuck in barrel.
5. if all okay go back to shooting./If you find anything off, stop shooting it.
 
Glad it turned out okay. I've had two squibs over the years; both
were primer only. Got the bullets out w/o too much trouble.
It could've been worse, now you've had a lesson, and I re-learned one.
TACC1
 
Darn good advise from you guys - hadn't looked at it from that perspective and should have. Lucky for me I've not had any failure to fires.

Pete
 
One of my reloads in my 45 Sig went "pip", and it tried to reload another round,I dropped the mag, disassembled the gun and spent 10 minutes getting the lead bullet out the barrel. The primer had just enough power to put the bullet in the throat with almost enough room to chamber another round. "SAFETY FIRST"
 
handejector said:
NEVER do that!
When you have a click, STOP, clear/UNLOAD the gun, and LOOK.

What sounds like just a click on a range with ear protection, and/or other shooting, and/or wind noise MIGHT have been a primed case WITH a bullet but no powder.
That means you have a stuck bullet. :mad:
Following with a normal round means you have a BULGED barrel. :eek:

They won't be readily available for a 32 OMT, and even if you find one your gun will never be orig again.
Click to expand...

Fixed it for ya ;)
 
That is the one problem with revolvers and rapid fire. The bang lever may get pulled again before a squib shot registers in your mind. Or as stated, it may not be heard with ear protection worn. It's hard to stop that finger when trying to set a speed record for six shots, not that you were doing this. With an auto, usually the slide won't cycle on a squib. My finger cycles every time. I also have had two squibs put bullets in the barrel. Luckily I was in slow fire mode. Glad everything worked out. Even happier you posted and received everyone's kind advice above. I was glad to be reminded again. Good place, this forum.
 
glenncal1 said:
Oh I waited.
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That's good, but waiting won't clear a squib. ;)


Yes, I SHOULD have covered hangfires.
Most are self curing, and go ahead and go off rather soon after being hit! :eek:
You won't see many in a lifetime. If you get a lot, scrap that ammo! It ain't worth the hassle/danger/risk. ;)

Home Depot or any good hardware store will have wood dowels.
Put a one foot section sawed SQUARE on both ends in your range bag.

5/16 works for 9mm and 38/357.
3/8 is good for 44/45.

Sometimes you can push a bullet out. Some need tapping.
If you move the gun and jam the dowel against a bench or wall, support the cylinder and yoke!

Of course, you can always use a cleaning rod, if it is brass or aluminum, but you might damage the rod.
With a 22, a rod is probably simplest/quickest/easiest, even if it ruins it. Just don't use the one Great-granpappy gave ya. :D
NEVER use a steel rod if you can avoid it, but if you do, have a flat nosed jag on it to keep the sharp sholder of the rod end off the bore.

If a jacketed bullet has to be driven a long way, OIL the bore.
 
Squibs are scary. With my hearing, I don't know if I could tell the difference. Is there any difference in recoil?
 
When I worked part time at a gun range we had a nice man who was shooting a really minty 6 inch blue Python, fired one round and had a squib fired another round to clear the barrel. It had a really nice bulge in it.

He was firing someone elses reloads, he should have stopped I had a lot of rods behind the counter to pull the lead out. :(
 
Shooting a 9mm once, had one that had a noticeable lack of recoil and noise. Thought of a squib at once, was dropping the mag to clear the weapon, my buddy pointed at the ground in front of us to where the nice shiny barely-used bullet had fallen out of the end of the barrel directly in front of me. 20 rounds later, repeat that same scenario. No more WWB in the 100 round bulk packs for me!
 
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