My first squib! Lesson learned.

[Low-Pressure]

Well, this past week I've been reloading in batches and been reloading a box of 500 count X-treme plated bullet. So this morning I was finishing the last 50 rounds. I had a bullet that tilted while feeding into the case and the plating deformed right the case mouth. I set that aside and kept on reloading. So at the end I pulled the bullet out and bumped the powder into my scale and set aside the damaged bullet. I have not crimped the bullet and the case was still good to go. So I measured the powder. Low and behold my phone rang. The wifey wanted me to go to the house and take some stuff to the garage. I said I'll do it as soon as I'm done, she said: "forget it I'll do it!". We all know what that means, so I said I'll be right over .

Well I got back to my man cave and loaded the bullet. I started crimping all 50 round and started dumping them into my container by the 100 count, I had a total of 4 container. I stated cleaning up and my face turned red. I saw my scale with the powder still in it. I just realized I got it all mixed by the hundred and wasn't sure which of the 4 container had the squib round. By process of elimination I figured the 2 bottom containers might have them. I started measuring the 1st hundred and the lowest weighing rounds was gonna get pulled. I pulled 10 rounds and they all have powder............ I walked away to cool off. Realizing I didn't want to forget about the said squib.

I decided to hit the range with the 2 containers. Every shoot I made sure that It made a hole on the paper, if not I ran my squib rod through the barrel. At 80's round I heard a sizzle and I knew I was the squib I was looking for. I took my gun apart and held the barrel while the rod was pushing up and hit the floor with it, and she popped out right away.
This was a learning experience and I am somewhat glad to know what to look for. It also gave me a reason to hit the range and break in my new RIA 1911 . Lesson learned! Told my wife next time I'm reloading , they have to wait until I'm done before asking me to do something.

Sorry for the long novel.........
the culprit

My new RIA Tactical with exactly 300 rounds through her.

[Antihero47]

glad everything worked out.

[Zeke003]

A lesson learned is a good thing, even better that you didn't acquire any injuries.

[Bill Steele]

Distractions are the bain of all reloaders.

Glad you took it all in stride. Having a squib rod with you on your first round is a plus, I didn't make a squib rod for my range bag until after I had brought a gun home with me with a bullet in the barrel.

Live and learn, emphasis on the live part.

[Dark Mod]

I feel your pain, i have had a few squib rounds in my life, luckily none of them jacketed. The lead ones are super easy to tap out, and the plated ones significantly harder. Youve learned a valuable lesson today and are better for it

[bruceflinch]

Your Wifey owes you extra special "cuddle time" to relieve you of your PTSD.
Post Trumatic Squib Disorder...


Glad you're OK & nice grips on the RIA!

[VCMike]

Only one question, What did the Wife say about waiting?

[Eljay]

(never mind, reading problem on my part)

[bruce381]

my wife is same i think they have it in the DNA, good you got rid of the suspect batch and now you know if you get a pop or nothing ALWAYS take a look don't be scared of it just aware of it.

[EL_NinO619]

Glad you caught it, Your also over crimping..

[brando]

Good stuff - that's a lesson learned. There's definitely a process to reloading that involves several stages and while it's fine to break between stages, it's potentially problematic to break during one. You should tell your wife this same tale and remind her that it's a potential safety hazard to interrupt you while reloading. Even answering the phone during a session can be problematic, unless you've got your system well organized with visual cues.

There's an old story in the special effects world along these lines. Ray Harryhausen was animating the 7-headed Hydra stop-motion puppet for the movie "Jason and the Argonauts", which at the time was the most complex creature he'd every built and animated. Frame-by-frame he had to move each head individually to create a believable character and it required intense concentration. Then his wife randomly showed up and brought him lunch. After a quick bite and conversion, he went back to the Hydra and paused, "uhh...which head did I move last?"