.45 ACP Squib

[Madpyro]

Lucky, lucky, lucky!

[Peter W Bush]

Sadly, I did try to put another round in it. Twice, actually. It wouldn't go into battery. THEN I put it down.

Oh wow. You are a VERY VERY lucky guy, believe it or not. I had a squib in none other than my P7M8. I felt something was off and thought "oh what the hell, I'll check just to make sure." Sure enough, there was a bullet loged in the barrel, almost all the way out. My buddy blamed it on the 231 I was using. He looked at the powder and insisted it went bad. I ended up tossing the rest of the batch of ammo.

[joefreas]

Which type of reloading presses are you guys using?

I was given a M1 carbine and when I brought it to the range I couldn't get a round to chamber. Upon inspection there was a projectile blocking the round from chambering. Im lucky it was blocking the round or else would have probably KBd. I make it a part of pre-shooting inspection to check the bore.

[17+1]

I set all my rifle rounds up in a shell tray and inspect each one with a flashlight to observe that, 1) powder is present in the case and 2) that the charges appear to fill the cases to a somewhat uniform level.

[Nirrad]

Glad to hear you're alright.

I had one last night. I got tired of it cutting my range time short, so I now keep a brass rod and rubber mallet in my bag.
There is a wood shelf under the regular plastic shelf in the stall, and I'll hunker down in there so nobody sees, and pound that sucker out.

I got some of those LED lights that come on a reel, (found in another thread) and taped them up under the die holder on my Lee Pro 1000.

It definitely helps to see the powder (or lack of) inside each case as it makes it way to the seating die.

[bender152]

I am glad it happened that way because it taught me to pay attention every time I pull the trigger. Life is funny some times.

+1

When I started reloading, I would constantly get squibs. Turns out my sizing die wasn't seated deep enough.

Once I corrected that, I never ran into a squib again. However, because of those early squibs, I learned to pay extra close attention when shooting.

[Bladeshark]

Oh wow. You are a VERY VERY lucky guy, believe it or not. I had a squib in none other than my P7M8. I felt something was off and thought "oh what the hell, I'll check just to make sure." Sure enough, there was a bullet loged in the barrel, almost all the way out. My buddy blamed it on the 231 I was using. He looked at the powder and insisted it went bad. I ended up tossing the rest of the batch of ammo.

Hmmm, blamed on bad powder. That brings up another point. I bought this particular batch of Bullseye about 15 years ago. I used about half a pound on .38 special rounds before taking a break from reloading. You know, starting a family and all those things that keep you from shooting as regular. I picked up the hobby again recently and got the powder out and checked it. No funny smell, no rustly looking color. It was always stored indoors and dry in the factory container.

The loads did recoil less than a factory load, but seemed ok. Maybe the powder went bad? I don't really think so. I think I just flubbed up. Heck, I still have several hundred rounds of .38 I loaded years ago and still haven't shot.

[van2]

Sadly, I did try to put another round in it. Twice, actually. It wouldn't go into battery. THEN I put it down.

Now you've learn two things, inspect the case for powder when reloading and wait and check your firearm if something is off. Lesson learn bro, glad you came out ok.

[Fishslayer]

That makes sense. I'm a bit flustered from missing the danger signs. Damn. Bad JuJu.

Sadly, I did try to put another round in it. Twice, actually. It wouldn't go into battery. THEN I put it down.

You got lucky. Bet you'll catch it the next time! And you've passed on the lesson for others to learn from.

I tell the wife that if ANYTHING doesn't feel right to stop.

My seventh reload ever (.38SP) was a squib. It was a die setup round that found it's way into my bag. It locked up my revolver. No harm no foul, but a bit embarrassing to have the range guy take it out for me.

[DarkSoul]

I just had a "questionable" reloaded round on Sunday out of my AR. Had 5 rounds in the mag, bang, bang, blooop.................what the hell? opened up the gun, pulled the bolt, and no obstruction????? So the only thing I can think of was that I either got REALLY lucky, and the primer had enough oomph to get the round out of the barrel, or there was barely any powder in the case.

Fortunately, at least with .223, you really can't double load, otherwise powder will just overflow out of the cartridge. On a side note, when reloading .45, I did catch myself putting a double load in one, and since you only use like 5 grains, and there is at least room for 15..... gotta be paying attention 100% of the time.

I have now loaded and shot well over 5000 of my own reloads, and can still count on one hand failure to fires and this latest semi squib, and the lesson I have taken away from these is you really do need to concentrate and not be distracted when reloading.

[SGGear]

I had the same thing happen awhile back. I reloaded about 200 rounds and everything was fine except for 1. I pulled the trigger and heard a small bang but the slide didnt move back. Thats when I knew something was wrong. I took my small flashlight and checked the barral and found a bullet lodged in the barrel. After that incident, any FTE I chk the barrel with a flashlight. Better to be safe than sorry.