Help with a squib

[hachaduryan]

It's fixed.

We used a chicken leg bone wrapped with a shrink wrap condom.

Then beat on it with a bag of hand cuffs.

Came right out like a midnight hooker running from her pimp with no money in her pocket.

Easy peasy.

-T

Priceless..

[Dark Mod]

Huge thanks to Twystd1 and his nephew who took a night out of their life to fix it for me and even cleaned the gun up afterwards. From the pics it looked like it was quite an ordeal.

Lots of good advice in this thread, i think im going to invest in a RCBS lockout die first, and then some brass rods.

Wish i would have known about the whiterabbit method when i was slugging my bore lol

[Leethe4th]

45 years of shooting 28 of loading and never had a squib.

Sure, if you only load like 12 rifle rounds a year. When you get to over 2,000 a month of pistol on a progressive, you could have a squib. And you can get a squib with factory ammo also.

[Fishslayer]

45 years of shooting 28 of loading and never had a squib.

Well good for you Mr Anal Retentive but how exactly does this help the gentleman with is situation

Sure, if you only load like 12 rifle rounds a year. When you get to over 2,000 a month of pistol on a progressive, you could have a squib. And you can get a squib with factory ammo also.

Letting a lack of constructive input blind you to the obvious awesomeness before you. What a couple of haters. I wanna have toby's babies!

[toby]

Well good for you Mr Anal Retentive but how exactly does this help the gentleman with is situation

Well Mr exlax I just stated because for the life of me I can't figure out why so many have this problem. Good enough for you?

[toby]

Sure, if you only load like 12 rifle rounds a year. When you get to over 2,000 a month of pistol on a progressive, you could have a squib. And you can get a squib with factory ammo also.

And you know just how many rounds I have loaded huh? you a freaking Boss!

[Twystd1]

Man.

I'm getting tire of men acting like chicks.

Just let it go.

-T

[Bumslie]

Man.

I'm getting tire of men acting like chicks.

Just let it go.

-T

So, you're telling me I should stop tucking it in?

[pennstater]

[CK_32]

Glad you got it fixed!

How did you get it tho? Empty case? Trying light loads?

I have a GP 4.2" and don't want to post one of these my self after I start loading for it.

[five.five-six]

Thank god for Twistyd1, I just got back from home depot and was seriously considering drilling the bastard out:

[five.five-six]

45 years of shooting 28 of loading and never had a squib.

[pdq_wizzard]

Dark Mod, what kind of press do you load on? just asking because I have a piggyback and it would be hard for me to move the round to the next station without going to the powder drop station (not saying it can't be done) but just wondering what kind of press you use.

[Dark Mod]

Dark Mod, what kind of press do you load on? just asking because I have a piggyback and it would be hard for me to move the round to the next station without going to the powder drop station (not saying it can't just wondering what kind of press you use.

Its a Hornady LNL, and the shell wouldnt have skipped a station, im thinking something got gunked up inside the powder measure and either stopped it from dropping entirely or only let a few granules out.

The only other thing i can think of is that sometimes i adjust the the depth of the powder measure while im loading if i notice it rotating slightly, and when i did, i must have turned the quick change bushing to where it didnt lock and the entire powder measure assembly was rising off the press when a case went into the mouth instead of just the linkage and powder bar.

Im gonna pull all the bullets and see how many of them were squibs, this is where the lockout die would have helped.

[five.five-six]

Its a Hornady LNL, and the shell wouldnt have skipped a station, im thinking something got gunked up inside the powder measure and either stopped it from dropping entirely or only let a few granules out.

The only other thing i can think of is that sometimes i adjust the the depth of the powder measure while im loading if i notice it rotating slightly, and when i did, i must have turned the quick change bushing to where it didnt lock and the entire powder measure assembly was rising off the press when a case went into the mouth instead of just the linkage and powder bar.

Im gonna pull all the bullets and see how many of them were squibs, this is where the lockout die would have helped.

Anytime anything breaks your rhythm you need to exercise the upmost in diligence making sure that everything is as is should be before you restart your press. having a 3-year old with urgent messages about butterflys, pee-pee in the potty, Lego builds and such, I must constantly be on my guard reloading. SPP .45ACP is another interruption.