Have you ever had a Squib?

Have you had a Squib?

  • Yes I have

    Votes: 99 66.9%
  • No I have not.

    Votes: 41 27.7%
  • Not me but I saw one with my own eyes before.

    Votes: 8 5.4%

  • Total voters
    148
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bugsbunny45

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In a tread about range bags a lotta people seem to keep Squib rods to deal with them. In all my years of shooting I must have been lucky so far. I have yet to have a squib. If you had one was it from a reload or factory ammo?
 
Yep. I had 2. Both from reloads using 300mp powder and listed loads from my Hornady reloading manual that ended up being far too low.

I have always kept a brass rod in my range bag and was glad I had it.
 
No but I have had plenty of instances when there was a failure for one reason or another to obtain full ignition (pop instead of a boom) at gun ranges.

Thats when it's time to stop shooting and take a look (safely of course) because it can just as easily turn out to be a squib. So far I have not found a stuck projectile. If my shot does not feel or sound right I stop shooting immediately.
 
Over the years, Ive had a half dozen or so. As best as I can remember, all were reloads. Most of them with revolvers too, for some reason.

Just had a round jump a crimp in my S&W model 28 this past week end. Gun was DRT until I got my trusty hammer and rod out and knocked it back into the case so it could clear the forcing cone. So much for revolver superiority! :rolleyes:
 
I have had several. been reloading and shooting for longer
than most people have lived. Stuff happens you just have
to prepare for it. When I was in the Army I saw a kid out
on the range blow a nice new M-1 to pieces. Fortunately
he wasn't hurt.
Zeke
 
I also think the options should be "yes" and "not yet"

If you shoot enough, it is very likely that you'll experience one.

I've experience them with both reloaded ammo and factory fresh ammo
 
When I was in the Army I saw a kid out
on the range blow a nice new M-1 to pieces. Fortunately
he wasn't hurt.
I walked away from one of those as well, but it wasnt a squib that caused it. Gun was firing out of battery. Gun held together for the most part, but was trash. Have a nice "L" shaped scar on my right hand from the op rod handle, and my right ear has a constant ring in it.
 
reloads using 300mp powder and listed loads from my Hornady reloading manual that ended up being far too low
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Ditto

Just had a round jump a crimp in my S&W model 28 this past week end. Gun was DRT until I got my trusty hammer and rod out and knocked it back into the case so it could clear the forcing cone. So much for revolver superiority!

What makes you think a semi auto would be any less disabled? If it happened in a gun fight they are both pretty much clubs or no better than throwing rocks. At least the revolver locked up preventing a potential "kaboom!
 
Careful when you reload your own.

We had a squib in a 357 and it stuck in the forcing cone. it was better than firing asecond round but it bound up the gun good. Took a smith to resolve it.
 
Yes, by my own doing. 3 times and all with Titegroup. Since then, I have attached a light to my press.
 
What makes you think a semi auto would be any less disabled? If it happened in a gun fight they are both pretty much clubs or no better than throwing rocks. At least the revolver locked up preventing a potential "kaboom!
The autos dont normally have that issue, and would normally fire in that instance, the revolvers lock up, leaving you with a dead gun.

Squib in a gunfight, I agree. With the revolver, it would likely be a "boom", or maybe, depending on your luck, continued bangs, with no results on target. Then again, depending on where the bullet was in the barrel, probably not good with the auto either, as the TRB would load the next round and fire it.
 
I had one from Remington 30-30 150 grain factory ammo. Also over the years several .22 rifle blockages with ammo from various manufacturers I assumed were miss loaded with just the primer compound to propel them.

As for reloads I purposely downloaded a 357 Ruger Blackhawk until I had a squib using Red Dot/158 GR SWC/38 SPL brass to see how low I could go when I first started reloading years ago.;) Other than that my reloads have been at least able to push the bullet out of the barrel using starting loads.
 
Had one in a 380 Bersa I was shooting earlier in the year. They were reloads that I got from a buddy. Pulled all the remaining rounds and reloaded them myself. Never had one "yet" with one of my reloads. Kind of shakes you up a little bit when you get one. Good warning to myself never to reload when I'm not on top of my game.

Couple years ago at the outdoor range I go to there was a family (grandfather, son & grandson) on the next two benches. I was shooting when I heard a strange sound nearby. Looked up to see the son looking at me strangely. Two benches over I see the grandfather getting ready to pull the trigger on a 357. I scream at the old gentleman to stop! Upon checking his gun we found a bullet lodged about 1 inch down the barrel. He was shooting some older factory rounds that he had.

I make it a habit not to rapid fire to fast, must allow my brain time to catch these kinds of things.
 
I make it a habit not to rapid fire to fast, must allow my brain time to catch these kinds of things.
Another downside to the revolvers. They will usually let you keep at it.

The autos usually wont cycle with the squibs, and, at least in practice, you have the opportunity to stop and check it out.
 
If you've reloaded for any length if time, you've had a squib or two. Actually not uncommon at all in the shotgun world; except there, they're called bloopers. Most trap clubs even keep ramrods around to push out the stuck wads.
 
I've had one.

I'm 99% sure a case slipped through with a primer and no powder charge. It barely pushed the bullet out of the case and didn't allow the next round to chamber all the way.

It was 9mm with a cast bullet.
 
Two were my mistakes: reloaded .303 ammo. Before seating the bullets, using a flashlight to carefully look into every case avoided the mistake.

The other was Factory Reloaded .380 Auto ammo from a 'dark red box';). This company sells boxes of their ammo at gun shows in the Memphis area (a different local company's reloads have been a perfect operation).

The round of .380 Auto from the 'dark red box' ;) blocked the bore of my Sig 232.

I only noticed because it did not feel/sound right.
 
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I have had a few from my own loads and one from commercially remanufactured ammo. I carry a turned down brass rod in my range bag in case another one comes a long.
 
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