Results of Improper Squib Removal

[Skgreen]

He used something very similar to this

SMH,,,, I've had more squibs than I care to admit and not once did I ever say I need something with a sharp pointed end on it!

 

[markr6754]

I bought these at Online Metals. 12” solid brass. Each just fits the lands in my 9mm, 40 S&W, or 45 Auto.

I haven’t had to use them at the range, but I’ve stuck a few coated lead rounds trying to get the seating just right. Came in handy, that’s for sure.

That nasty range experience was over 2 decades ago. It was my first squib when I couldn’t even spell squib. But it taught me a valuable lesson…if anyone is going to screw up one of my firearms, it’ll be me.

The full background, my teenage son was shooting in the lane, while I was loading magazines. I heard an unusual “pop” then…”Daaaaad!” Despite being a new and inexperienced shooter, my son knew something was wrong and stopped firing. He told me he didn’t think the bullet came out. Take down of a Beretta 92FS is a piece of cake. So I pulled the barrel and saw the issue. I even know the cause…about the time he was calling for me, I was wondering why the clear eggshell style ammo container was full of powder. I picked up a round and the bullet fell out into the tray, along with all the powder. Some rounds had just enough tension to hold the bullet, and that’s it.

If I ever wondered why American Ammunition was considered garbage, I never questioned it again. It makes it even worse that I was a shareholder. Following this event (though unrelated) they moved from Miami to Sparks, NV, then promptly went bankrupt.

 

[AJC1]

Let me tell you, with target loads, a squib that pushes a bullet two inches up the barrel will fool you with its recoil, that the bullet went out the tube. At a Bullseye Pistol Match, Old Joe shooting next to me, "fired" his first round, pulled the trigger on the second, but the 1911 did not go bang. Old Joe was pretty smart, he recognized a squib. I think he had to have racked the slide, and saw a fired case still in the chamber. I don't know the exact sequence as my pistol did not malfunction during the Timed Fire sequence. I only saw Old Joe beating on his pistol after he called an alibi. Old Joe had a 3/8" or so brass rod in the truck and beat the bullet out. The case was still in the chamber till I saw him knock it out with the brass rod. There were particle balls inside the case, making me wonder if a couple of grains of Bullseye pistol powder had been in the case. Others told me, a primer only could stick a lead bullet two inches up the tube.

I see little balls left all the time with accurate powders. In a 45 I'd guess #2 or #5 but I get those a lot with #9. 4227 also does the same thing but it leaves chunks not balls.