Yesterday I was shooting with some good friends. Pistols. When the squib occurred it just so happened one was shooting and the other three were watching.....standing right by him. Through my custom-molded earplug it sounded only like a failure-to-fire. I didn't hear a "Pfffft!" at all. But the others very quickly and deliberately said "I think you've got a squib!" The shooter opened the gun and a bullet-less case came out.....with soot on the case. He cleared the gun and left the action open......looked down the muzzle and.......saw nothing but black.
The sobering/profound reminder for me was that I can't rely on a sound to trigger the "I might have a squib." thought in my brain. If you've got particularly good hearing protection you might not hear it. I've had a few failure-to-fires (.223) but they've all been due to primers that weren't fully seated. So consequently, prior to this event, when I have gotten a FTF, I think of primer issues.....not squibs.
Not anymore. Now failure-to-fire = Assuming it's a squib. I know it should have always been this way. But this event was a good (and scary) reminder.
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The sobering/profound reminder for me was that I can't rely on a sound to trigger the "I might have a squib." thought in my brain. If you've got particularly good hearing protection you might not hear it. I've had a few failure-to-fires (.223) but they've all been due to primers that weren't fully seated. So consequently, prior to this event, when I have gotten a FTF, I think of primer issues.....not squibs.
Not anymore. Now failure-to-fire = Assuming it's a squib. I know it should have always been this way. But this event was a good (and scary) reminder.
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