jay524288
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I was shooting my S&W .500 last weekend and had a squib. This is the first time I've ever had one. I'm perplexed because there was powder in the case.
My load was 42.5 grains of H110, Winchester large rifle primer, and 350 grain JFP from Berry's. I loaded it about 4 months ago with components that I had bought within the last year or so. I had already shot at least 100 rounds from this batch, and a couple hundred others from the same primer and powder batches.
When I removed the case from the cylinder, some powder came out and the end of the cylinder was plugged with about 3/4" of compressed powder. When I pushed the powder out, it remained stuck together.
The powder that came out of the case was a greenish yellow instead of the usual black. The same is true for the end closest to the primer in the plug of compressed powder. I would post pictures, but my camera is MIA.
Any idea what could have caused this? Contaminated powder? Bad primer?
My load was 42.5 grains of H110, Winchester large rifle primer, and 350 grain JFP from Berry's. I loaded it about 4 months ago with components that I had bought within the last year or so. I had already shot at least 100 rounds from this batch, and a couple hundred others from the same primer and powder batches.
When I removed the case from the cylinder, some powder came out and the end of the cylinder was plugged with about 3/4" of compressed powder. When I pushed the powder out, it remained stuck together.
The powder that came out of the case was a greenish yellow instead of the usual black. The same is true for the end closest to the primer in the plug of compressed powder. I would post pictures, but my camera is MIA.
Any idea what could have caused this? Contaminated powder? Bad primer?