my first squib load. what happened?

[rjd726]

Look at the primer... how does the firing pin dent look? That will rule out springs.

Of the BILLIONS of primers made every year (and who knows how long they sit around) you got a bad one.

Not much corrective action to take if you assemble the components correctly and the anvil is bad or the primer compound is bad.

I've been checking all of the casings I collected a little at a time. The dents all look ok however on the 1911 this happened to the primers are striking just a little off center. We had 3 different .45 caliber 1911s there at the time. This particular one I put together.

[Remington788]

I had my first over the weekend.

It had nothing to do with my powder issue discussed in another thread. This was a 9mm I had loaded some months back. Was having a grand time firing and then "pop" and some smoke.

Although I had never experienced a squib or seen a video of a squib, my brain seemed to instinctively say "that's a problem". I stopped, dropped the mag, cleared the chamber, where I found a very dirty un-ejected case. Stuck a chamber flag in and could feel the slug stuck in the barrel. Took it home and pounded it out with a wooden dowel.


Kinda shocking when it happened, but I feel better knowing that I will recognize it if/when it happens again.