Two Squibs in about the same number of weeks

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    How many squibs have you experienced in your lifetime?

    • None

      Votes: 33 51.6%

    • 1

      Votes: 21 32.8%

    • 2 or 3

      Votes: 7 10.9%

    • 4 to 8

      Votes: 0 0.0%

    • aw heck, I can't keep count

      Votes: 3 4.7%
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    AlanInSilverSpring

    AlanInSilverSpring

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    Chasbo00 said:
    I had a squib while shooting a steel match about four years ago. I was shooting factory ammo - American Eagle 9mm 147 grain FMJ that was purchased about two years prior. Apparently, this round never received a powder charge during its manufacture. It took a fair amount of force to knock the bullet out of the barrel with a short, fat brass rod (nearly 9mm in diameter).

    Here is a video (not my squib) that shows what my squib looked like from my perspective. Note the smoke coming out of the breach area as well as the mild report.

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    Excellent. Thanks for posting.

    I love the term "spontaneous disassembly"
     
    todbiker

    todbiker

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    Chasbo00 said:
    I had a squib while shooting a steel match about four years ago. I was shooting factory ammo - American Eagle 9mm 147 grain FMJ that was purchased about two years prior. Apparently, this round never received a powder charge during its manufacture. It took a fair amount of force to knock the bullet out of the barrel with a short, fat brass rod (nearly 9mm in diameter).

    Here is a video (not my squib) that shows what my squib looked like from my perspective. Note the smoke coming out of the breach area as well as the mild report.

    Click to expand...


    Scary and the exact scenario where a semi-auto could blow up. Thanks for posting that attention getter.
     
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    lazarus

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    Jun 23, 2015
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    Upside to an inline muzzleloader. A 209 primer is plenty to push out a sabotted bullet. Not real fast, but IIRC someone actual did a chronograph of different 209 primers and there is a velocity spread from around 200FPS up to around 290FPS for some of the magnum primers.

    Also upside, if you had a round never leave, you'd just be loading on top. Which probably wouldn't do wonders, but I doubt would cause a dangerous over pressure event.
     
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