Been lucky, only squibs I've ever had were with the .50Beo - had a batch of handloads that the powder charge got dampened on (believe I pressed those cases into service w/out letting them fully dry). Didn't fully obturate the base in the bore, plated rounds, so I just used the antenna off my truck to knock them out.
Worked out quite well, in my case.
With the .50Beo, a squib is definitely noticeable - no recoil, no blast, no ejection. Makes it all too obvious that something is amiss.
After that, I stopped using the sonic tank for cases and went to dry tumbling. Squibs are only dangerous when the shooter doesn't catch on to them.
At the range, keep the firearm pointed down range and do whatever comes next. Whatever that is.
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I can't help but think of all of the shooting that goes on everyday throughout the world, how many people actually have fired through a squib and had zero idea?
I had one not too long ago racked the slide 3 times before I realized what was going on
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How did we get from calling a Squib load (meaning a light short range training/plinking load) to using it to define a bullet stuck in a barrel? Just wondering- it seems to be a universal term firmly embedded in our vernacular.
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Been lucky, only squibs I've ever had were with the .50Beo - had a batch of handloads that the powder charge got dampened on (believe I pressed those cases into service w/out letting them fully dry). Didn't fully obturate the base in the bore, plated rounds, so I just used the antenna off my truck to knock them out.
Worked out quite well, in my case.
...and then there's the "Hollywood" version of the 'squib load'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squib_(explosive)
How did we get from calling a Squib load (meaning a light short range training/plinking load) to using it to define a bullet stuck in a barrel? Just wondering- it seems to be a universal term firmly embedded in our vernacular.
At the range, keep the firearm pointed down range and do whatever comes next. Whatever that is.
Under fire, shoot through it and hope for the best. Because that's the only chance you have of killing the threat in front of you and a mag change ain't gonna help. Neither is laying down waiting to be slaughtered.
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I can't help but think of all of the shooting that goes on everyday throughout the world, how many people actually have fired through a squib and had zero idea?