8 Stacked Squibs, with a reload!

[NEPAKevin]

There was a similar picture going around of a Ruger Blackhawk's cut out barrel with multiple obstructed projectiles.

[JV_]

There was a similar picture going around of a Ruger Blackhawk's cut out barrel with multiple obstructed projectiles.

Yes, that was the one that I was confusing with this one.

[ACP230]

Somewhere, there was an older pic of a S&W .38 Special revolver (Victory?) with a barrel full of lead slugs.
Taken off of a VC, or NVA troop during the VietNam War.
Fired a lot, not many hits though.

I have stuck a couple of LSWC reloads with too little powder, or maybe just a primer, but always noticed the "pop?" when I expected a BANG!

[JTQ]

Somebody has shown what they claim to be a .300 Blackout in a .223 barrel. It is just the one round stuck, but I suspect you'd figure out that one after just one shot.

[nycnoob]

I bet if Bill Riehl could do far better then those photos if he put his mind to it.

[Maple Syrup Actual]

Somebody squibbed a Glock 20 of mine a few years ago...one squib, followed by a non-squib.

The gun still ran, kind of, but it had a bulge in the barrel.

$100 barrel replacement, and back off to the races.


Anyway the big lesson there is don't drink and reload at 1 am halfway through Aim Fast, Hit Fast.

[backtrail540]

I've had to stop a few guys at matches while ROing who had squibs and didn't notice during the excitement. Also had guys stop themselves when they occurred. Some make very obvious different sounds, some I couldn't tell the difference and the guy with the gun just happened to be able to tell. I've also heard low charged rounds that I or guys behind the line swore were squibs and weren't. The main thing that links all of the squibs i've seen personally, they were all reloads.

[Rich]

I had it happen once.

Totally my fault since it was my reload 148WC / S&W M13 and a Dillon SD Press. I caught it on the first shot. Boy was I embarrass to bring it in to the shop.

I don't see how someone could keep shooting unless it was a youngster or a newbie .

[revolvergeek]

I have seen that happen twice when I was working at a range in the early 90s. The worst was a guy that bought his Official Police up to the counter complaining that he could not pull the trigger nor open the cylinder. He said one minute it was shooting fine but then just stopped turning. He had the old Winchester 130 Q load FMJs stuck all the way from just barely out the tip of the barrel to back into the forcing cone.

[TR675]

I don't see how someone could keep shooting unless it was a youngster or a newbie .

I've done it. I had my trigger finger working faster than my brain was while shooting a GP100.

"Bang, bang, bang, [nothing], bang, [WTF?], bang, [was that a squib?], click, reload, DAMN IT I THINK THAT WAS A SQUIB."

If it was a squib I think it had enough juice to get out of the barrel. Barrel seems fine. No more inaccurate than usual, I guess. There is a strange gap between the frame and the forcing cone but I don't know if it's always been like that or what...