CCI Quiet Squib

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Roughly 7 rounds into my first box of CCI Quiet segmented HP there was an off sound and the bullet didn't leave the barrel. I was lucky that the bullet stopped about 1" from the muzzle as I just threaded a screw into the hollow point and pulled the bullet out quite easily.

Anyone else have any issues with these loads? I was using a semi if that makes a difference?
 
I'm more amazed that your semi will cycle 22 "Quiet", but I would not be using that ammo in a semi so other than that, no advice for you, glad you found the squib before it got nasty.
 
Like the others, I am surprised that they cycled a semi.

I am wondering if the bolt opened after it fired but the bullet was still moving down
the barrel and let enough pressure out so that there was not
enough for the bullet to exit the muzzle. Being sub sonic the pressure
must be low to start with.
 
I have read that subsonic are not recommend for use in semi-auto .22's
Went over to ewe toob and found several guys trying to show function/accuracy, but they ran into fte on a regular basis.

Good to hear someone was alert enough to investigate a strange sound from their firearm.

Rob
 
colinjw said:
Like the others, I am surprised that they cycled a semi.

I am wondering if the bolt opened after it fired but the bullet was still moving down
the barrel and let enough pressure out so that there was not
enough for the bullet to exit the muzzle. Being sub sonic the pressure
must be low to start with.
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^first thing I thought. I think these Quiet/low-velocity loads in a semi are sort of a "square peg in a round hole" thing. We all want our guns to shoot everything well but the truth is, some loads just aren't well-suited to some actions.

Glad you figured out what happened, and sorted it out. Avoided a dangerous situation. Oh...and to answer the question~I've yet to have a squib in any CCI product, not to say it isn't possible. I mostly use CCI Standard Velocity, CCI LR HP, CCI Quiet-22 and CCI Blazer.
 
When using a 16" barrel I will clean (just run a brush thru the barrel) around 10 rounds

If using a longer barrel I will do the same after every other round.

The CCI seems to leave alot of crud in the barrel as dose some of the Aguila ammo. The crud will slow the bullet down enough to make it stick.
 
I'm using a BRNO 581 and it cycled the first 6 quiet rounds normally as if I were using standard velocity rounds. I've been using shorts (easily put 100+ down the tube) for blackbird control and decided to try out the quiets as manually loading the shorts is a pain in the semi and was happy with the quiets until this happened.

kanook, I can't remember the last time I cleaned the barrel on this gun. I'll have to try that out and see if it makes any difference.
 
Quiet .22 cycles fine in my Browning auto, not at all in the Winchester 63. I've never had a problem with squib rounds. I think you were just unlucky and got a bad round.
 
kanook said:
When using a 16" barrel I will clean (just run a brush thru the barrel) around 10 rounds

If using a longer barrel I will do the same after every other round.

The CCI seems to leave alot of crud in the barrel as dose some of the Aguila ammo. The crud will slow the bullet down enough to make it stick.
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What???
 
I'm assuming the semi is a simple blowback design? So maybe cycling the action is bleeding off too much energy from the round, so it lacks the velocity required to exit the barrel?
 
Right from CCI -- "These cartridges may be used in semi-automatic firearms, however manual cycling of the action may be required."

I use the CCI quiets in a Marlin 795 and they don't cycle the action but I've never had any squibs. POI is approximately 5" lower than high velocity rounds at 50m but they live up to their name which is why I like them.
 
firestorm79 said:
Right from CCI -- "These cartridges may be used in semi-automatic firearms, however manual cycling of the action may be required."

I use the CCI quiets in a Marlin 795 and they don't cycle the action but I've never had any squibs. POI is approximately 5" lower than high velocity rounds at 50m but they live up to their name which is why I like them.
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I figured manually cycling them may be required, but I said screw it and fired another 24 of these today (3 full mags) and the gun cycled every round perfectly with no more squibs. I suppose the previous squib may have just been a one time thing...hopefully.


I like these because they're quieter than shorts and the segmented HP seems to transfer more energy as well. I have mine setup for a 25 yard zero and they're hitting 3" low at 35 yards. Excellent grackle, starling and sparrow medicine.
 
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