Squib load question

[CALIFORNIA]

I know a squib load would jam a bullet halfway up the barrel, but would a squib load ( no powder charge) recycle the slide?

If so, that could prove very dangerous when rapid firing a semiautomatic.

 

[leadslinger]

Generally a suib load (no powder, primer only) just gets the bullet to just ingage the rifling, cyles the slide if the spring is light enough, but wont let the next round fully in battery.
A round with a light powder charge can push the bullet far enough into barrel
to allow the next round to be chambered and fired,
causing severe damage to gun and shooter.
So yes, it could be dangerous in rapid fire.
so when reloading, make sure you see every case with the powder charge before seating bullet.
is there powder, and is the powder level in the case the same for all others before.

 

[mlehtovaara]

Generally a suib load (no powder, primer only) just gets the bullet to just ingage the rifling, cyles the slide if the spring is light enough, but wont let the next round fully in battery.
A round with a light powder charge can push the bullet far enough into barrel
to allow the next round to be chambered and fired,
causing severe damage to gun and shooter.
So yes, it could be dangerous in rapid fire.
so when reloading, make sure you see every case with the powder charge before seating bullet.
is there powder, and is the powder level in the case the same for all others before.

Nuff said. Reloading is not like playing Lego. You can really hurt yourself.

 

[Z06corvette]

I had a squib in my STI Edge .40 during an IPSC match, the slide cycled and stripped a fresh round from the mag but fortunately the squib was shallow enough in the bore to prevent the next cartridge from chambering. A squib rod pushed it out fairly easily. I believe the cartridge missed the powder dump on my progressive, I was having an issue with case feeding and I obviously had one get by without checking. I was lucky. No more assumptions.

During my black badge course about 3 years ago one of the other students fired his Para on a squib. He got away with a bulged barrel and a gun that was very difficult to disassemble.

 

[simulate]

At the slightest question you might have a squib stop and check the barrel with a rod and don't shoot again until you know all is clear. Guns can be fired again, hands and eyes are hard to replace. I have stopped lots of shooters while RO'ing various shooting sports and seen many squibs. If it pops, stop.

 

[Driller]

One more reason for the powder check alarm on progressive machines and paying close attention to every detail from the tumbler to the target.

Driller

 

[Opcx6]

I know a squib load would jam a bullet halfway up the barrel, but would a squib load ( no powder charge) recycle the slide?

If so, that could prove very dangerous when rapid firing a semiautomatic.

I personally witnessed a shooter destroy two barrels in a two month span in a Browning High Power when rounds with no powder lodged cast bullets in the barrel during IPSC matches and the next round fired split the barrel. He was very fast at clearing jams and when the gun just went click he racked the slide and fired again before I could stop him, I was the RO. It was quite spectacular, lots of smoke and sparks burst from the gun, splitting the barrels the full length. The shooter was not injured either time.

He was loading on a Ransom machine, an early progressive loader that would give you rounds without powder if the operator was careless.