I survived, the 1st Squibb load of my life

[Joe in Missouri]

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Shooting the G26, all of a sudden nothing would chamber, and the trigger would not reset….

Only when I got inside did I discover that there was a bullet stuck in the barrel, just in front of the chamber.
Thank God it was not far enough in, to allow another round to chamber, because I sure tried to do so.

I never heard the bad round go off.

Almost immediately I suspected the primers from South America, that Powder Valley is carrying.
I even went there an gave the primers a negative review.

Then I started asking myself what else might have been the cause?
Perhaps a gummed up primer flash hole?

That do you think?
What has your experience been?
Thanks in advance

• This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by Joe in Missouri.
• This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by Joe in Missouri.

[Kirk Bennett]

The primer is fine. It ignited but someone forgot to add the powder when making the load.

[Joe in Missouri]

I hate to think I f’ed up that badly….

But defiantly a possibility.

It sounds better than my explanation.

Thanks Kirk

[ron_650]

I did , on purpose . Load a 30-30 Win, using a 150 gr bullet , with NO powder . Fired in a Marline 336 rifle just to see what would happen . Bullet went approx 8 to 10 inches into the barrel via primer energy only . Bullet had to be driven back out , using a brass 1/4″ rod . From then on . While reloading , after dropping powder . I LOOKED with an LED flashlight , into the cases held in the reloading block , to be DAMN sure powder had been dropped into the cases before seating a bullet .

[Joe in Missouri]

Thanks for that feedback
I am grateful that pistol primers did not drive the bullet far enough to chamber another round.

My Dillon 1050 is mounted so high up that I have a hard time eyeballing cases.
I have to stand on my tip toes.
Thinking about something soft to stand on to raise me up a few inches.

[spclement]

Love my Hornady Powder Cop Die. It has saved me a few times from seating a bullet over a light charge.

[Joe in Missouri]

Dillon has similar.
I have heard both positive and negative about using one.
You seem sold.
Thanks for the reminder.

[Ciro DiNardi]

no powder, the fact that you use a progressive press makes me believe that was most likely the cause

[Jacob Wilcox]

That is a pretty classic no powder description. The good news is that you avoided the double powder issue.

[Joe in Missouri]

LOL I compressed 20 years of reloading experience into one year.
It’s a miracle I didn’t screw up more than this.
Thanks for the confirmation.
You guys have been a lot of help.

The only reason I am not reloading now is that the cost of raw materials for 223 has shot up to where I need $2000 or so
to put together 5K rounds. Pretty tough on social insecurity.

[dec-15-1791]

Joe in Missouri ,”I am grateful that pistol primers did not drive the bullet far enough to chamber another round.” Don’t depend on that statement, I had an undetected squib in a P229. The result was pretty loud and I Sig said it cracked the frame. I will never know for certain but the best opinions I have received was no powder as the cause. The round in question was loaded on a 550 using poly coated .40 bullets. Best guess is I left the 550 for some reason and lost track of the process. From that day forward when I leave the machine I either empty it prior to leaving or before I re start the process.
I hope this helps keep someone else from making the same mistake I made.

[Joe in Missouri]

Thanks for the update.
I hope never to have another squib load. 🙂
Scares the hell out of you….
For now being on SSI all reloading has come to a halt for the past 6 months.

[Dan Miller]

@Joe, glad all is well. Unfortunately, both I and a friend have both found ourselves in that situation. Based on my experience and your info, @Kirk is right…primer alone, no powder. Had that happen to one of my 10mm’s in competition.

Good luck and pay attention. Have my reloaders setup now so I can see in the case as I seat a bullet. Also spent the money on some LED lighting for inside the turret area. WELL worth it!

All the best.

[Daniel Teebken]

Same happened to me but it was the OAL that got me. The round was loaded to long and got stuck in the lands and when I cleared the chamber it pulled the bullet. I thought the same as you but I had unburned powder inside my slide. Dead trigger no primer pop.

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