Texfire
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Had my first squib today. Not sure I liked the experience. I was shooting my .357 Stampede and heard a muffled bang. Stopped and thought, "hmmm that didn't sound right." Waited a couple of seconds, then opened the loading gate and tried to pull the hammer to half cock so I could unload it. The bottom pawl would unlock but the cylinder wasn't rotating. Tried pulling the cylinder pin, but the cylinder rotates on the fired cylinder.
Long story short, I take it to my local shop and the bullet is wedged halfway between the cylinder and the forcing cone. They pushed it back into the cartridge enough to free the cylinder, and we pulled the bullet. Inside the cartridge, along with some unfired powder, was a mangled .22 brass! The load is a cowboy .38 from a mass reloader. Somehow the brass, probably a range pickup, went through tumbling, depriming, sizing and loading without the .22 brass coming dislodged or discovered. As a matter of fact the bottom of the .22 had been perforated by the deprimer.
It wasn't until I thought about it at the gun shop that I got nervous. I was at an indoor range and wearing plugs and muffs, so I barely heard the difference. Also the cowboy loads I was shooting have real light recoil, so I doubt I would have noticed the difference there. If it had advanced into the barrel that could have been bad.
On the upside, I definately know what a squib sounds like.
Tex
Long story short, I take it to my local shop and the bullet is wedged halfway between the cylinder and the forcing cone. They pushed it back into the cartridge enough to free the cylinder, and we pulled the bullet. Inside the cartridge, along with some unfired powder, was a mangled .22 brass! The load is a cowboy .38 from a mass reloader. Somehow the brass, probably a range pickup, went through tumbling, depriming, sizing and loading without the .22 brass coming dislodged or discovered. As a matter of fact the bottom of the .22 had been perforated by the deprimer.
It wasn't until I thought about it at the gun shop that I got nervous. I was at an indoor range and wearing plugs and muffs, so I barely heard the difference. Also the cowboy loads I was shooting have real light recoil, so I doubt I would have noticed the difference there. If it had advanced into the barrel that could have been bad.
On the upside, I definately know what a squib sounds like.
Tex