Double_J
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I have only had one squib load, and I knew it when I pulled the trigger. It just did not sound "right." The next thing I did was field strip and inspect the gun...and I found the bullet right at the end of the barrel. I used a long screwdriver and a hammer to extract the bullet, and after a brief check of the rest of my ammo went back to shooting.
My reloading buddy was not so lucky with his "incident." He had an overcharge and blew the magazine out, and bent the barrel on his 1911. He also still to this day 10 years later has metal fragments in his face from the brass. When we got to his house we pulled every round from that batch, and only 2 more rounds were overcharged, and those by not that much. We did change powders to one with a larger "safety window" and started checking each charge weight.
My reloading buddy was not so lucky with his "incident." He had an overcharge and blew the magazine out, and bent the barrel on his 1911. He also still to this day 10 years later has metal fragments in his face from the brass. When we got to his house we pulled every round from that batch, and only 2 more rounds were overcharged, and those by not that much. We did change powders to one with a larger "safety window" and started checking each charge weight.