Keeperfaith
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I had a true squib load today.
I pressed the trigger and heard nothing...
Knowing I had a loaded round in the chamber I dropped the mag, racked the slide and then locked the slide.
Sure enough, there was a bullet in the barrel. The brass case was black on the inside and dirty on the outside. There seemed to be very little powder in the case, unburnt.
So in y'all experience do you think I just didn't load enough powder in that one round? Or could it be a primer that failed to ignite all the powder?
My components:
Rainier 180 grain 40 cal
Accurate No. 2 (5.0 grains)
Speer brass case
Remington small pistol primer.
Gun: Smith and Wesson M&P 40.
Now the primer strike did look a little light but still very visible and it did ignite (as far as I could tell).
And I had only shot 5 rounds of the same load prior to the squib, the 5 shot great.
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks
Steve
I pressed the trigger and heard nothing...
Knowing I had a loaded round in the chamber I dropped the mag, racked the slide and then locked the slide.
Sure enough, there was a bullet in the barrel. The brass case was black on the inside and dirty on the outside. There seemed to be very little powder in the case, unburnt.
So in y'all experience do you think I just didn't load enough powder in that one round? Or could it be a primer that failed to ignite all the powder?
My components:
Rainier 180 grain 40 cal
Accurate No. 2 (5.0 grains)
Speer brass case
Remington small pistol primer.
Gun: Smith and Wesson M&P 40.
Now the primer strike did look a little light but still very visible and it did ignite (as far as I could tell).
And I had only shot 5 rounds of the same load prior to the squib, the 5 shot great.
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks
Steve