Posted: 5/4/2005 4:49:30 PM EDT
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I was shooting my XD and all of a sudden I heard a click like it was empty but there is a bullet chambered and I cannot pull back the slide or shoot the gun. I have no idea what to do any help will be appreciated. Thanks |
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There can be several causes of this. One of the more obvious things might be a squib load. A squib load means a round that had little or no powder, or did not burn all it's powder for whatever reason, and lodged a bullet down the barrel. If you fire a squib load, it can lodge a bullet partially down the barrel, and short cycle the gun without enough force to eject the spent casing, but with enough slide travel to cock the striker. When you next pull the trigger, you will get a click. If you had a bulged barrel as a result (perhaps there was a squib, and it cycled the gun, and the subsequent round bulged the barrel), then you would have a hard time pulling the slide back. I have seen this happen once to a Glock. The shooter was firing cheap Wolf ammo, and as the gun got hot, the lacquer coating left more and more of itself inside the chamber. When the guy fired the final round, it short cycled, and when the slide closed again, the empty case was stuck. He pulled the trigger again and got a click. There was no squib, just ammo that caused his action to basically get glued shut. Anyway, it could be something entirely different, like some type of internal parts failure. How do you know there is a loaded round in the chamber, and not just an empty case? Also, what ammo were you shooting? My advice to you, in case you have a loaded round and there was indeed a striker hit, is to flood the gun with a penetrating oil, like WD-40, in order to hopefully deactivate the primer. Good luck, and let us know what happened. |
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I believe it to be a squib load since I used one of those bendable straws so my hand wasn't in front of the muzzel and put in down the barrel to see the depth it stopped at. I just don't know if the bullet is still seated or not. The striker indicator is about 3/8" in the gun I don't know whether it sits flush with the back of the gun when it is not cocked or this is the normal resting place. Any ideas how to get the bullet out? I was shooting some reloads. Dillon |
| I would still drench the gun in oil and let it set, just to be safe. After that, stick the slide in a vise, and jerk that frame forward. After you get the gun apart, assuming you can get the barrel out of the slide, just hammer the round out with a spare cleaning rod or something like that. I hope the gun is not ruined. Did you buy the reloads, or are they yours? You MIGHT have some recourse for damages if you bought them, but I highly doubt it. Again, good luck. |
Where these reloads loaded by a manufacturer or where they loaded by you? From the description you give, it does sound like a squib. My brother had a squib load that the bullet didn't come completely out of the case and jammed the slide. We had a hell of a time getting the slide back. When he finally was able to get the slide back, we took a cleaning rod placed it down the barrel and tapped the bullet back out of the barrel. Later, Dave |
| They were professional reloads if you can say that. I haven't had a chance to look at it but recently but I can pull the slide back about an 1/8" and there is tension on the trigger thats why I think a squib is still partially seated so that the round expanded inside the chamber jambing the whole thing up. |
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Big hammer worked pounded the bullet back down the barrel. Big hammer fix every thing. The only problem I have now is that I took the grip safety out and everything along with out trying to get the gun apart but once I get it together it will work. Thanks for the Help |