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Posted: 12/18/2013 6:36:13 AM EDT
| Encountered my first squib round yesterday. Don't know what went wrong. I pride myself in being meticulous at every stage of reloading. This was a 9mm being shot out of my Sig P226. Heard the round "fart" and the shell stovepiped. Luckily, I figured out what happened before trying to chamber another round. Spent all night weighing every other round from that batch which were all good. I was a small run so I think I might err on the side of caution and pull all of those rounds. |
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Pulling all the rounds is probably the best idea.
Was each powder charge weighed or did you use a dropper? If I had weighed each one, I would just shoot them and expect to shoot them slowly. If they were charged in an automated manor (like on a progressive) I would pull them all for fear of an overcharge as well. |
| It was loaded on a Lee turret press using the Lee powder measure. The bullet never left the barrel. Couple of taps w/ a brass punch and it dropped out. I hand prime my cases off press and inspect each one before it gets charged w/ powder. Somehow powder didn't make it into the case. |
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