Now thats a squib load!

[tombogan03884]

I was thinking maybe an end mill on a Bridgeport...maybe not!

That was my first thought, but when I looked at it THAT time the end cuts didn't look square, but it definitly looks like a milling burr at the muzzle end.

[TAB]

must have bee no  powder in those rounds.  if there had been it would have bluged the barrel.

[1911 Junkie]

Every time I see this thread come up I keep thinking it's about Squibby.

[m25operator]

Lucky and inattentive, it does look like the initial cut was done on a mill, and then a belt sander, the deep cuts are fairly straight, but the grain is all one directional instead of circular, and some of the edges are slightly rounded + the burr.

Had this happen to myself, shooting light .38 loads in a plate match, a really fast stage with big targets, 18x24, up close, probably 5 shots in 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds, from the holster, had a squib, but the booger hook was on the bang switch going for the gold, 3rd target no hit, 4th target 2 hits. It did bulge the barrel right in the forcing cone area, the old 686 shoots just as good as it ever did, you can only tell when you run a cleaning brush down her, it gets real easy for a 1/4". No RO would have been fast enough in this instance, .15 second splits. Like M58 said.

Last summer, the match director for the steel match, called me out and asked if I could help on a stuck 1911. We went to our tool shed, which is not bad, and there was a shooter with a Kimber that the slide would not operate, and the mention of squibs came out, it took me 20 MINUTES TO GET THIS APART. I had to use a vise and lube to get the barrel bushing out, after that I worked the barrel back and forth, and finally was able to remove the barrel, it looked like a reamer, it split at every groove, and was bulged big time, there were 2 bullets stuck, a squib sent one far enough to get the bullet out of the way of the next round, but the RO did not stop him, and he chambered the next in a clearance drill, and I expect the next was an underload as well, as it did not blow the grips off, but definitely locked up the pistol. I do need a pic as once it was apart, it was damn near comical.

[Hazcat]

Every time I see this thread come up I keep thinking it's about Squibby.

I keep HOPING!  (with pictures! )

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You're no kitty, you horn-dog!   

[Big Frank]

I had a squib in my Jennings .22 and fired another round and it bulged the barrel halfway down. I was using Federal Lightning ammo and I wrote Federal a letter and they had me send the gun in. They gave me a check and I bought another pistol with the next consecutive serial number from the same dealer. I think they even sent me 2 boxes of good ammo. That was the only squib I ever had and I think I would have noticed if it was anything more powerful than a .22.

[twyacht]

I squibbed a new Sig556 and cracked the barrel at the crown early last year. The suppressor kept it all together.


Sig replaced it for $100.00. Not Warranty by any means. Point being, the shot was different, the recoil was different, and I didn't check before firing another round.

After several rounds in these photos it would be hard to NOT notice something funny.

[Swamp Yankee]

I am no expert by any means but the barrel looks to have a slight bulge between the last two rounds. I almost had this happen with my 1911 but it did not feel right so I stopped firing and took it apart to find a round stuck in the barrel. It made me pay more attention to my reloads. Now I tripple check before I seat a bullet.

 Mike Mc

[Ping]

Makes my hair stand on end looking at five rounds in a barrel. Really shocked that no one was injured.