Dang, you got lucky if you didn't realize it happened. From what I can see that bullet didn't go very far at all, barely left the chamber. Never seen a squib travel so little. Glad you didn't get hurt.
Yep. You're lucky. Did you notice a sound or recoil difference on the last shot? A side note - I bought a 22lr rifle from a guy and cleaned it when I got home. I found a squib lodged in the barrel.
I made a few squib loads when i made loads so slow as to just leave the barrel during a barrel lapping session.
Never one meant to go way down range though.
You got lucky on that.
I had powder stay in the funnel once and then hit the next load and all powder dropped into the case and over flowed.
with all cases in a loading block I could see the powder.
On a progressive i make sure I can see the powder level before seating the bullet.
Takes much longer but that is fine..
Never one meant to go way down range though.
You got lucky on that.
I had powder stay in the funnel once and then hit the next load and all powder dropped into the case and over flowed.
with all cases in a loading block I could see the powder.
On a progressive i make sure I can see the powder level before seating the bullet.
Takes much longer but that is fine..
My star progressive, back in the 70's, came without the sliding powder weight. I didn't know that it was supposed to have one. all went well for about a year, until I decided to live in a tent at my friend's range, firing 24,000 rds of .45 cast bullet reloads in 6 weeks. I just left the powder in the measure, and it collected enough moisture that it "bridged over", like wet sand, and I had about 100 rds of .45 that had either no powder or a very small amount. I could sometimes see the bullets fall to earth within 20 yds. I beat many a stuck bullet out of the barrel of my series 70 colt, too.
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