Another Owl Hollow Sunday Afternoon

[Guest RISC777]

Got to be a guest of SpacemanSpiff's at Owl Hollow today. Perfect end to a week or perfect beginning of next week, whichever way you want to look at it.

Thanks again, SpacemanSpiff! My son and I enjoyed it. And, yes, I will not try a 100 yard shot with a .40 pistol again. LOL Unless... I am firing a scoped S&W 460XVR Hunter or similar.

Hope the squib and resulting barrel situation gets worked out for you as easily and quickly as possible. And that newest acquisition is very nice, balanced, shoots very well.

[musicman]

A day at the range is always a good thing!

Curious, the reloader in me wants to know more about the "squib and resulting barrel situation." I don't mean to pick anyone or anything, but I would like to hear the details of this situation. Would you mind sharing what happened?

[Guest RISC777]

On my part I was talking to someone when it happened. I look up and the pistol is being looked at in a somewhat quizzical manner. After taking the slide off the bullet could be seen about an inch in. The best thinking is a non-charged round where the primer went off moving the bullet a small amount into the barrel. As far as I know the barrel is off to a trusted smith to have the bullet removed since it wouldn't come out at the range with only moderate pusing force applied via a segment of aluminum cleaning rod.

[Guest bang-flash]

Re squib load. I hate to say it but I had my first couple of weeks ago. My gun went bang and cocked itself, but the spent case did not eject. I racked the slide and lucky for me the next round jammed as I would have fired it into the bullet jammed in the barrel. After disassembly I stuck a clening rod down the barrel and beat it out. Reassembled the gun and everything was fine.

I think the primer kicked the bullet out a few inches but wasn't loaded enough or any at all to cycle the action.

The gun was a S&W MP9. And the loads were 4.6gn of W231 under 115gn FMJ from delta precision. Primer was WSP in mixed brass.

[musicman]

Oh, ok. That's not such a big, and doesn't need to go to a gunsmith if he's got a vice at home. (I know, too late now) Like others, I had that happen a couple times with my very first batch of reloads. I had 3 powderless cases in that box of 25!! I have no idea how I was so stupid, but some 15k or so rounds later, it has never happened again.

I'm just glad another round didn't get behind it, and that no one was hurt.