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Indiana Appleseed Newest Training Video: Squib Round Caught on Tape

Started by techres, August 14, 2011, 07:11:49 PM

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techres

August 14, 2011, 07:11:49 PM
While doing a video of a magazine function test for an Indiana gun board, I accidentally caught a squib round on video.  Never to miss such an opportunity, I put what I had into this video for Appleseed:

Indiana Appleseed Training Video: Squib Round

Hope it is helpful to any instructor who has not seen a squib happen in person. We need to keep an eye out for these.  So long as we catch them early, they are no problem.  Catch them late and you have a problem...

Techres
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asminuteman

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August 14, 2011, 07:50:42 PM Last Edit: May 17, 2012, 12:53:21 PM by asminuteman
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yellowhousejake

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August 14, 2011, 07:54:59 PM
I've seen several since I started down the Appleseed trail, so it is invaluable.

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Quote from: asminuteman on August 14, 2011, 07:50:42 PM
Many thanks.....

haven't seen one in years.....and to catch it on tape....
1 in a billion?

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hawkhavn

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August 14, 2011, 08:19:20 PM
Yep, Coeur d'Alene, ID and Ashland, KY last year both had squibs and a few other nasties.
I'm starting a collection of ruined brass.

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August 14, 2011, 08:20:06 PM Last Edit: May 17, 2012, 12:52:47 PM by asminuteman
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"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."~ Thomas Paine

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dwarven1

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August 15, 2011, 11:21:01 PM
Quote from: techres on August 14, 2011, 07:11:49 PM
While doing a video of a magazine function test for an Indiana gun board, I accidentally caught a squib round on video.

Isn't a squib round one with not enough powder?
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techres

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August 15, 2011, 11:29:04 PM
Dwarven, you are right.  The round is stuck in the barrel, but it is less clear if it is due to the lack of charge or due to out of battery fire.  What is so strange is that the odds of it being OOB and yet perfectly fitting the round in the chamber would be long.  At the same time, the round did fail to chamber so it is not as simple as a light charge.

So, I am not exactly sure.  Trying to find the brass in the range bag to get a better picture of it for eval. 

It is amazing how well a single piece of .22 brass can hide...
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SPQR

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August 15, 2011, 11:57:09 PM
The backseat of HQ's car is ankle deep in .22 brass.  It looks like the fuselage on a miniature B-17.  We threw the M2s out the window to make it back over the Channel.

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