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riverwalker76 · June 17, 2010, 10:42 AM

I never had a squib in the 10k+ rounds fired while in the Corps. Never heard of one either!

Modern cartridges are loaded to prevent this. They usually load 1 gr. over max from most civilian reloading manuals. This is one of the reasons ... to prevent squibs. Very little gets past Lake City AA anymore. They weigh each individual round before it is packaged. If it weighs 1 grain under ... they reject it.

June 17, 2010, 10:42 AM	#12
riverwalker76 Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 993	I never had a squib in the 10k+ rounds fired while in the Corps. Never heard of one either! Modern cartridges are loaded to prevent this. They usually load 1 gr. over max from most civilian reloading manuals. This is one of the reasons ... to prevent squibs. Very little gets past Lake City AA anymore. They weigh each individual round before it is packaged. If it weighs 1 grain under ... they reject it. __________________ *Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto* - “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.”