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A primer without any powder will easily lodge a bullet 1/2 inch into a barrel. Even an extremely low load of powder is usually enough extra boost to get it much further, if not completely out of the barrel to drop on the ground a few yards in front of you.
Most squibs that I've seen and heard about that matched the OP's description were the result of absolutely no powder, as in not even a single particle. The one I've seen was demonstrated by our IPSC instructor on purpose so that we'd know what it sounded if we went on to RO, and how it could be removed by a squib rod.
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