17HMR Squib

[Silent Sam]

Not really reloading... but my first squib. I've had rimfire (22) duds before but never a squib. Good FP strike, no bang. Didn't sound like it fired at all but when I pulled the case out the bullet was gone... just not too far. Powder is clumped and won't pour out.

 

[Finaddictions]

I had the same thing happen on a rat shoot this spring. It was within the first hour of getting there and my 17 was down because of the squib and my stupidity for forgetting a cleaning rod. At least I had some other rifles to shoot so all was not lost.

Weird though, because that bullet was fairly jammed in the throat. Took some work to knock it out when I returned home.