Squib 45acp

So buddy loaded up some ball ammo with 5.0gr of bullseye an had three fail to exit the barrel.. WTH??? Any ideas???

How sure is he of his scale/powder measure?
Maybe take some of his reloads and weigh them.

Did it sound off like a full load? If so, need to check bullet diameter. But really, are we saying anything you don't already know!
scott

I just loaded some .45ACP with 4.7 grains of Bullseye and it shot out my FNP, it didn't eject the case tho. But at 5.0-5.1 my FNP loves it.

What kind of press was he using?
I had a guy grenade a Hi Power next to me at the range, all he would say was the first shot sounded kinda weak and he pulled the trigger again, well the next one was not. He destroyed one of the Satin HP's with the factory comp and luckily he only had minor injuries.

5.0 BE should have been more than enough!! Incorrect powder charge -- IMHO ...

It's on a dillon an he says he checks about every 20th one

Somehow it sounds like a powder drop issue. I hate to say it, but I would break down all the rounds left from that batch and check the powder. Hopefully he did not load too many rounds.

sounds like NO powder, primer only, just enough for the bullet to lodge in the rifling

martysan wrote:sounds like NO powder, primer only, just enough for the bullet to lodge in the rifling

yep needs to check every case.

Beladran wrote:It's on a dillon an he says he checks about every 20th one

That's checking way too often in my opinion. Is it a 550? Heck, the problem could have come from interrupting the sequence checking the powder throw weight and causing a round or two here and there to not get any powder. Not sure what happened, but those three didn't have 5.0 grains of Bullseye in them. If others fired ok, my first guess would be operator error. 2nd guess would be powder throw mechanism not set up and/or resetting properly. I loaded a .45 squib when I was trying different powders on my 550 years ago. Pulled the rest of the rounds as recommended above and learned my lesson. Haven't loaded one since, knock on wood.

You really don't need to pull rounds and weigh powder charges all that often on a Dillon press once you get it set up to throw the charge weight you're looking for. The operator should be keeping an eye on each case as it goes to the seating station to visually spot double charges or failure to charge conditions. I can't look and tell you the difference between 5.1 and 5.0 grains of BE in a case, but I can tell you which case has 5 grains, which has 10, and which has none.

1st. guess press operator error.
2nd guess see guess no. 1

If your 550 is an older model without the failsafe return rod to the powder bar, the powder bar can fail to return to the index position and not pickup any or only a small portion of the powder charge. Happened to me, after disassembling, cleaning and trying to understand why, turns out the powder measure was just worn out, returned it to Dillon and it was replaced with the new updated version, NO CHARGE. lOVE THAT WARRANTY