anyone ever have a percussion revolver squib fire ?

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

how apparent was it? how did you know it when it happened? just looking for some first hand accounts to heighten safety awareness. thank you

 

[Major Dorman]

About 2 weeks ago I had 2. The bullet was sticking out of the cone and wouldn't let the cylinder rotate. I noticed the powder was sticking to my loading flask when I was loading. I figure I wasn't getting a full charge of powder. I have a .36 Pietta Navy and use 15 grains of powder.

 

[Patocazador]

Was everything dry? Wet/damp powder can stick and clump not just statically-charged powder.

Using 91% isopropyl alcohol to swab chambers and barrel prior to loading is a good habit. It removes excess lube and moisture.

 

[Kansas Jake]

I had one about a year ago, and I think I was interrupted in my loading the cylinder. It too locked the cylinder and I had to use a ramrod to push the ball back into the cylinder. I pulled the nipple and put a few grains of powder in the cylinder, capped it and fired. It was a soft pop, but the charge had enough power to raise dirt at the back stop about 20 yards away.

 

[azmntman]

maybe 10 yrs back I took my ss pietta buffalo out, had been loaded like 18 mos maybe. sssspppof pop. Ball went about 20 feet. Next five similar. I keep my revolvers in gun cabnet in holster and barrel up. Had used bore butter over the balls and suspect thats what did it. Lucky they all cleared the barrel (and I did check before firing all). Bad thing was I had a "newbie" out to show the coolness of BP. He still shooting cf I believe. :youcrazy:

 

[M. De Land]

No, never have had a percussion revolver squib or chain fire in over fifty years of shooting them.
Course now that I've said so............. look out!
Me thinks extra caution will be the order of the day henceforth!

 

[Khufu]

I have never had anything worse than a spent cap falling into the lockworks and jamming things up some. but I visually verify the powder level in the cylinder before covering it with a ball. I did appempt to load once with a 45 cal .440 round ball, but that was very obvious the instant I did it. (I now never have ammo for 2 similar cal guns on the table at once.) I have been shooting revolcers since the mid '70s when I got my first remmy. I do verify all 6 nipples on each cylinder hold the caps tight without pinching them, and promptly replace worn nipples. once you get into the habbit of good loading techniques, malfunctions are quite rare.

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

I am not about to jinx myself like a poster a couple up did, but I am going to say that so far all of my extensive range/field experiences have been in the Lord's Hand. I was inquiring because I own a Uberti Walker which I got in a trade a while back for a Uberti whitneyville dragoon. Lonesome Dove fanatic. I have not shot the Walker at all and only shot the dragoon a couple times prior. This is because they have less of a recoil impulse than anything else I shoot cf or bp and am concerned about squibs as a result. Also, unlike anything else I have experience with, I have no idea where they are even landing half the time which makes my percussion revolver fear greater. Thank you for the great posts.