Really messed up and Henry is making it Right

[Steve51]

Wow!
Glad no one was seriously hurt.
I have experienced two squib loads in handguns - both with factory ammo. Shells had no powder, just the primer. Both times the bullet stopped in the forcing cone locking the cylinder from turning. The reduced muffled sound when firing was a clue something wasn't right.
Thank goodness, I've never had a squib load in a rifle.

[Horsman43]

I am running a lee turret press, my guess is the powder bridged with the charge die.

[BrokenolMarine]

Really Glad no one was seriously injured in your incident.

I have a Dillon 550b, but I added a cool feature to my press, it's a nice LED light fixture that fits in the center hole of the tool head and shines down into the turrent. It provides a brightly lit working area and you can see right into the charged shell casing. Peace of mind. I learned years ago from my "mentor" that rushing isn't the way to load, so I always LOOKED into the charged case at the powder station.

The only failure I have had with reloaded ammunition was a compressed load. THIS was caused by a double feed. When the round was jammed into the top of the chamber mouth it set back the bullet in the case, decreasing the size of the space in the case for the powder to occupy, GREATLY increasing the pressure if the round was fired. (I had no way of knowing.) I picked up the rounds off the ground, reloaded them in the magazine, and when I fired the second round the gun came apart in my hand. I'll share more about the experience if anyone has questions. (My hand was badly bruised, and I had cuts on my face from powder, but thankfully was wearing eye protection.)

EVER since that day, if I have a double feed, both rounds go into the shirt pocket and are disposed of.

[Hatchdog]

So wonderful that the only injury was to the rifle. I had my first squib earlier this year (no wait, last year ). I talked about here on Henry and I’ll post a picture if I can find it. I was shooting a Ruger Single Seven 327 Fed Mag and heard the pop instead of a bang so stopped and looked. Yep the bullet was sticking out the end of the barrel. Whew, a close one indeed.

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[Shakey Jake]

Glad everyone was okay!
Jake

[The Wiz]

WOW!!!!!!!!!

[Bake]

I sure bet, you're going to have a hell of a flinch for a while

[Ernie]

Yep that is scary. Sure glad you are alright and good for Henry.

[Horsman43]

Yea I may have a flinch for the first round when the gun comes back lol.

Thanks guys for not beating me up.
My dad passed last year and I traded one of his m1’s for this gun with the goal of hunting with it and with it completed one of his goals. He always wanted a Henry.

So it punched extra hard when it came apart.

[Horsman43]

Hatch dog
Yes I’m still learning this forum I think I hit the wrong button but that is one cool pick man.