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Squib Round Sticking 1/4 inch out the Barrel

Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association

Wilmington, DE – -(AmmoLand.com)- The pictured incident occurred during a training session at a shooting club in Delaware and was witnessed by at least eight people.

The shooter was new and had little experience with the gun. The handgun is a snub nose “Air Weight” Smith and Wesson .38 SPL, 5-shot revolver loaded with Remington factory .38 SPL standard velocity .38 SPL ammunition with 158 grain bullets.

On the students third shot, there was a definite lack of recoil and report. Instructors immediately called a cease fire and examined the gun. The result was a squib round with the bullet sticking about 1/4″ out of the barrel.

How did this happen?
The very sharp recoil of these small, light weight revolvers can cause bullets to be partially separated from the case in the chambers during the firing process, resulting in too little pressure to push the bullet out of the barrel, i.e., a “squib” load.

It’s the inertia principle in physics, the heavier bullet tries to remain at rest during recoil, while the cartridge case is pulled away by the recoiling gun. smith & Wesson’s current revolver manual (available on-line at www.smith-wessom.com) instructs the owner of light weight revolvers to conduct a specific test for any ammunition for this potential problem before placing the gun and ammunition combination in regular service.

Had the instructor not recognized the situation and the shooter fired the next round, the result could have been a blown up gun and serious injury to the shooter and others.

There are at least two morals to the story:

• Read the owner’s manual and other instructions, some are stamped on the barrel, for your firearm before you use it!
• Just because the ammunition fits in the gun, doesn’t mean it’s right!

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The DSSA promotes and protects the interests of gunowners in and around Delaware. If you believe in and want to maintain the private ownership of firearms, or simply hunt and fish, DSSA is for YOU. Visit: blog.delsports.net

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Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Legal Gun Owners

Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association

Wilmington, DE – -(AmmoLand.com)- While the title above is not the correct title of the organization formed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg it more accurately describes its function than Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

If you read its promotional literature it is only interested in going after the bad guys. However if you look at what they actually do it is an entirely different picture.

Currently eight Delaware mayors are members of this group.

According to the group’s website they are:

• Wilmington – James Baker
• New Castle – John Klingmeyer
• Middletown – Kenneth Branner
• Delaware City – John Martin
• Millville – Donald Minyon
• Lewes – James Ford
• Blades – Michael Smith
• Dagsboro – Wayne Barker

The group’s material makes the obligatory mention of the Second Amendment and the right of law abiding citizens to “freely” own guns.

Yet they support restricting where you can have a gun. They oppose reciprocity between states for concealed carry licenses.

Note that this has nothing to do with bad guys and illegal guns because license holders have clean criminal records and are among the most law abiding citizens in the country. They support legislation that would end gun shows. In opposition to the BATFE and the FOP they oppose the Tihart Amendment and advocate for the opening of gun trace records which would jeopardize law enforcement investigations of illegal gun transactions.

They seek to give authority to the Attorney General for a no buy list for law abiding persons preventing them from obtaining a gun. Note this list is only for honest citizens because criminal are already prevented from obtaining a gun from a dealer. They oppose bipartisan legislation now pending in Washington to reform the BATFE. And they want to make criminals of citizens who fail to promptly report a stolen or missing gun.

Please contact your mayor if he is on the list and politely explain to him that you are very disappointed and upset that he has joined an organization that does not trust you as an honest citizen. Some mayors when confronted have claimed that they did not fully understand the nature of the group and accepted it on face value. If he promises to resign do not argue this point because our goal is get him off the list not to punish him for being naive.

At the same time our last newsletter went out the NRA sent postcards to its members in Newark and Dover. As a result of member response both Mayor Vance A. Funk and Carlton E. Carey have resigned.

I would like to thank both mayors for seeing the light and I congratulate the NRA and its members for their action.

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The DSSA promotes and protects the interests of gunowners in and around Delaware. If you believe in and want to maintain the private ownership of firearms, or simply hunt and fish, DSSA is for YOU. Visit: blog.delsports.net

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