

Hopefully with the magazine seated, you have now chambered the round that the slide missed before and the gυn is back in battery. Using a push-pull method, quickly push the frame with your strong hand and pull the slide with your support hand to fully rack the slide. Firmly grip the slide with your support hand, four fingers on the outside of the slide and thumb on the inside. Pull the pistol back into your torso and canting slightly inboard, still in a firm shοoting grip, with your trιgger finger indexed. Using the heel of your support hand, pop the magazine base plate with a firm, solid strike ensuring the magazine locks into the frame. “Tap” the gυn by firmly gripping the frame in shοoting grip, indexed trιgger finger, muzzle down range. The next round in the magazine is too far below to be fed into the chamber, so the slide closes on an empty magazine. A failure-to-feed is possible when the magazine was not securely seated when the chambered round was fired and ejected.

TAP – The “Tap” is hitting the bottom of the grip to seat the magazine. Most stoppages can be addressed with the Immediate Action Drill, a simple process to effectively deal with a minor issue. Be extra careful if you think you might have had a squib.
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If a projectile is lodged in the barrel, he or she will instruct you on how to take it to a gunsmith or armorer that has the appropriate tools and experience to safely remove it without damaging the gun. Notify a Range Safety Officer, who will carefully visually inspect the bore (do NOT look down the muzzle end of the barrel). Remove the magazine, unload, and lock the slide to the rear. Do not chamber another round! Firing into an obstructed bore will result in serious damage to both the firearm and the shooter. Keep your finger off the trigger with your gun pointed in a safe direction, and wait 60 seconds. A bullet may be lodged in the barrel (a squib load) or there may be a delayed ignition of the propellant (hang fire). In these situations, you’ll hear a ‘click’ instead of a ‘bang.’ĬAVEAT: If you didn’t hear a ‘click,’ but heard a pop or poof instead, and/or felt or observed reduced recoil or no recoil during firing, then STOP. The most common stoppage is a failure to fire, which could be caused by faulty ammunition, an improperly seated magazine, or a casing that did not eject. Stoppages happen from time to time, but they can be minimized by having a proper stance/grip and using reliable ammunition. Both malfunctions and breakages need a qualified gunsmith or armorer to repair them. If the pistol requires parts replacement (springs, pins, locking block, anything) to resolve the issue, such as a broken spring or chipped extractor, then it would be called a breakage. An example is dislodged spring or a front sight that falls off the gun. A firearm malfunction occurs when a part of the gun fails to operate as designed or intended and requires the use of tools and/or disassembly to repair it.Stoppages include familiar issues, such as a failure to feed, fire, extract, or eject, a stovepipe, or failure of the slide to go fully into battery. A problem qualifies as a stoppage if the shooter can clear the problem quickly without the use of any tools. In other words, something interrupts or “stops” the gun from cycling. A stoppage is the failure of the pistol to go through its entire cycle of operation.They are part of the shooting experience, so it is important to understand the two types of malfunctions: They can seem to come out of nowhere and can be startling and confusing - and can create serious safety violations if mismanaged by the shooter. No shooter, no firearm, and no ammunition is immune from malfunctions. You don’t want to hear a ‘click’ and be staring at your gun wondering what happened you want to take immediate action, get the issue cleared, and get back in the fight. When you are on the clock in a match or in a defensive gunfight, you want it to be second nature for you to clear any stoppage immediately to get back on target. Just as you know your safety rules, you must know your rapid clearing steps.
