Let me just be sure I have your information straight...You experience enough hangfires that you can demonstrate a significant educational gain in pulling the slide back?
No...I am sorry if I was not clear. I have developed carry gun, load combinations, that to date are 100% reliable. I have over 500 rounds of my current carry ammo through my current carry gun with zero failures.
In all actuality I can count the number of failure to fires I have experienced with a pistol on one hand. I have never experienced a hang fire from a handgun.
Have you ever experienced a hang fire in a non-magnum handgun?
I have had professional training in combat handguns. People with more experience than me (Mosad Ayoob, Clint Smith, John Farnam) state that in a failure to fire the appropriate action is Tap-rack-bang. This is the drill I practice for failure to fire.
I've heard that some people feel they need to go down range and have people shoot near them to simulate "real life" as well. Not my bag.
You are kidding, right?
Yes...we are talking about pistols...and Glocks have never been destroyed by firing out of battery, have they? Yet, you'd intentionally take your gun out of battery with the hopes that you've experienced a "dud" instead of a "hangfire." You're not doing it around me, so I don't have a problem. When I handle a firearm, anytime I handle a firearm, it is real life.
I don't own a Glock.
I carry a gun for defensive purposes, I have had training in the use of a gun and I practice for that eventuality
in hopes it is a skill I have and will never need.
You will act in real life like you practice at the range. I for one will not wait 30 seconds after a failure to fire....My drill will be tap-rack-bang.
If you are implying that I am unsafe....YOU ARE WRONG!
If you are stating that you will wait until you are in a gunfight to learn what to do then you are foolish.
I did not wait until I saw a deer to learn to shoot a rifle. I will not wait to until I am in a defensive situation to learn to shoot a handgun.
I recommend a professional defensive handgun course if you are going to carry a weapon or use it for self defense. "Owning a violin does not make you a musician."
Charles