Death Jam

Thanks for sharing. I've had it happen once with an 9mm and an empty case. Used my pocket knife to pry it out, much like Jerry showed. Seemed an intuitive solution to me for a problem I'd never seen before.
Jerry's videos are always exceptional.

We called this "brass over bolt" or "fatal jam". The first thing we did is draw the handgun and stay in the fight, but look for a protected place to clear the malfunction. As he said, it is usually when the ejection port is right against an obstacle like a wall, or the ground when firing from "rollover prone" or "brokeback prone". When firing from one of these prone positions, we would place the fist of the non-firing hand between the handguard and the ground, if against a wall, inverted c clamp grip on the underside of the handguard to get the thumb between the handguard and wall. Doing these things creates a space for the expended brass to (hopefully) clear the weapon.

Anyone that has served in the military since the introduction of the M16A1 has seen this type of jam at least a time or three. The more you shoot from weird firing positions the more likely you are to see this. And FL-NC is correct about the "brass over bolt" jam.

Very good info. Also glad to see Mr. Miculek looking so good. I hope he has a lot of good years of shooting and sharing knowledge yet to come.