rockstar.esq
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Let me start by saying that I'm not looking for a thread listing snide comments like "Buy a ________" If you have some wonder gun that hasn't failed you despite decades of use/abuse and non-cleaning, good for you, I'm not looking to hear about it.
With all of that said, I practice dryfiring with snap caps and clearing the following,
Failure to extract/feed,
Stovepipe,
Failure to extract and failure to feed.
Reload.
I'm sure there have been similar threads in the past, however I thought it might help to suggest a few drills that work really well.
Tap (the magazine to fully seat it) Rack (the slide to ensure it goes into battery) Bang (pull the trigger when target and beyond is clear) is the simplest and fixes most problems relating to a failure to extract or feed.
I find the faliure to feed and extract to be among the most difficult manuever to do under duress. After an initial try at tap rack bang, or more likely (no bang) I watched a Thunder Ranch instructional video where Clint Smith extracted the magazine with his left hand, then grasped it between the first and second fingers as he then racked the slide two times to clear the jam then he reinserted the magazine racked the slide yet again and fired the shot.
My magazine has a small hard to grasp floorplate that makes this technique very difficult. I have found that grasping the gun with the firing hand and indexing the firing hand's fingers to the top of the slide allows the shooter to pull the slide slightly rearward which allows the mag to eject normally. The rest of the drill is performed identically to above.
In order to practice these drills, againg snap caps prove invaluable. For the failure to feed and extract jam, lock open the slide, verify that the gun is empty. Load the mag with two or more snap caps. Drop one snap cap into the chamber through the ejection port. Reinsert the mag then drop the slide. At this point you should have one round remaining in the chamber with a second coming off the mag into the rear of the chambered cap.
I'd love any feed back from more experienced shooters.
Practice well, perform well, stay alive.l
With all of that said, I practice dryfiring with snap caps and clearing the following,
Failure to extract/feed,
Stovepipe,
Failure to extract and failure to feed.
Reload.
I'm sure there have been similar threads in the past, however I thought it might help to suggest a few drills that work really well.
Tap (the magazine to fully seat it) Rack (the slide to ensure it goes into battery) Bang (pull the trigger when target and beyond is clear) is the simplest and fixes most problems relating to a failure to extract or feed.
I find the faliure to feed and extract to be among the most difficult manuever to do under duress. After an initial try at tap rack bang, or more likely (no bang) I watched a Thunder Ranch instructional video where Clint Smith extracted the magazine with his left hand, then grasped it between the first and second fingers as he then racked the slide two times to clear the jam then he reinserted the magazine racked the slide yet again and fired the shot.
My magazine has a small hard to grasp floorplate that makes this technique very difficult. I have found that grasping the gun with the firing hand and indexing the firing hand's fingers to the top of the slide allows the shooter to pull the slide slightly rearward which allows the mag to eject normally. The rest of the drill is performed identically to above.
In order to practice these drills, againg snap caps prove invaluable. For the failure to feed and extract jam, lock open the slide, verify that the gun is empty. Load the mag with two or more snap caps. Drop one snap cap into the chamber through the ejection port. Reinsert the mag then drop the slide. At this point you should have one round remaining in the chamber with a second coming off the mag into the rear of the chambered cap.
I'd love any feed back from more experienced shooters.
Practice well, perform well, stay alive.l