Oh, and my beard can take the chrome off a bumper (unfortunately). I'm not too worried about my testosterone levels.
dang I envy you...
This reminds me of a story..
I was 12, and my uncle from AZ came to town, bringing the latest and greatest handgun at the time...a Glock. I seem to remember it being a .40 cal.
So, tho it's cold, off to the shooting range we go, snow be damned.
My uncle shoots it. My dad shoots it. Multiple clips.
I shoot it. Stovepipe. I don't have enough strength to work the action, so they clear it, shrug, and hand it back. BANG. Stovepipe.
They clear it again. BANG. BANG. Stovepipe. My uncle finished off the mag with no problems.
As posted by many folks on here, THE SAME PISTOL SHOT BY 2 OR 3 folks REACTS differently TO EACH PERSON.
you mean to tell me that's the gun? there's no less then a dozen such cases in this thread. Personal experience from multiple sources is hard to beat.
a few folks have touched on the idea of the gun PIVOTING from the bottom of the grip. in your vids, you hold the gun fairly high. I didn't see much recoil there...then again, I AM used to a Glock.
The concept of the PIVOT here is key I think...because a gun will not have that leverage if it is shot "just laying there".
Wanna try something? When you shoot, jerk the pistol BACK. (not up)
The idea I think, is the idea that the GUN FRAME accelerates almost as fast and far the SLIDE, (from the recoil)
thus causing the slide NOT to cycle fully. Think about it.
The basis of the autoloader is that the frame stays relatively still, while the slide moves back. If the frame moves WITH THE SLIDE the slide does not move as far in relation to the frame. Thus, the stovepipe.
Me? I'm a firm believer that some guns can be limp wristed better then others.
Why? I've done it.
I didn't limp-wrist stovepipe either of my Glocks when I had them.
Yet I stovepiped almost every shot out of my uncles. My dad and uncle didn't stovepipe a single one. Keep in mind, I was a VERY scrawny 12-year old.
That right there cannot be explained by ammo, or the firearm.
Unless you are willing to calculate the odds of one box of ammo (50) having 5-6 bad ones that only I got in a row, and somehow the rest of the shooters didn't get.
Do I think limp wristing is the only cause for a malf? heck no.
My dad's Buckmark .22 jammed like a bad mother for a while...
it HATES Federal ammo. CCI or nothing for that bad boy. I won't even suggest
that a Buckmark could be limpwristed.
What I am not understanding is what has been "debunked?"
heck, mebbe me either, but I gave it a shot too.
I won't hold my breath.
*dons flame suit*
GP