Failures happen?

[Yo Mama]

Other than a broken gun where you have an obvoius defect, in a normal working gun do failures to fire and eject ocasionally happen? Like say one in 500?

 

[VA27]

Sure, it happens. Dirty gun, bad technique, bad ammo, bad magazine and the occasional spring or firing pin failure are what comes to mind, in that order.

 

[EddieNFL]

Yes, but one in 500 is to frequent in a properly maintained firearm, IMO.

 

[Ky Larry]

I can't give you an exact number, but failures do happen.I was watching a shooting match (IDPA I think) and a Glock factory team member had a failure to feed. I'm sure she had a factory tuned weapon, was shooting first class ammo, and had the best training available. Guns are machines designed by imperfect humans and are therefore imperfect. I cringe everytime I hear an idiot on this forum or a gunstore commando say"I carry a Colt-S.I.G.-Glock-Kimber-H.K. because they don't jam." They all jam. They just haven't jammed on you yet.

 

[ChCx2744]

99.9% of all FTE's and FTF's that I'VE WITNESSED were due to limp wristing, jerking, anticipating shots, operator error, operator error and OPERATOR ERROR. Don't be too quick to blame the gun and/or ammo before realizing there are 3 fingers pointing back at yourself.

 

[EddieNFL]

They just haven't jammed on you yet.

One of life's truisms.

 

[scythefwd]

ALL guns have failures sooner or later. A FTF, FTE, or other ammo related failure is no big deal. As guns are just machines, they will eventually wear out. The mean time between failures is probably very high, but it will fail one day.

 

[Yo Mama]

Don't be too quick to blame the gun and/or ammo before realizing there are 3 fingers pointing back at yourself.

Good life advise as well!

 

[Ghost Walker]

That's, 'Why' you should practice clearance drills!

 

[Drail]

In a properly built tuned and maintained pistol it can be reduced to an almost negligible level. I have two Springfield Armory Mil-specs purchased in 1988 and tuned for competition. One of them belongs to my wife who also competes. In approximately 6 years of shooting matches almost every weekend and practice sessions every weekend that I was not at a match at a rate of 500 to 800 rounds every session neither one has ever jammed. Not once. These guns ran on a steady diet of 200 gr. SWC handloads from McCormick Shooting Star magazines. Both of these guns will still chew the center out of a target all day long. Now some people will call me a liar and I really don't care. But if properly set up these guns will feed fire and function with monotonous regularity. You can either find a good smith to set up your gun or learn to do it yourself like I did. I almost trust these two guns enough to carry daily. Almost. But I choose to carry a big bore revolver.

 

[EP1990]

"High Point" nuff said.

 

[MedWheeler]

Numerous in my Grendel P-10 before I worked it over. My Ruger Mk-II doesn't seem to like Winchester Super-X ammo, but has digested hundreds upon hundreds of Mini-Mags with nary a hiccup. I've had one misfire in my Undercover 38 revolver (Charter Arms) in several hundred rounds, and that round fired the next time the hammer was dropped on it.

 

[fireman 9731]

Guns are mechanical. Everything mechanical fails eventually.

 

[Guy de Loimbard]

My Ruger Mk-II doesn't seem to like Winchester Super-X ammo

One of the regular patrons of the local pistol range here refers to this ammo as "Winchester Super-Jam" It does just as well (just as bad?) in the Mark III's.