Things have happened to me at the range, that I am very happy have taken place there and not out on the street while I was involved in some bad scene. At the range I was able to take my time to make a correction fix something that broke, change guns, clear a jam or whatever else needed to be done. In the street, you had better hope you learned from whatever bad happened at the range, so whenit happens in a bad situation, you know what appropriate action to take. My bet is things like this have happened to you as well. I'll share one from yesterday, why not share your experience too:
Yesterday I was at the Westside Pitol Range in Manhattan. It was agood way to kill an hour at the end of the workday (and yes practice counts toward my work hours since I need to maintain proficeincy). I drew my Glock 19, aimed in at the target at about 50 feet, squeezed the trigger, the gun went bang and jammed. I tapped, and went to rack, and immediately saw a stove-piped spent casing. So I racked by running my hand down the top of the slide from just forward of the shell casing - so it would definitely come out as I racked it.As the slide opened, I saw (and it is amazing all you can take in over just a split second) that a round was about halfway into the chamber, and another live round was pointing up behind it. Somehow two rounds had come out of the magazine. So I continued the rack turning the pistol over to help make sure all three rounds (the spent one, and the two live ones came out). They all fell out with a bit of a shake, then I let the slide sling forward, and commenced firing. All went well until the next mag, and guess what, another stovepipe. Cleared it quick, and reengaged.
Funny this has never happened before, and the pistol was cleaned very well a few days before this. I had thought it must have been the magazine on the first jam, but when it happened again, I thought well maybe it is something with the pistol itself since it was a different magazine the second time. Or maybe it was a combination something wrong with just pistol the second time, but with the mag and pistol the first time. I fired it again and again after that, at least 100 rounds more, no more malfunctions. Regardless, since I had 5 magazines with me, I put aside and marked the magazine from the first and second malfunctiion. Then I cleaned the Glock 19, and loaded for the street, but with a feeling of uncertainty about me. I did not notice anything that looked wrong when I examined it while cleaning it. I must admit though, I am no gunsmith; so you can bet that on Monday it goes right to the Glock armorer at work for a good check-up.
So what has happened to you while at the range that made you happy you were not in the middle of something bad in the real world?
All the best,
Glenn B
Yesterday I was at the Westside Pitol Range in Manhattan. It was agood way to kill an hour at the end of the workday (and yes practice counts toward my work hours since I need to maintain proficeincy). I drew my Glock 19, aimed in at the target at about 50 feet, squeezed the trigger, the gun went bang and jammed. I tapped, and went to rack, and immediately saw a stove-piped spent casing. So I racked by running my hand down the top of the slide from just forward of the shell casing - so it would definitely come out as I racked it.As the slide opened, I saw (and it is amazing all you can take in over just a split second) that a round was about halfway into the chamber, and another live round was pointing up behind it. Somehow two rounds had come out of the magazine. So I continued the rack turning the pistol over to help make sure all three rounds (the spent one, and the two live ones came out). They all fell out with a bit of a shake, then I let the slide sling forward, and commenced firing. All went well until the next mag, and guess what, another stovepipe. Cleared it quick, and reengaged.
Funny this has never happened before, and the pistol was cleaned very well a few days before this. I had thought it must have been the magazine on the first jam, but when it happened again, I thought well maybe it is something with the pistol itself since it was a different magazine the second time. Or maybe it was a combination something wrong with just pistol the second time, but with the mag and pistol the first time. I fired it again and again after that, at least 100 rounds more, no more malfunctions. Regardless, since I had 5 magazines with me, I put aside and marked the magazine from the first and second malfunctiion. Then I cleaned the Glock 19, and loaded for the street, but with a feeling of uncertainty about me. I did not notice anything that looked wrong when I examined it while cleaning it. I must admit though, I am no gunsmith; so you can bet that on Monday it goes right to the Glock armorer at work for a good check-up.
So what has happened to you while at the range that made you happy you were not in the middle of something bad in the real world?
All the best,
Glenn B
I dont carry but would have sucked if I did and it happened in a life threatening situation .
