climbnjump
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Slide not move = pull the slide slowly and check; don't just "rack tap bang".
Yes, that's what you expect "experienced " shooters to do but a lot of people do fire guns with bullets in the barrels.
It is possible for even "experienced" shooters who know better to make this mistake.
I was in the middle of a qualification test when I fired a squib. We had been training clearing malfunctions all day and in the middle of the test with the combat mindset turned on, I did a tap/rack and pressed the trigger again - training and muscle memory took over even though I knew better.
My brain caught up just about the time the follow up round went off and the realization of what I had just done almost necessitated a change of underware.
Fortunately, the bullet from the squib hadn't stuck in the barrel and no damage was done. (It was a factory round, not a reload.)