Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Why I Want My Gun to Fail” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/why-i-want-my-gun-to-fail/.
Why I Want My Gun to Fail
- Thread starter Mike H.
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The Night Rider
Hellcat
When I was on my church's security team they paid for professional training for us.
Every training session included malfunction drills.
The trainer would have somebody else load our magazine and put dummy rounds in it.
We would through the course of Fire and the dummy rounds would simulate a malfunction and we'd have to clear the malfunction. Sometimes the guy would put two or three dummy rounds in a row in your gun.
It was good training except you knew a malfunction was coming but it was still good practice.
At some point during the series of classes I decided not to top off my magazine between courses of fire. I just reloaded during the course when the magazine was empty.
I think that was good practice too
Every training session included malfunction drills.
The trainer would have somebody else load our magazine and put dummy rounds in it.
We would through the course of Fire and the dummy rounds would simulate a malfunction and we'd have to clear the malfunction. Sometimes the guy would put two or three dummy rounds in a row in your gun.
It was good training except you knew a malfunction was coming but it was still good practice.
At some point during the series of classes I decided not to top off my magazine between courses of fire. I just reloaded during the course when the magazine was empty.
I think that was good practice too
BassCliff
Hellcat
Hi,
Indeed! Break/fix things and make mistakes during your training and practice. This article had a lot of good tips. Sure, most of us have BTDT for a lot of these conditions, but it was a good review, and a great reminder to practice. You know I love to practice.
I have a couple of pistols that would fail to slidelock after the last round. Yes, it was due to my thumb riding the slide release. I have changed my grip and thumb position a little but got plenty of practice "fixing" in the meantime. If I pulled the trigger and got a "click", just drop the mag, slam in a new one, rack the side, and carry on.
In class the other day I performed an "administrative" reload in the holster. When we started the next drill, the mag dropped after the first shot. Doh! I grabbed my spare mag, slammed it home, released the slide, and continued the drill. I had failed to properly seat the mag during my admin reload. It was noisy and I didn't hear the "click". Next time I'll make sure. Why perform an admin reload in the holster? It's good practice if you have to reload with only one hand.
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Let's be careful out there.
Thank you for your indugence,
BassCliff
Indeed! Break/fix things and make mistakes during your training and practice. This article had a lot of good tips. Sure, most of us have BTDT for a lot of these conditions, but it was a good review, and a great reminder to practice. You know I love to practice.
I have a couple of pistols that would fail to slidelock after the last round. Yes, it was due to my thumb riding the slide release. I have changed my grip and thumb position a little but got plenty of practice "fixing" in the meantime. If I pulled the trigger and got a "click", just drop the mag, slam in a new one, rack the side, and carry on.
In class the other day I performed an "administrative" reload in the holster. When we started the next drill, the mag dropped after the first shot. Doh! I grabbed my spare mag, slammed it home, released the slide, and continued the drill. I had failed to properly seat the mag during my admin reload. It was noisy and I didn't hear the "click". Next time I'll make sure. Why perform an admin reload in the holster? It's good practice if you have to reload with only one hand.
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Let's be careful out there.
Thank you for your indugence,
BassCliff