#GUN JAM IMMEDIATE VS REMEDIAL ACTION MANUAL#

Your gun should earn your trust and you should develop trust in your gun.You have felt the need to acquire a handgun for personal protection and perhaps some recreational shooting.

Store in a clean, dry place when not holstered.

Switch out magazines and ammunition regularly.

The best action you can take for gun failure is preventative care. We’re not talking a standard 15-round magazine but something more in line with 30-45 rounds - not a typical choice for concealed carriers. Often, the longer springs have a harder time pushing past the middle mark. Another big culprit is oversized magazines. If the magazine spring has become rusted, the spring will fail to function properly. However, the magazine can also be a culprit. When it fails to load a second round, we’ve covered some of the possibilities. Every semi-automatic, magazine-fed handgun is designed to fire the first round and load a second into the chamber. Chances are good either the magazine didn’t lock properly in the magazine well or it only got a partial lock.

First round fires, second round fails to loadįor this, check the magazine.

It can happen - it’s just not that common.

The least likely of all suspects is a rusted upper receiver. Rusted, damaged upper receiver - the first round racks just fine but the second round gets caught.The first round will discharge just fine but the second round isn’t going anywhere. But that’s also going to jam a gun by the second round. Wrong ammunition loaded - a lot of gun owners don’t know the difference between.Horrible craftsmanship - the gun wasn’t engineered right.A common, frightening mistake is when the first round discharges normally but the next round jams. However, no concealed carrier should ever bet on that happening. If you shoot and neutralize your target on your first shot, good on you. In fact, if it did work with the safety engaged, that would be a failure.

#GUN JAM IMMEDIATE VS REMEDIAL ACTION MANUAL#

So long as you’re not firing an old Taurus 111G2, that manual safety probably works just fine and the gun won’t fire.Ī lot of people we’ve heard from and have heard from news stories usually say when they fail to fire a round, “my gun failed.” The only problem with a manual safety is it’s often left engaged. There’s a lot of peace of mind people get with having a manual safety that can be engaged and disengaged. You wanted a pistol with a manual safety? You got one. SEE ALSO: Why we always carry with a round in the chamber. Conducting an immediate action drill for a pistol failure such as ‘tap, rack, bang’ will solve this problem but ultimately - it’s because you failed to load a round into the chamber. In the heat of the moment, you pull the trigger on target.

Failure to load a round in the chamber.

Because of this, we’ve managed to glean the following common failures. We’ve covered A LOT of concealed carry defensive gun use stories as well as spoken to plenty of people who have first-hand knowledge of employing a gun in self-defense. Here’s The Most Common Failures We’ve Run Into: The reason why we suggest running all three is because if the magazine isn’t seated properly, it won’t matter if you “rack” and you certainly won’t get the right “bang” for your buck.

Rack - Rack the upper receiver to the rear to allow the round in the chamber to eject and a new round to enter.

Tap - Tap the bottom of the magazine to ensure it is properly seated in the magazine well of the pistol.

But, let’s be honest, if you’re in an actual gun fight, you’re going to go straight to “rack”. The common adage for semi-automatic pistols in a gun jam situation is “tap, rack, bang”.

Is your handgun rated for +P or +P+? If not, don’t load.

Make sure you have the right ammunition in your magazine!.

Unload loaded magazines and inspect the spring.

Ensure there are no obstructions or rust along the hammer or firing pin.

Inspect recoil spring assembly to ensure it is properly lubricated.

Clean the gun after every live-fire use and inspect every month.Thankfully, there are a number of things we can do prior to a gun failure to minimize the chance of it existing.

In the moment when we depend upon our everyday carry handgun to deliver - and it doesn’t deliver - we have to move quickly. Gun failure is one of the worst nightmares for a concealed carrier to go through.

Gun jam immediate vs remedial action