Pistol Malfunction Due To “Stovepipe” Round
BY Herschel Smith
8 years ago
Of this post, Leigh Haines writes the following via email.
I’ve seen this happen when an individual “limp-wrists” an automatic by not holding it securely enough. It was a S&W Model 59 that was clean, well maintained, and running quality brass. Five different people shot it with no issue, but the next kept having jam after jam. After watching him for a minute, I had him tighten his grip, and the failures lessened. I say lessened, because this particular individual lacked sufficient forearm strength to maintain a proper hold on the grips. As he got tired, he would loosen his purchase on the pistol – allowing the recoil to rotate it in his hand, rather than cycle the slide. Needless to say, he didn’t get to shoot the 1911.
On October 21, 2016 at 8:05 am, David Scott Boring said:
My wife was having “failure to feed” problems with her Glock 19. I couldn’t believe a Glock would fail in that manner! Had it checked out, and the gunsmith didn’t find any issues. He then asked about her grip. She was cupping her off hand under the butt of the grip, and he explained that a firm grip would solve the problem.
On October 21, 2016 at 10:00 am, Fred said:
Yes, this.
On October 21, 2016 at 6:28 pm, Ectomy said:
Revolvers for newbies or the weak wristed go
bang every time. Better a 6/7 shot than a ? shot.
On October 24, 2016 at 7:44 am, Billy Mullins said:
Maybe I was taught wrong, but I learned to just sweep my off hand over the slide and rack the slide to make sure everything is in place. For FTF I was taught to rack the slide (on a pistol) or jack the charging handle/lever (like starting from scratch).
Did I understand it correctly? If not, someone please correct me. BTW, out of several hundred rounds through either of my .40 cal pistols (Jericho .40 & Glock 22) I’ve never had any problems. I have had a couple of FTF through my Rem 597 but never a hint of a glitch with my FNAR.