How to Eject a Live Round from a Gun

Part of the Video Series How to Use a .40-Caliber Semi Automatic Handgun

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Pull the slide to the rear, and then conduct a visual and physical check of the weapon to make sure that the live round was properly ejected. Learn more in this free video series.

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How to Eject a Live Round from a Gun
I don't want to fire my weapon. Okay, I am done. I want to unload my weapon. Always start first by ejecting the magazine. The magazine is out. Okay, I see a round. That tells me there is a good possibility there is a round in that chamber because there is one here. So I have my rounds with magazines. I sit those down. Again fingers naturally curled as I turn this over my index finger has never left the side of that frame. As it shouldn't I was never about to fire and I wasn't on target. Okay. So my finger stayed there. What I am going to to at this point there are a couple of different ways to do it. You can pull the slide to the rear and let the weapon eject the round automatically as if it’s being fired. Lock the slide to the rear and go retrieve it. Some people try to go get fancy and they will pull it to the rear let it pop up they will catch it in their hand. We are not going to get that fancy. This is you know we are not into that. We are into safety. So at this time what I am going to do make sure that live round is ejected I am going to pull this slide to the rear. As you see the round go flying and then I am going to lock the slide to the rear. Now I am going to do a visual and physical check of weapon to make sure that, that round was ejected from this weapon. So I will do a physical check. I don't see any brass. I now I will stick my finger inside of the barrel and I can stick my finger inside the barrel and there are no obstructions. And then I do another visual check. I will check the bottom to make sure everything is the way it is supposed to be. Okay, that's the proper way to load and unload and unload. Always in a safe direction. Where no one and no animal that you don't plan on destroying is in front of you. Okay, and you use those exact steps that we just showed. The proper way to load and unload a firearm.

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Expert: Lee Laster works in the public safety sector & has been a state certified firearms instructor for the past 6 years. He is also co-founder of a civilian/law enforcement-based training company. Read More