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Clearing a Cartridge Jam : Handgun Target Shooting
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Part of the video series: How to Shoot a Semi-Automatic Handgun
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Summary: Learn how to clear a semi-automatic handgun cartridge jam in this free video featuring a Marine Corps marksman.
Views: 6,556 | Tags: target, shooting, guns, handgun, practice, gun, range, hand, targets, handguns
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John Ritenour John Ritenour has been target shooting for the past nine years. He qualified as a double expert in the United States Marine Corps with the Beretta M92 pistol ... read more
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Clearing a Cartridge Jam : Handgun Target ShootingHello! This is John with Expert Village. This next segment is going to be about clearing a jam. What happens when firing a semiautomatic weapon is that when you fire the gun the slide moves back and ejects the spin cartridge. The slide moves forward, load a new cartridge in the magazine and then you’re ready to fire again. What happens in a jam is that the spin cartridge gets stuck upright in the magazine in the slide. What we’ve done here is create a stimulation of what’s called a stovepipe. Basically the magazine, the slide, once you eject the round got stuck is now trapped between the barrel and the slide. So what you do now is clear that. To do that, pull out the magazine, place that down. We’re going to move the slide back and eject the round. Pull the side back again, lock it in place, take your magazine, place that back in the weapon, release the magazine, release the slide; you’re ready to fire. This is John with Expert Village.
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That was insanely ridiculous. This guy is amateur hour at it's finest. The "jam" he's clearing can be done simply by sliding the support hand over the slide, in front of the ejection port, then sweeping back to clear the spent casing. Or, you can do it his way and cover your support hand, maybe shooting yourself, or even better, just die in a gunfight because you are taking forever to clear a simple malfunction. The guy is as much as an expert as I am a leprechaun.