I'm fairly new to shooting defense-caliber pistols (most of my experience up to this point has been with Ruger Mk II's). I was at the range last night shooting a friend's M9, and I had what seemed to be an unusual malfunction:
I fired a round in SA mode. Recoil seemed typical, but the report had an odd, sharp sound to it. I caught a facefull of powder (wear your eye protection, kids!) and noticed that the slide had not cycled; the hammer remained decocked after the round was fired. Thick white smoke was coming out of the action. I put the weapon down, and signaled my friend and the rangemaster. They opened the action, and the casing from the shot was just sitting there; it hadn't stovepiped, but didn't eject either.
The top half of the casing was scorched, but showed no other abnormalities; the firing pin mark on the primer was WNL and the casing was unmarred and unbowed.
The weapon was inspected, found in good order, and I fired another 50 rounds from it without incident.
Is this a common malfunction, and does it have a name?
Peace,
Hans
I fired a round in SA mode. Recoil seemed typical, but the report had an odd, sharp sound to it. I caught a facefull of powder (wear your eye protection, kids!) and noticed that the slide had not cycled; the hammer remained decocked after the round was fired. Thick white smoke was coming out of the action. I put the weapon down, and signaled my friend and the rangemaster. They opened the action, and the casing from the shot was just sitting there; it hadn't stovepiped, but didn't eject either.
The top half of the casing was scorched, but showed no other abnormalities; the firing pin mark on the primer was WNL and the casing was unmarred and unbowed.
The weapon was inspected, found in good order, and I fired another 50 rounds from it without incident.
Is this a common malfunction, and does it have a name?
Peace,
Hans