Met a friend for breakfast today, followed by a run over to the range. We both brought a .22 revolver and a 9mm pistol.
Halfway through his second magazine, he had a failure to eject. He cleared the case, and the next round failed to feed (not fully into battery). He cleared that, and immediately experienced another no-go on battery. Followed by another after that. At that point, he stopped trying to get another round in.
Further examination showed that the fail to extract was from a full-on no-powder squib that left the bullet from the round about 1/4" into the lands, far enough forward to firmly lodge it, but far enough back to prevent another round from fully chambering behind it (fortunate, that). Easily tapped out, and good luck that it wasn't far enough down the barrel that he could have chambered and fired another round into the stuck one.
Remington UMC 9mm factory loads, FWIW.
Halfway through his second magazine, he had a failure to eject. He cleared the case, and the next round failed to feed (not fully into battery). He cleared that, and immediately experienced another no-go on battery. Followed by another after that. At that point, he stopped trying to get another round in.
Further examination showed that the fail to extract was from a full-on no-powder squib that left the bullet from the round about 1/4" into the lands, far enough forward to firmly lodge it, but far enough back to prevent another round from fully chambering behind it (fortunate, that). Easily tapped out, and good luck that it wasn't far enough down the barrel that he could have chambered and fired another round into the stuck one.
Remington UMC 9mm factory loads, FWIW.