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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
Can't say I've ever heard of a "class 3 malfunction", what's class is "one" and "two"?
What can cause a class 3 malfunction in a pistol and what can you do to prevent it? (prevention is key)
Do you practice different methods for clearing different (pistol) malfunctions?
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Class 1 = failure to feed
::CAUSE:: Not seating the magazine hard enough when loading the weapon; also not doing a press check to make sure you had a loaded chamber. OR you shot your weapon dry and the slide did not lock to the rear.
::FIX:: Tap, Rack or Reload, Rack
Class 2 = Stove pipe
::CAUSE:: limp wristing or bad extractor (it is more likely to be caused by a limp wrist than anything else)
::FIX:: Rack the slide
Class 3 = Double feed
::CAUSE:: when you racked the slide (to fix 1 or 2) you didn't rack it all the way to the rear, as a result the first casing did not fully extract. Could be a bad ammo issue as well such as a squip or pip round but that is on the very low end of the percentages.
::FIX:: Rack the slide HARD when you fix 1 or 2 so you don't cause #3.