Stovepiping problems.

[GypsmJim]

Many members will likely disagree with my opinion, but "limp wrist" is a myth. No firearm should fail to function, regardless of how it is held. In a defensive encounter, no bad guy is going to politely wait till you assume a "proper shooting stance".

My standard reliability test is to hold the pistol weak hand unsupported and very loose, and angle it 90 degrees to the left. If it works in this mode, the gun can be considered reliable.

Should the pistol fail this test, it is the design of the firearm, and not the fault of the shooter.

I'll be nice and NOT disagree, rather I'll explain my experience and you can be the judge.

I have a particular gun that has been near 100% since new. NEVER a FTF, stovepipe or anything else. Last summer I took my Dad to my camp shooting. This was the first time he had been out in about 3 years, due to very ill health on his part. Without trying to be unkind, he is quite frail and had trouble with anything larger than a target .38 load. To my amazement, he stovepiped every round with my old faithful.

Now, years ago he fired this gun quite well, so I knew he could do it.

The next day I went to the club to check out the gun, and fired 100 rounds with nary a problem.

 

[beaverfever]

I'm not 100% on whether or not limp-wristing is a real issue but I understand the logic behind it. a spent casing only has the amount of time it takes to cycle the slide for it to leave the chamber, if a gun kicks and travels in the same direction as the spent casing it can increase the amount of time the casing is not completely out of the chamber.