I didn't feel like I had anything to contribute the first time around, but I'd like to point one thing out.
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Originally Posted by Derbel McDillet
There can be several reasons why your pistol didn’t fire when you pressed the trigger: - Defective cartridge
- Empty chamber (e.g., you forgot to chamber a round or your magazine became unseated)
- Feeding stoppage
- Stovepipe
- Slide inadvertently locked open (e.g., your grip is compromised and you inadvertently engaged the slide lock)
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You forgot one.
- The pistol will drop the hammer when the trigger is pulled with the safety engaged (e.g. Walther P22 and PK380, many Mauser HSc variants), and you just pulled the trigger with the pistol on-safe.
If this is the case, the standard Tap-Rack-Bang method may result in the ejection of perfectly good live ammunition onto the ground, only to have the problem reoccur.
FWIW this is the reason that I've frequently advised
against carrying such pistols for defensive purposes.