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From my understanding of FTF drills, you turn the handgun on it's side as you rack the slide, correct? As long as the cartridge isn't ejected anywhere near your face, as is done in the above drill I believe, I don't see how it could ever be a serious problem. But then I'm new to all of this
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When a stove pipe failure to eject is observed, you can turn the gun and retract the slide so the case will fall out. If you check your gun out, you may find that the magazine wasn't seated, or you hadn't chambered a round. You may eject the case, examine it, and see a good primer dent without ignition.
That's all fine---as long as you're on the range.
The WHOLE purpose of the TRB is to get your gun working NOW, because in a gunfight, you don't stop and check nothin'-- there isn't time to diagnose the problem, and TRB fixes most things that go wrong, including all of the above.
So practice your clearing drills with dummy rounds-NOT ON RANGE MISFIRES.
Some problems, like a broken extractor, or firing pin, put your gun out of commision. Fortunately, they are much less likely than the other problems.
