The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Question: How common ar FTE's/Stovepipes/Jams in general?

Darker Loaf · March 19, 2013, 08:22 PM

I should have answered the question directly. For me and from my experience: common. Problems are common. Heck, I've even had two failure to fires out of two different handguns firing at the same time: my XD and a PPQ (American Eagle Brass 9mm: hard primers?) fired one in each hand as close to simultaneously as I could muster.

I think often people don't recognize a failure or don't shoot their guns often enough for them to occur. Also, not cleaning your guns tends to cause failures. If I leave any of my guns unclean after multiple long shooting sessions (which is my typical behavior), failures can arise.

March 19, 2013, 08:22 PM	#36
Darker Loaf Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2012 Posts: 715	For me: Common I should have answered the question directly. For me and from my experience: common. Problems are common. Heck, I've even had two failure to fires out of two different handguns firing at the same time: my XD and a PPQ (American Eagle Brass 9mm: hard primers?) fired one in each hand as close to simultaneously as I could muster. I think often people don't recognize a failure or don't shoot their guns often enough for them to occur. Also, not cleaning your guns tends to cause failures. If I leave any of my guns unclean after multiple long shooting sessions (which is my typical behavior), failures can arise.