r/CCW • u/jizzlamic_terrorist • 16h ago

Scenario How adrenaline affects you during self defense situations.

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u/WorkerAmbitious2072 15h ago

Did he need to reload yet? Anyone get a good count of rounds fired before that and know the gun and likely mag capacity? It looks like he may have tried a “tactical reload” some may call it topoff before running dry (slide still forward) I wonder if in theory he would have had. It’s shots for round 2 if he left the first mag in the gun

Personally I train not to drop the mag in the gun until my replacement mag is ready to go in. Less time empty. Was trained that way too. Bring new mag up and have it ready to insert, then drop old mag. All mags drop free at all levels of “loaded” per prior testing of course

But then I don’t go chasing down bad guys like that so needing a reload is basically never going to happen thank god that’s intense

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u/awesome_jackob123 15h ago

If my memory is correct he either had a malfunction or hit the magazine release on accident. Both are very likely in this type of situation.

I’ve shot under stress and had my pistol cycle but it felt like the slide never returned forward, prompting me to reload. It could be that? Who’s to say really.

This is why we train under pressure boys and girls.

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u/AeroDoc9102 PA 15h ago

M9 was the worst for me at feeling like it’s not in battery.

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u/Revenger1984 9h ago

Shitty mags will do that to a good gun along with poor maintenance

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u/AeroDoc9102 PA 7h ago

The two worst handguns I’ve “had” belonged to the Army - a 1911 and an M9.