I was at my local shooting range the other day giving a few pistols a workout, and in the station next to me was an elderly couple trying out their new pistols. His was a PPS m1, hers an XDs 3.3" 9mm.
Shortly, the gentleman tapped me on the shoulder and said he'd been watching me, and I seemed to know what I was doing and could I give him some help? I said sure, what's up? He said, I was shooting this thing and all of a sudden it just went 'click'. Hmm. Let me see that thing. It was the XDs. I removed the magazine, which still had ammunition in it, and retracted the slide and out came a spent casing. I was puzzled for a second before I realized that he was limp-wristing the pistol so severely that it wouldn't eject the spent casing before it went into battery, hence the 'click'. I've actually never seen that happen before.
Turns out that he is an old revolver guy, 78 years old, who's never owned a semi-automatic pistol. I gave him a few pointers, and suggested that he and his wife take some lessons along with the concealed carry class before they use their guns for protection.
Shortly, the gentleman tapped me on the shoulder and said he'd been watching me, and I seemed to know what I was doing and could I give him some help? I said sure, what's up? He said, I was shooting this thing and all of a sudden it just went 'click'. Hmm. Let me see that thing. It was the XDs. I removed the magazine, which still had ammunition in it, and retracted the slide and out came a spent casing. I was puzzled for a second before I realized that he was limp-wristing the pistol so severely that it wouldn't eject the spent casing before it went into battery, hence the 'click'. I've actually never seen that happen before.
Turns out that he is an old revolver guy, 78 years old, who's never owned a semi-automatic pistol. I gave him a few pointers, and suggested that he and his wife take some lessons along with the concealed carry class before they use their guns for protection.