Scariest CCW situation.

At one time the US army was apparently concerned with the problem of a failure to fire and wanted to have a feature on a weapon to give the primer a second blow. That's why Springfield bolt actions have a cocking piece, which I think is unique among Mauser actions. A few other non-Mauser designs have that feature but probably not for the same reason. A 1911 has that feature as well, though no revolvers have it. I expect the reasoning behind the feature is to hopefully avoid the possibility of a late ignition happening after the bolt was open.
 
in reference to the "tap, rack, bang" comment:

thats exactly what they taught us in basic training for law enforcement-if I ever have a misfire, my hands will automatically take over and perform that task (tap-rack-ready) before my mind could process it haha

the instructors hounded us so hard to be able to do that without even thinking about and even set up an obstacle course with a few dummy rounds loaded in the magazines to make us practice that
 
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