your opinion on clearing a double feed malfunction

Thanks Kathy, I had that problem with a 1911 I no longer have, but the problem was that I could rack it a half dozen times and it seemed that the extractor just didn't want to grab hold, but if I locked the slide back and tap on the slide the round would fall out.
 
sometimes the mag won't come out cause of the pressure of the slide on the stuck bullet that is connected to the mag. Let off pressure first with locking the slide back. It is way less of a gamble.
 
Depending on how bad the double feed is. If you carry a bug, go for it. If you are not, tap and rack. If there is no bang after that, you need to lower your weapong and go hands on. Just pray that murphy isnt paying attention when **** hits the fan.
 
in a self defense situation chances are you are very close to the bad guy excanging rounds very quickly. tap-rack-bang is what i was always taught. its fast and should correct "most" malfunctions. feel free to add moving to cover in there where ever it fits your situation. and if super close throw the dang thing at the bad guys head and be right on its heels getting hands on him.
 
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