Safe operation of a Jericho after a misfire?

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I bought some LCW surplus 9mm for my 941. I'm getting 1:30 FTF's. Being a DA/SA pistol I can perform another trigger pull and re-strike the cartridge. So far that has been successful 100% of the time. Is there anything that could happen would not normally happen should a hang-fire go off while I'm pulling the trigger?

Range rules are to hold on a misfire for 30-60 seconds and refire or clear the round. I will abide by range rules, I'm just curious about the mechanics of it.
 
I have had many FTF's and so far none have gone off after waiting for 30 seconds, that is not to say they can't so it is wise to wait. If it does go off and the chamber is aligned with the frame instead of the bore bad things will happen, injury,death or a broken gun being some of them.
I shoot a lot of black powder guns and FTF's are fairly common if things aren't tuned up properly, I always wait for at least 20 seconds..longer for flint locks.
A squib load can be just as dangerous if the gun is not cleared properly ie: check the bore for a stuck bullet.
For a semi-auto with a FTF it is safe to re-strike because the round is still in the chamber, not the same as a revolver which I was referring to above.
 
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As long as you keep the gun pointed down range and pull the trigger again in DA mode after the FTF there's no safety or gun issue. Once the slide is forward and the system locked you're only moving the hammer back. The worst that would occur is that that the round would go off half way through the DA pull and the slide would go back and reset the hammer like normal.

Clearly that range never has any matches running that involve semi auto guns. If someone in IPSC or IDPA or pretty much any other discipline has a FTF they certainly do not sit around for 30 seconds waiting for it to prove itself safe and inert. Instead that round gets jacked out as soon as the shooter realizes that it's an FTF or in the case of a DA/SA the trigger is pulled RIGHT AWAY if they don't treat it as a jam and cycle the slide. I've seen literally a few hundred such light strike or other issue FTF's cycled out of various guns without any sort of mishap.
 
The IA (immediate action) for a misfire is tap-rack-bang. Tap the mag base to ensure it's seated, Rack the slide to chamber a new round, pull the trigger (bang). Nowhere does it say stand around trying not to look silly for long enough for the seasons to change. Your ammo has hard primers, you can't count on that to always be the issue. You can always pick the round up at the end of the string and re-fire it if you must. Pulling the trigger again isn't a valid response. I have a ton of Barnaul that has the same issue, it's a pretty good training tool. My IA is running under a second now.
 
BCRider said:
As long as you keep the gun pointed down range and pull the trigger again in DA mode after the FTF there's no safety or gun issue. Once the slide is forward and the system locked you're only moving the hammer back. The worst that would occur is that that the round would go off half way through the DA pull and the slide would go back and reset the hammer like normal.

Clearly that range never has any matches running that involve semi auto guns. If someone in IPSC or IDPA or pretty much any other discipline has a FTF they certainly do not sit around for 30 seconds waiting for it to prove itself safe and inert. Instead that round gets jacked out as soon as the shooter realizes that it's an FTF or in the case of a DA/SA the trigger is pulled RIGHT AWAY if they don't treat it as a jam and cycle the slide. I've seen literally a few hundred such light strike or other issue FTF's cycled out of various guns without any sort of mishap.
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