Slims

I agree

Unless you are shooting a revolver, immediate action does not include pulling the trigger again...even on pistols which allow you to do so, such as the M9.

Many, many things can go wrong and keep an automatic pistol from firing. Most of those can be solved by simply re-seating the magazine and cycling the action, including a light primer strike....The odds of a second pull of the trigger fixing a problem are so low you should assume a more general failure rather than wasting time on a low percentage fix.

I used to think like mkillebrew, but since then I have fired many tens of thousands of rounds in my career and have had many, many malfunctions, including failure to fire and it really opened my eyes. Most of the time it was because I either 1: forgot to chamber a round (embarrassing, but it has happenned); 2: the round was not picked up and chambered when the action cycled (stuck in magazine due to sand, defective mag, mag not fully seated, etc); 3: light primer strike because the weapon did not *quite* return fully into battery which would not be fixed by a second trigger pull (probably dirt, worn out weapon, etc.); 4: defective primer just doesn't fire. 5: some other problem that isn't noticed until the shooter attempts to fire the weapon (failure to return to battery comes to mind, stovepipe, out of ammunition, etc) and lastly: light primer strikes for seemingly no reason, round fires when re-inserted and fired.

All of these will most likely be fixed by slapping the magazine to ensure it is fully seated and to 'jar' any sluggish rounds loose, racking the action and then continuing to shoot. If you evaluate your weapon while you are doing this you will know whether the problem warrants remedial action or some specific corrective procedure (hand-rake to clear a stove-pipe for instance). Unless you have a bad magazine or some catastrophic failure this is the most reliable and fasted way, on average, to get your weapon back up.

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