Newbie Question about a misfire.

[Kalakaua]

Hi There!

This coming Tuesday I get to pickup my first firearm and I figured I would read the manual again that comes with the gun to prepare myself. Got to the part about misfires and then a question popped into my head. What the heck do I do when the gun is loaded, I pull the trigger, hear a click (I imagine a click is the noise it would make) but no bullet comes screaming out of the barrel.

The manual for my gun states for a cartridge that fails to fire I should:
- keep the gun pointed down range (makes sense)
- wait 10 seconds (I'm assuming in case it does fire?)
- keep finger off trigger and outside trigger guard (makes sense since something went wrong)
- remove the magazine then pull the slide back briskly to remove the misfired cartridge

My question is what the heck do I do with that misfired cartridge at that point and what makes 10 the magic number to count to?

So any tips for this newbie on what to do at that point? I imagine I'll run into this issue at some point so better to ask before running into the situation is what I'm thinking.

I tried searching as I imagined someone else would have already asked on these forums but was unable to find anything. So now I'm thinking it's something really obvious that a newbie like me just isn't thinking about.

Thanks!

[Creampuff]

Give the misfired round to the rangermaster on the way out, so they can dispose of it.

I have only had maybe 5 or 6 misfires in my life. Sometimes I don't remove the cartridge, I just try firing again, down range of course. I think 50% of my misfires worked the 2nd time around.

[Gavelek]

I have had few misfires, I removed the misfire and handed to the ranger, if you not sure what to do, call ranger for help

[Emdawg]

10 seconds is just a safe amount of time in case the primer decides to go off and then the round fires. They do that on the rare occasion.

[Powder_Keg]

Sometimes it's just a light primer strike. After the 10 seconds and ejecting the failed round, take a look at the primer. If its just a light primer strike, I reload it into the magazine and give it another try. I had one on last Sat, the second try sent it down range.

[CreamyFettucini]

Op here is a good article about misfires

http://www.legallyarmedindetroit.com/2011/04/ammunition-malfunctions-misfires.html

[hermosabeach]

Try loading the round again to see of a second strike on the primer fires the round.

[Kalakaua]

Got it. Thanks for the info all.

[SigUser]

On a rare occasion I will get a misfire on a primer round ammo... however on a rim fire I will get 1 round of misfire for every 100 fired. I use name brand ammo too, winchester and remington ammo for 22cal.

[Fritz265]

Sometimes it's just a light primer strike. After the 10 seconds and ejecting the failed round, take a look at the primer. If its just a light primer strike, I reload it into the magazine and give it another try. I had one on last Sat, the second try sent it down range.

Not a good idea. A light strike can still detonate. Either keep it in the chamber to try it again or eject and dispose of immediately. You'll be sad if it detonates in your magazine and takes out your lowers and your fingers at the same time.