I always clear my carry guns in my bedroom so the ejected round falls onto the bed.
How many rounds do you carry in your pistol? If it is a semi-automatic, rack your slide that many times, then pick your bullets up off the floor.
Quick question for the XD (or similar) owners. After unloading and clearing the chamber, the XD is still cocked, and has no decocking mechanism. Do you leave it cocked, even though it is unloaded? Do you dry-fire it?
I rack the slide and catch the ejected round with my hand. That's how I roll.
You can all day at me if you like, but that does absolutely nothing to further this discussion. Nor is it helpful to anyone. I suppose the only thing it does is express your immaturity and lack of respect for others. If that's what you're trying to express, well, okay, but I would personally advise against telling others you are immature as it'll likely put a damper on your reputation.
1st I ALWAYS put the safety ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then I place my left hand over the slide, then rack it back locking it
back, that allows the round to fall into my left hand, then I remove the mag.......
As long as you are familiar, and know what you are doing, and have
the safety ON, it really doesn't matter if you remove the mag first or last.....
ALL OF US HERE ARE TEACHERS! NEVER FORGET THAT! The one time you handle a gun infront of that friend or relative, or that stranger at the range or gunshop, might be the ONLY instruction that person EVER gets. You might not even be communicating with that person directly, but they will observe what you are doing and assume it's "the way" because you're the "gun guy."
Always ask yourself if what you are doing at this very minute is what you would teach others to do.
So, if the extractor strikes the firing pin - what does it matter if you attempt to catch it in the air or let it fall to the ground? If it's gonna go, it's gonna go - and you'll probably get hurt. This thread's the only place I've ever heard of any such (rumor of) occurrence.