Is an FTE a failure to eject, failure to extract, or both? Recently I saw two different symptoms. In one, which I consider a failure to eject and which I think is called a stovepipe, the empty casing ended up lodged in the gap between the barrel and the slide.
I have also seen where the casing is not fully extracted from the barrel and jammed between the top round in the mag and the slide. I would call this a failure to extract, since the casing is still partially in the barrel, but maybe it extracted but didn't eject and ended up getting jammed back into the opening to the barrel?
Are these both considered FTE's, even though they may have different causes?
Thanks
OB
I have also seen where the casing is not fully extracted from the barrel and jammed between the top round in the mag and the slide. I would call this a failure to extract, since the casing is still partially in the barrel, but maybe it extracted but didn't eject and ended up getting jammed back into the opening to the barrel?
Are these both considered FTE's, even though they may have different causes?
Thanks
OB