16 October 2017

Malfunction

Yesterday on my first string of fire, my Browning Hi-Power had a failure to extract the fourth shot fired.

Up to that point I was four for four.

In GURPS, this result is impossible.

The Malf number for a normal TL6+ firearm is 17.

So to get a malfunction, I would have had to have rolled a 17 or 18.

Since we established earlier that my effective skill at this event is a 13, a 17 or 18 should be a miss...

But I hit THEN it malf'd.

It did bring home that I need to work on some malfunction drills.
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2 comments:

  1. freddyboomboom16 October, 2017 19:33

    Do you check for accumulated gunk under the extractor when cleaning?

    That solved occasional failure to extract issues in my Argentine FM Hi-Power.

    Your mileage will almost certainly vary. :)

    Especially as I wasn't especially diligent about cleaning it.

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    1. Angus McThag16 October, 2017 20:38

      I swept under the hook with my finger between heats and it didn't fail again yesterday.

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