15 reps with dummy rounds: dead trigger → tap, rack, press. Then 5 double-feed clearances: lock, strip, rack-rack-rack, reload. Certain, not frantic.
Seed dummy rounds randomly in 4 mags. 20 rds at 7 yd on the cards — every click gets its tap-rack and the shot still gets its hit.
Clear with the light mounted if you run one — it changes your rack grip.
Small slides fight the rack — full overhand grip, not the slingshot.
Tap (mag), rack (charging handle), reassess. Double-feed: lock, rip, rack x3, reload.
AUX (when ready): tap-rack to a hit in under 2.0s from the click.
Make safety glamorous in your own head: the clear-check is the most professional move you own.
A malfunction is not an emergency. It's a two-second chore. Move like it.
Your hands already diagnosed it — the click told you everything.
The gun quit; you don't. That's the lesson, and it travels.
You can't schedule a jam. Improvise inside a trained pattern.
Layer: induced double-feed mid-string, on the clock (AUX only).
Dry-fire: no ammunition in the room. Verify the firearm is clear — twice. Use a safe backstop. When you finish, say it out loud: “Dry fire is over.”
Non-negotiable. Every drill, every rep, every time. This applies to live fire and dry fire.