Failure to feed.....and Failure to eject, in reference to malfunctions in feeding and ejecting cases.

 

FTF=fail to fire or fail to feed

FTE=fail to extract

 

FTF=fail to fire or fail to feed

FTE=fail to extract

FTE could also mean fail to EJECT - It is important to indicate which one - Fail to; FEED, FIRE, EXTRACT, or EJECT when discribing what type of malfunction you are experiencing.

 

FTF is failure to feed and FTE is either failure to extract or failure to eject. Lot of people try to use FTF for failure to "fire", but that generally causes confusion unless the person further explains his /her problem and we can deduce from that what he means. Generally the proper term when a loaded gun "fails to go bang" when the hammer/firing pin drops is misfire.

 

The confusion over FTF is why I use the term FTB, Failure to Bang, for misfires/duds as opposed to feed failures.

I think I'm gonna start using FTX for Failure to EXtract, and leave FTE for failure to eject, which in my experience is much more common.

 

In the want ads it can also mean Face To Face (FTF).

 

And when kids text, so I'm told.... but that's another whole Pandora's box to open !!

 

I take the time to spell it out I'm sure I would screw it up if I didn't LOL
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Yeah, sometimes it can get confusing. Like when they are trying to say Failure to Feed, and then people think Failure to Fire. Other than those two getting mixed up, I would just type the words out. It is not that hard...

 

Thanx fellas for the explanation

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