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Wannabewoodsman

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Doing homework! Need some input from y'all! The assignment reads: "
One of the challenges of working in any service/repair industry is getting your customer to accurately communicate his or her needs. Many firearms owners may not possess the training or knowledge to describe failures and malfunctions using “proper terminology”, and it is useful for the gunsmith or armorer to know how to direct the conversation when the customer says, “the bullets just won’t come out”.


Conduct personal research to answer the following prompt. You may use online discussion boards, talk with friends and family, or reflect on your own experience.


Choose three of the following malfunctions and list colloquial, lay-person, or “slang” terms used to communicate them. For each lay-person’s term, explain why someone might describe a malfunction that way."

My 3 terms of choice:

failure to extract

failure to eject

failure to lock
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Basically, just define those terms using everyday language including slang.
I'll also be linking this page as a reference (a requirement for sources) which will hopefully boost the numbers as well!
 
yeah, when i was younger and in the auto repair business, i had to almost "grill" the customer every which way i could, to get them to explain thier car's problem.

so it's not just for gunsmithing, or auto repair, we gotta be freaking mind readers too.

we have to use "lay terms" which frankly, that's always how i'd communicate with my customers. also, this was a time when females were coming into thier own as far as seeking jobs, and housing, and car purchases and repairs.

the old stand by of, "go get your husband, or father, or boyfriend to come see me and i'll explain it to him", was an insult to the females.

they want to know things, but on thier terms, and they will flock to the repair shop that talks to them like a human being, not some 3rd class citizen.

i always found the "show and tell" method worked for everyone, not just the females.

customer service is paramount whether you work for another gunsmith, and stay in the back room, or strike out on your own.
 
Wannabewoodsman said:
Choose three of the following malfunctions and list colloquial, lay-person, or “slang” terms used to communicate them. For each lay-person’s term, explain why someone might describe a malfunction that way."

My 3 terms of choice:

failure to extract

failure to eject

failure to lock
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Basically, just define those terms using everyday language including slang.
I'll also be linking this page as a reference (a requirement for sources) which will hopefully boost the numbers as well!
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"failure to extract" - "fired shell gets stuck and won't come out of the barrel" or "spent casing is jammed in the chamber"
"failure to eject" - "casing get clawed out of the barrel, but the gun doesn't kick it free"


"failure to lock" <------ I actually have a question on this one. What does "lock," in this context, mean? Since your other two terms have to do with the cycle-of-operation of a semi-automatic firearm, I am thinking that this has to do with the cycle-of-operation as well, and thus addresses the locking of the bolt/breech-face/cylinder with the barrel: i.e. that the gun has reached battery, or in the case of this description that the gun fails to reach battery? If this is the case, then my attempt at a lay description would be: "slide/bolt won't close all the way"
 
I fired the gun and it wont do anything at all. It locked up

I pulled the trigger and no bullet shell came out of the hole in the side

The gun is all wobbly and the barrel parts wont stay in place


—— I asked my wife and showed her what it was on the pistol
Those are her descriptions 😂😂😂😂😁😁😁
 
TSiWRX said:
"failure to extract" - "fired shell gets stuck and won't come out of the barrel" or "spent casing is jammed in the chamber"
"failure to eject" - "casing get clawed out of the barrel, but the gun doesn't kick it free"


"failure to lock" <------ I actually have a question on this one. What does "lock," in this context, mean? Since your other two terms have to do with the cycle-of-operation of a semi-automatic firearm, I am thinking that this has to do with the cycle-of-operation as well, and thus addresses the locking of the bolt/breech-face/cylinder with the barrel: i.e. that the gun has reached battery, or in the case of this description that the gun fails to reach battery? If this is the case, then my attempt at a lay description would be: "slide/bolt won't close all the way"
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That's fair ask. There were others there but those are the ones I chose. Let's not make assumptions
 
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