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Originally Posted by shootpar
How am I sure it is ready?
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Nothing is 100% certain. If I inspect all the parts, find them OK, assemble the pistol, perform the appropriate function checks, I at least know there's no broken or worn part to cause failure. But I won't
know absolutely whether the pistol actually will fire until I actually fire it later at the range (then I know at that point that it would have functioned in an emergency prior to the range trip). Once it's fired, of course, it's then possible a part could have broken that will cause a failure the next time I try to fire it.
Even if the pistol works fine, the same applies to the cartridge: you can't be 100% sure the next cartridge will fire until after the fact...
So one can never know with 100% certainty that a pistol will work until it actually does fire. I find it best not to obsess over this too much. On every trip to the range, I fire the first self-defense round I have been carrying. It has always worked; that's good enough for me.