This is extracted from the DOT&E 2017 report:
Both the XM17 and XM18 pistols experienced double-ejections where an unspent ball round was ejected along with a spent round. Due to the increased frequency of occurrence during Product Verification Test (PVT), the Army stood up a root cause analysis team to identify the cause of the double ejections in parallel with continued PVT. As of this report, this analysis is still ongoing.
Presumably this issue has since been resolved. Mechanically, what could cause such an occurrence?
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