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Doglock (304 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pan, yet had an external catch as a half-cock safety, known as the "dog". This type of lock had no internal, half-cock loading position as the later flintlock

Beretta Laramie (136 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cylinder. The revolver can be transported safely when the hammer is in the half-cock notch, in this position the cylinder is able to rotate and the barrel

Moukahla (597 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and English types of snaphance lock, usually with a thicker lockplate. Half cock was provided by a dog catch behind the cock. At full cock, the sear passing

92nd Coast Artillery (United States) (688 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

China is usually symbolized by a dragon; therefore, the cockatrice - half cock and half dragon - is symbolic of the location of the organization in the

BUL Cherokee (148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

optional), and enlarged trigger guard, frame-mounted thumb safety and half-cock safety; no magazine safety. The frame is an injected, fiber-reinforced

M1879 Reichsrevolver (270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

revolver's right side, and the cylinder was released by pulling the hammer to half-cock. Removing empty cartridges could be done by removing the cylinder by withdrawing

Beretta 90two (618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the safety lever is pushed up into the "fire" position. There is also a half-cock safety notch. Type G is a DA/SA pistol similar to the Type F, but there

Derringer (2,405 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

remains of the last fired percussion cap and place the handgun on its half-cock notch, pour 15 to 25 grains (1 to 2 g) of black powder down the barrel

TT pistol (2,845 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the half cock notch, which rendered the trigger inoperable until the hammer was pulled back to full cock and then lowered manually to the half cock position

Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts (337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

notes "Malik is in top form, but Mateen tends to go off at half-cock, and very abrasive half-cock at that, which just encourages Moffet to go mad." The All

Ruger SR1911 (492 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

safeties, the Ruger SR1911 also has a sear disconnect, slide stop and half-cock position. Although Colt's 80 series developed a trigger operated firing

Charles Dickinson (attorney and duelist) (1,445 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

to remain still as Jackson took his shot. Jackson's pistol stopped at half cock, so he drew back the hammer and aimed again, this time hitting Dickinson

M1911 pistol (8,250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

internal firing pin safety and a new half-cock notch on the sear; pulling the trigger on these models while at half-cock will cause the hammer to drop. Models

Miquelet lock (2,730 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sears being the only Spanish connection to the classic patilla lock. The half-cock sear (usually round) engaged the top of a small projection often disguised

Snaphance (1,247 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sparks. This led to an inherent disadvantage: in the flintlock when at half-cock and the frizzen is closed, the flint is in close proximity to the steel

Smith & Wesson Model 645 (546 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

blued slide. It does not have ambidextrous controls, but does have a half-cock safety. The pistol is rollmarked "IPSC 10th Anniversary 1976-1986". Smith

Beretta 21A Bobcat (566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

can be applied with the hammer fully down, or cocked. The hammer has a half-cock safety notch. There is an inertia type firing pin design. One defining

Beretta 950 (584 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

employing an inertial firing pin for safe hammer-down carry instead (the half cock notch is not for carry and could cause the gun to fire if dropped on the

Irene Raymond (1,748 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

have to continue to put my life on hold. I didn't want to do things at half-cock [...] I had a lot of fun playing Irene, and Gavin, who plays my screen

SIG Sauer P230 (1,130 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

lowering the hammer from its full-cocked, single-action position, to a "half-cock", double-action safe position where the hammer itself falls forward to

SR-1 Vektor (426 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

trigger is not depressed. Additionally the hammer must also be placed into half-cock to engage the sear and enable double action firing. The SR-1M variant

Ruger Vaquero (1,121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

freeing the cylinder to rotate freely, without pulling the hammer into the half-cock notch. These initial Vaqueros have only two hammer positions: fully down

Fred White (marshal) (1,043 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

demonstration for the court that Brocius' pistol could be fired from the half-cock position, that Judge Neugass in Tucson dismissed the charge against Brocius

Gynandromorphism (1,695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Discovery News, 31 May 2011 [1] Archived 2012-09-30 at the Wayback Machine "Half-cock chicken mystery solved". BBC News. 11 March 2010. Stępniewski, J.; Surmacki

Springfield model 1871 (593 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

cartridge. When the breech block closed, the hammer automatically fell to the half cock position, and the weapon could not be fired until the hammer was once

Paper cartridge (2,659 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

musket, the following steps were used: Hold the musket level, place at half cock, and open the flash pan Bite open a cartridge, pour a small quantity of

Frederick I. Pitman (812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

both crews squared their blades, and raised the pistol, but it stuck at half-cock and refused to fire. The boatman holding Cambridge could not hold them

Winchester Model 1894 (2,518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

solid pins back into the action, and the elimination of the traditional half-cock safety notch on the hammer in favor of a cross-bolt safety, which enabled

Musket (6,877 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In 1750, a detent was added to prevent the sear from catching in the half-cock notch. A roller bearing was introduced in 1770 to reduce friction and

Glock (20,296 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

31 N (7.0 lbf). When the pistol is charged, the firing pin is in the half-cock position. As the trigger is pulled, the firing pin is then fully cocked

William Brocius (3,358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gang) as did a demonstration that Brocius's pistol could be fired from half-cock, and the fact that it had been found to contain six rounds, with only

Drakestail (874 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

687. ISBN 978-2-7068-0623-0. OCLC 1625284. "The Story of the Little Half-Cock". In: Ridder, André de. Christmas tales of Flanders. New York: Dodd, Mead

Colt Single Action Army (5,552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Generation Single Action Army, a sharp blow could damage the re-designed half-cock mechanism and allow a fully loaded revolver to fire. Drawn back about

CZ 75 (4,399 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rails to 140mm, transitioned to lower cost cast frames, and introduced a "half-cock" safety notch on the hammer to prevent it from inadvertently striking

Wyatt Earp (21,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

single-action revolver was defective, allowing it to be discharged at half-cock. A statement was introduced, which White had made, stating that the shooting

John Hanning Speke (4,907 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wall in the field into which Speke had jumped. The right barrel was at half-cock: only the left barrel was discharged. Speke who was bleeding seriously

Krag–Jørgensen (7,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pistol grip. Was originally issued without a safety catch; instead, a half-cock notch on the cocking piece/firing pin assembly served this purpose. In

20th Indiana Infantry Regiment (5,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Baltimore, Col. Brown ordered the Regiments' weapons to be loaded and on half-cock, essentially indicating a preparedness to fire. This was due to the recent

Alexander Adams (British Army officer) (1,232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

While in the act of getting over a hedge, his fowling-piece, although at half-cock, went off; the contents entered his left eye and blew off the entire side

Cochise County in the Old West (9,877 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

accidental. It was also demonstrated that Brocius' pistol could be fired from half-cock. Fred White also left a statement before he died that the shooting was

Timeline of the gunpowder age (4,246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

detent is added to flintlocks to prevent the sear from catching in the half-cock notch. 1755 West Naval guns are outfitted with flintlocks 1759 West "Carronades"

Serbian Peabody rifle (1,448 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

so the breechblock can only be opened when the hammer is either in the half-cock or full-cock position, and the rifle cannot be fired unless the breechblock

Kingston Hill Murder (1,505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and Boxer cartridges. The hammer has three cocks—the safety cock, the half-cock, and the full cock. P.C. Atkins died at halfpast one o'clock on Friday