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You would need an interference mechanism between the bolt and the firing pin for safety and there's usually one on a rifle. Maybe some of the bigger guns didn't. Hair trigger means the actual trigger mechanism is finely set like a mouse/rat trap and may go off if you just bump it. Nev

 

 

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Ok....when a flintlock weapon is not cocked, the hammer pushes the frisson forward and exposes the powder in the pan. At half cock the pan is closed, but the weapon will not fire. If it did happen to go off half cocked then it would not strike a spark. If the touch hole between the pan and chamber is blocked the gun doesn’t go off, but you get a flash in the pan.

 

Hence the command “ check your lock and load”.

 

 

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Enough of this thread drift, it's time to get it back onto the serious business.

 

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I built up an old computer from junked bits found at the back of the shed. . .it's fairly crap, and I only had 2 gigs of DDR2 ram, which is a bit slow using win 7. . .just a temporary measure as my Laptop finally died last week.  Saving for super you beaut new machine, so will do battle with site security when I get that running.

 

 

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There is a story going around about a tradesman who was putting the finishing touches to a WC in a country town Police Station - including the paper holder. As he inspected the job, he realised, it being a longer than usual cubicle, there was no point in mounting it on the door as it would be impossible to reach. He returned to his vehicle to exchange the timber fastenings for masonry drills and other gear needed to complete the job - only to discover his car had been booked. It got mounted on the door.

 

 

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