Marty_d Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 Are you saying Phil's got a hair trigger, or does he go off half-cocked?
nomadpete Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 "a hair trigger, or does he go off half-cocked? " Aren't they one and the same?
old man emu Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 Well, he's been here so long he's definitely not a flash in the pan.
Yenn Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 Can you go off half cocked? The rifles I fired couldn't be fired if they were half cocked.
nomadpete Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 My wife has a different interpretation of "half cocked"! Her ex-husband was a gun nut, but that had nothing to do with his hair trigger.
facthunter Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 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
pmccarthy Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 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”.
Marty_d Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 Hey... saint Peter... before you ring your bell... (Might have been "and" instead of "in", the pan that is.)
PA. Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 Enough of this thread drift, it's time to get it back onto the serious business. [ATTACH]50369._xfImport[/ATTACH]
Marty_d Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 His mother couldn't understand why he started drinking 2 litres of milk a day from then on...
Phil Perry Posted October 23, 2019 Author Posted October 23, 2019 Here's one I should have posted yesterday but couldn't get past security. . . [ATTACH]50377._xfImport[/ATTACH]
Old Koreelah Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 Crickey, who let another Perry onto this site?
Phil Perry Posted October 24, 2019 Author Posted October 24, 2019 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.
David2ayo Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 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.
pmccarthy Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 [ATTACH]3318[/ATTACH] The long arm of the loo.
David2ayo Posted October 31, 2019 Posted October 31, 2019 [ATTACH]50420._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]50419._xfImport[/ATTACH]
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