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Half-cock is a technical firearms term referring to the position of the hammer where the hammer is partially but not completely cocked. Many firearms, particularly ...
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Go off at half cock - the meaning and origin of this saying.
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adjective. 1. (of a firearm) at the position of half cock. 2. lacking mature consideration or enough preparation; ill-considered or ill-prepared; half-baked. Idiom. 3.
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From the days of flintlock and caplock firearms, where the half-cock position of the hammer was both a rudimentary safety, and the proper position for priming the ...
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May 5, 2012 ... Did you know that to go off half-cocked has nothing to do with chickens?
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HALF COCK. 'To go off at half cock,' is a metaphorical expression borrowed from the language of sportsmen, and is applied to a person who attempts a thing in ...
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To "go off half-cocked" is a reference to older firearms that required a hammer to be cocked in order to spark the powder that fired the projectile. These cocking ...
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very first time I tried pulling the trigger with the hammer at half cock the hammer ... false half-cock was powerful enough to fire a round: it fired.
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Ok I was reading in another thread and I just have to ask. In order to prevent turn lines, you should always go to full cock from half cock, then let ...
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half-cock definition, meaning, English dictionary, synonym, see also 'half-cocked', 'go off at half-cock or half-cocked','cock','half', Collins Reverso dictionary, ...
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