Showing posts with label Flintlock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flintlock. Show all posts

Jan 13, 2010

Half Cocked

Back in the days of loading flintlock pistols and rifles, the hammer had to be cocked halfway back in order to load the weapon and put in a new fuse. Sometimes a person would make a mistake and the hammer would come down after loading the powder and the gun would go off. That is how we get the saying to "not go off half cocked."