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self-ˈcocking, ppl. a. (vbl. n.)
[self- 4.]
Of a firearm: cocked and fired by pulling the trigger; double-action. Also fig., and as vbl. n.
1862[see back-action]. 1880News & Press (Cimarron, New Mexico) 23 Dec. 3/1 Mr. T. O. Boggs of Tramperos, while in the act of drawing a self-cocking pistol from his pocket, accidentally discharged it. 1892Greener Breech-loader 65 The self-cocking of the locks is..an immense advantage. 1902W. D. Hulbert Forest Neighbors 161 Four shots, as fast as the self-cocking revolver could pour the lead into his body. 1964H. L. Peterson Encycl. Firearms 17/1 The revolver patented by Robert Adams in 1851 was the English challenge to the Colt revolver, but unlike the latter it was made with a solid frame and a self-cocking action.
Hence self-ˈcocker, a firearm thus cocked and fired.
1863Battle-fields of the South I. 125 An Adam's self-cocker (unloaded). 1902S. E. White in McClure's Mag. Apr. 552/2 It was wonderful work, rattling fire, quicker than a self-cocker even. |