miss fire
Example Sentences
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When he had closed the pan, he struck the stock of the gun one or two blows to shake the powder well down into place, that the gun might not miss fire.
From Duffels by Edward Eggleston
But the words are quoted in a hundred books and pamphlets, and are used like theological revolvers which never miss fire.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger
Impure gasolene does not make one cylinder miss fire regularly for many revolutions and then explode once or twice with a croupy grunt.
From The Professor's Mystery by Wells Hastings
Now,” added the trapper, “I think I can promise you a rifle that is not likely to miss fire, and the hand of a friend that will not fail you.”
From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Mayne Reid
After all the "Bolton Baby" might miss fire by a second or two.
From The World Peril of 1910 by George Chetwynd Griffith
