"gun" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Now it was run out to leave the heavy rope breeching slack, ready to take the strain when the gun recoiled.
- It was both louder and sharper, and the older man could see that the gun recoiled with more vigor.
- The second shot can be fired even if the first shot was a misfire and the gun has not recoiled.
- The gun recoiled violently but the jury-rigged mount held.
- An unidentified French sergeant kept a diary: "the guns recoil at each shot.
- The gun and upper carriage recoiled along the chassis.
- If the first shot misfires and the gun does not recoil, the trigger can be reset to fire the second shot.
- Taking careful aim, he gently brushed the trigger, and the gun recoiled.
- I had a quick glimpse of a man firing a hand weapon, clumsily, for when the gun recoiled he dropped it.
- When fired the gun recoiled almost straight back into the shooter's hand rather than up and back.
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