Listen, lady," the man said, "you can't shoot me with an unloaded rifle, and I'm not going to be fooled.
In the panic of the last seconds the aide had handed the Tippoo an unloaded rifle and the flint had sparked on an empty pan.
Armed with an unloaded rifle, he takes part in the preparations for battle without speaking a word.
It's no joke to be caught in an elephant herd with an unloaded rifle.
Sure, it takes a bit of character to play around with an unloaded rifle.
They become known as 'Trigger Clickers' because of the manner in which they constantly practise with an unloaded rifle.
Hood was concerned about casualties from friendly fire in the thick woods, so he ordered his men to advance with unloaded rifles.
Getting the dictator in his telescopic sight, he pulls the trigger on his unloaded rifle and gives a wave.
Barbicane, pencil in hand, was tracing geometrical figures in a memorandum book, while his unloaded rifle lay beside him on the ground.
However, his attacker threw himself back over the wall when Hitch presented his unloaded rifle.