single-action
(of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
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How to use single-action in a sentence
We're not talking hunting rifles here at all, or single-action handguns.
The legislature found time to designate an official “state firearm,” the Colt Single Action Army Revolver.
In Antigovernment Arizona, Even the Shooting of a Representative Can’t Change Politics Much | Tom Zoellner | January 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOn that day it performed prodigies of valor, and achieved successes as pregnant with good results as any single action of the war.
Last Days of the Rebellion | Alanson M. RandolHe resolved by a single action to defeat their calculations and stamp his sincerity on the memories of his countrymen.
A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) | Thomas M. LindsayA light, single-action click reel of German silver or aluminum of fifty or sixty yards' capacity is the best.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander Henshall
On the contrary, single-action reels are made of rather numerous materials and certainly in varying degrees of desirability.
Fishing with Floating Flies | Samuel G. CampIt is taken for granted in the above discussion, and also in the following, that the fly-caster uses a single-action reel.
Fishing with Floating Flies | Samuel G. Camp
British Dictionary definitions for single-action
(modifier) (of a firearm) requiring the hammer to be cocked by hand before firing
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