RH> first.... Flintlocks could,
 RH> I think, under some circumstances, but you'd have to work at it.  I'd
 RH> never heard of an automatic doing it.
 SM>  Curious...I know if a revolver (such as mine) is cocked, it will fire
 SM>  if dropped at such an angle allowing it to.
I'd have thought that was true - drop the gun on the hammer...  I heard 
someplace once that you could fire a flintlock just by getting it warm 
enough.  I don't know if it's true though; I've never had one to experiment 
with.  
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