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.
RH> hammer...  I heard someplace once that you could fire a
RH> flintlock just by getting it warm enough.  I don't know if
RH> it's true though; I've never had one to experiment with.   
Any weapon using black powder has a danger of going
boom 'by itself'.  Everything from a sudden jar to
static electricity will set that stuff off.  One reason
that most people don't use it.
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