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.   
 RW> Any weapon using black powder has a danger of going
 RW> boom 'by itself'.  Everything from a sudden jar to
 RW> static electricity will set that stuff off.  One reason
 RW> that most people don't use it.
Hmmm, sounds interesting!  I sure wouldn't want to rely on it for anything.  
OTOH, it could make a "fun" booby-trap.[booby in its old sense, of course ]
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