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To over-simplify the process, when the lock is moved to full cock, the trigger, a simple lever, moves another lever, the sear , out of the notch in a semi-circular internal lock part to which the hammer is connected.
It is a sardonic wit, a wit that can be as savage and biting as the dry northern winds that sear this land for a goodly part of the year.