Assertion: pistol's barrel | /r/HasSubevent | failure
Facets:
value: to fire
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: As with all flint lock type systems, sometimes the priming powder in the pan would ignite, but would fail to transmit the fire to the powder in the barrel resulting in a failure to fire, and giving us a colorful phrase still used today - "a flash in the pan.