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half-loaded

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half-loaded [′haf ′lōd·əd]
(ordnance)
In automatic arms, the condition wherein the belt or magazine is inserted and the receiver is charged, but without the first cartridge actually in the chamber.


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Bob Melbo, a rail planner for the Oregon Department of Transportation, said it's likely that the switching crew was traveling south along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks when it came to an open switch at the industrial siding, which unexpectedly diverted the train onto the siding where the half-loaded rail car was stored.
``It's been kind of like going into a shootout at the OK Corral with a half-loaded pistol,'' Gavel said.
 
 
 
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