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My Brother in Lwa has a Fox Double and every season, I would have to take it down and clean it or it would missfire ...
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My Brother in Lwa has a Fox Double and every season, I would have to take it down and clean it or it would missfire ...
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They were firing a 7.62 minigun that had a missfire.
Accidental Discharge 2008
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Here he is no missfire rival of Horace or Milton or Prior, or any of the other poets.
The Art of Letters Robert Lynd 1914
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Though he kept it clean of superfluous grease, there was some risk of the striker and magazine-slide freezing; and a missfire might prove disastrous.
The Intriguers Harold Bindloss 1905
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It also sometimes seams like there is a dead spot in the throttle when going from closed throttle to and throttle pedal at all if the car is not warmed up, usually followed but a pop like missfire sound.
NASIOC 2009
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After I changed the plugs I had a solid very hard missfire.
Lincoln vs Cadillac 2008
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