I did a few searches on google and the like, but the results aren't very useful. Furthermore, it's a bit scary searching for information about guns on the internet - who knows what or who you might bump up against.

So I'm turning to our trusty fandom. smile I just need to know about the firing mechanism: you pull the trigger, which forces the firing pin against the bullet, which then hurtles out of the barrel? Or is there more to it than that? And how do bullet casings come into all of this?

In case you haven't already guessed, I'm trying to figure out how Jefferson Cole could have rigged the gun to fire without Lois pulling the trigger (in The People vs Lois Lane).

Thanks!

Yvonne