The house we dined in is supposed to be that in which Clive twice attempted his own life, and twice his pistol misfired.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
"Don't you remember the man who chased you out and misfired at you six times?
"Stingaree"
E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
His father had shot one, and he'd had to leave his hatchet sticking in the skull of another, when his rifle had misfired.
"The Return"
H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire