He had fallen asleep on the sofa, and a thief was busy rifling his pockets, when he awoke, took hold of the thief, held him with one hand as if he had been in a vice, and handed him over to justice.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie
She felt as if he had stolen her from herself, rifling all the hidden chambers of her heart.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Also it is stated that after a few hundred shots it becomes still more inaccurate because of a residue which only special process can remove from the rifling.
"Camp and Trail"
Stewart Edward White