His pistol and the man's rifle cracked open on empty almost simultaneously.

The pistol cracked, the noise all but unnoticed in the pandemonium.

A little pistol cracked three times and I heard something fall.

The pistol cracked, its plasma bolt missing him by only a few centimetres.

As Biscayne's arm swung forward, a pistol shot cracked from the doorway.

The woman's pistol had shattered or cracked half of it, but there was still enough left to give Blade a good image of himself.

A pistol cracked from the shoal, a second, and a third; then a regular fusillade began.

Svarzkova continued to shoot, but her pistol cracked open after three rounds.

A pistol cracked behind him, drawing his attention.

The pistol cracked almost as soon as she had drawn it.