He thought that if they awakened and observed his absence they would rush out of the cave together but at that time he could with two bullets shoot down the first two and, before the others could reach him, the rifle could be reloaded.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Then they went back for their wet tent, axes, rifles, blankets, and a bag of flour, and when they had reloaded the canoe, they took up the poles again.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
I reloaded and carefully approached him and found him to be dead.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs