Usually means: Release of firearm's hammer mechanism.
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  1. hammer-break, hammer break: Wordnik
  2. hammer break: Wiktionary
  3. Hammer break: Dictionary.com
  4. hammer break: FreeDictionary.org
  5. Hammer break: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (hammer break)

noun:  (electrical) An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.

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