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Firing pin   /fˈaɪrɪŋ pɪn/   Listen
Firing pin

noun
1.
Striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer.





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"Firing pin" Quotes from Famous Books



... on the wall over his father's bed. Getting it down, he dismounted it, working with rapid precision. He used the blade of his pocketknife to unlock the endpiece of the breechblock, slipping out the firing pin and buttoning it into his shirt pocket. Then he reassembled the harmless pistol, and filled the clip with 9-millimeter ...
— Time and Time Again • Henry Beam Piper
... another bunch of prints. "Now," he continued, "taking up the firing pin of a rifle or the hammer of a revolver, you may not know it but they are different in every case. Even among the same makes they are different, and can ...
— The Dream Doctor • Arthur B. Reeve


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