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Firing pin   Listen
noun
Firing pin  n.  In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and explodes it.





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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


Words linked to "Firing pin" :   piece, small-arm


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