Definition of "center-fire" []

• Having the primer or fulminate in the center of the base: opposed to rim-fire: used of cartridges. Also central-fire.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "All my center-fire rifles have hinged floorplates, and while I have heard stories about them giving way and dropping one's cartridges into the dirt or snow, it mercifully has never happened to me."
• "Granting that one places his shot accurately, almost any center-fire rifle will kill a whitetail deer."
• "I'd have to drive about 40 miles and pay about $500 for a club membership just to have a place to shoot a center-fire."