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Definition of "pin-fire" []

  • Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "pin-fire" in a sentence
  • "Their striped jumpers were stained with red clay and sweat, and the tall man had a pin-fire revolver stuck in the top of his trousers."
  • "The little, low-powered rimfire and pin-fire cartridges date from the decade before the American Civil War, but they were nowhere nearly as common as percussion-fired, muzzle-loading blackpowder guns."
  • "Zalu Zako with a duplicate of the pin-fire revolver."
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