FIRINGPIN

Firing pin

A firing pin or striker is part of the firing mechanism used in a firearm or explosive device e.g. an M14 landmine or bomb fuze. Firing pins may take many forms, though the types used in fuzes for single-use devices generally have a sharpened point. In contrast, firing pins used in firearms usually have a small, rounded portion designed to strike the primer of a cartridge, detonating the priming compound, which then ignites the propellant or fires the detonator and booster.

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firing pin

Noun

  1. the part of the firing mechanism which strikes the cartridge's primer to ignite the gunpowder.


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