Examples of 'centerfire' in a sentence

Meaning of "centerfire"

Centerfire (noun) - Centerfire refers to a type of cartridge ignition system used in firearms. It involves a firing pin striking the center of the cartridge base to ignite the primer
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  • A type of firearm cartridge with the primer in a central primer cap.

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Primer depth is very important in centerfire ammunition.
Comparison of centerfire and rimfire ignition.
He is familiar with atomic reactors as well as centerfire rifles.
Makes rimfire and centerfire sporting ammunition and shotshells.
The completed primer is then seated in the pocket of the centerfire case head.
The centerfire cartridges have a primer cap pressed into the base.
Fired rimfire and centerfire casings.
The centerfire primer cup may then be equipped with an anvil to aid in detonation.
It is notable for being the smallest centerfire cartridge ever produced.
Older centerfire rifles with tube magazines were designed to be used with flat-point bullets.
The same thing happens with centerfire cartridges and this is what is done.
For a centerfire cartridge, the case head has a pocket for receiving a replaceable centerfire primer.
The gun snapped harmlessly because the centerfire cartridges were wrong for the rimfire gun.
Plastic cases are commonly used in shotgun shells, and some manufacturers offer polymer centerfire cartridges.
A comparison of rimfire and centerfire cartridges and their manners of detonation will clarify this.

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One thing I did notice about the centerfire version.
Semiautomatic centerfire rifles under thirty inches ;.
It 's hard to go wrong with a Bergara centerfire rifle.
During daytime hours, you can use a centerfire rifle for the hunt while in a shotgun zone.
The action shares the same bedding surfaces and inlay footprint with the centerfire T3x rifles.
In use, for centerfire ammunition, a firing pin strikes the replaceable metal cup containing the primer.
I was trying out a new series of centerfire wad-cutters that week.
A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.
In addition to rifles, Sako produces centerfire cartridges.
The 6mm BR is a centerfire cartridge created for benchrest shooting.
The CF 500 reticle gives hunters a series of aiming points that correspond to various centerfire loads.
In its infancy, CCI made centerfire primers for government use.
Modern cartridges larger than .22 caliber are mostly centerfire.
The Shaman 's heat is a centerfire around which a community naturally gathers.
It incorporates the same frame and operation as centerfire P220 models.
Any rifle other than centerfire will require approval too (muzzle loader etc… ).
The Model 1878 was chambered specifically for a centerfire cartridge.
The 6.5mm Bergmann is an unusual centerfire cartridge produced for very early self-loading pocket pistols.
Anything unique about the composition of the bullets we can chase? Nah. Centerfire 300 Magnums.
Long-barrelled centerfire weapons with bullets of a calibre greater than 6.5 mm.
ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol ), also known as the .32 Automatic is a centerfire pistol cartridge.
It chambered a long 11.25mm centerfire cartridge which had earlier been used in Fruwirth carbines.
He also adapted his rifle into a single-shot centerfire variant procured by the Italian Army.
The 9mm Steyr is a centerfire pistol cartridge originally developed for the Steyr M1912 military pistol.
This is a pistol with 2 barrels, centerfire in which a 45 Eley fits the chamber.
The .204 Ruger is a centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Hornady and Ruger.
Though less common, pistol-caliber conversions of centerfire rifles like the AR-15 are commercially available.

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