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firing_pin
firing pin
English
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Cut-away view of an M14 antipersonnel landmine, showing the integral firing pin
Noun
firing pin (plural firing pins)
- (firearms) the part of the firing mechanism which strikes the cartridge's primer to ignite the gunpowder.