rimfire cartridge

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• .41 Rimfire Cartridge — Infobox Firearm Cartridge name= .41 Short caption= origin= USA type= Derringer / Handgun service= used by= wars= designer= National Arms Company design date=1863 manufacturer= production date= number= variants= .41 100, .41 Short Derringer, .41… …   Wikipedia

• Rimfire ammunition — A rimfire is a type of firearm cartridge. It is called a rimfire because instead of the firing pin striking the primer cap at the center of the base of the cartridge to ignite it (as in a centerfire cartridge), the pin strikes the base s rim. The …   Wikipedia

• Cartridge (firearms) — From left: .50 BMG, .300 Win Mag, .308 Winchester, 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, .22LR. A cartridge, also called a round, packages the bullet, gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm …   Wikipedia

• rimfire — ☆ rimfire [rim′fīr΄ ] adj. designating a cartridge with the primer set in the rim of the base: cf. CENTERFIRE …   English World dictionary

• cartridge — /kahr trij/, n. 1. Also called cartouche. a cylindrical case of pasteboard, metal, or the like, for holding a complete charge of powder, and often also the bullet or the shot for a rifle, machine gun, or other small arm. 2. a case containing any… …   Universalium

• rimfire — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: rim (I) + fire (v.) 1. of a cartridge : having the percussion compound in a rim surrounding the base distinguished from center fire 2. : designed for or adapted to the use of rimfire cartridge …   Useful english dictionary

• rimfire — adjective Date: 1866 of a cartridge having the priming distributed in the rim of the shell • rimfire noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rimfire — /rim fuyeur /, adj. 1. (of a cartridge) having the primer in a rim encircling the base. Cf. center fire (def. 1). 2. (of a firearm) designed for the use of such cartridges. [1865 70, Amer.; RIM + FIRE] * * * …   Universalium

• rimfire — n. (of a bullet s cartridge) containing the explosives in a rim surrounding the base …   English contemporary dictionary

• rimfire — adjective relating to or denoting a gun having the primer around the base of the cartridge …   English new terms dictionary

• rimfire — rim•fire [[t]ˈrɪmˌfaɪər[/t]] adj. 1) (of a cartridge) having the primer in a rim encircling the base 2) (of a firearm) designed for the use of such cartridges • Etymology: 1865–70, amer …   From formal English to slang