1) Kind of rifle or cartridge 2) Type of cartridge
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A type of firearm cartridge that used a firing pin which strikes the base's rim, instead of striking the primer cap at the center of the base of the cartridge to ignite it (as in a centerfire cartridge). The rim of the rimfire cartridge is essentially an extended and widened percussion cap which contains the priming compound, while the cartridge c...
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Rimfire is a rimmed or flanged cartridge with the priming mixture located inside the rim of the case. The most famous example is the .22 rimfire.
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A rimfire is a type of cartridge that doesn't use a central primer. The priming compound is spread around the inside of the rim of the case. The rim is struck by the firing pin which discharges the cartridge. Because they don't use a central primer, rimfire cartridges are not reloadable. Example of rimfire cartridges are the .22 Long Rifle and the ...
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[
adj] - (of a cartridge) fired by striking the rim of the base
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