The pin-fire (or pinfire) is an obsolete type of metallic cartridge used in firearms, where the priming compound is ignited by striking a small pin that...

a pin (pinfire) or a lip (lipfire); or in a small bulge shaped like a nipple at the case base (teatfire). Only small-caliber rimfire cartridges and centerfire...

rifle cartridges, a few small-bore/gauge shotgun shells (intended mainly for use in pest control), and a handful of antiquated rimfire and pinfire cartridges...

The 2mm Pinfire is a pistol cartridge for small 2mm-chambered pinfire guns. The projectile is comparable in size to a small shotgun pellet, and pistols...

close-up of the hammer on a LeMat Pinfire Revolver shows the pivoting striker that could be used to fire the pinfire cartridges in the revolving chambers or...

self-contained metallic cartridges rather than loose powder, pistol ball, and percussion caps. The M1854 model was a single-action, pinfire revolver holding...

Apache operates on the principle of a pepperbox revolver using a pinfire cartridge and incorporates a fold-over knuckle duster forming the grip and a...

designs exist for compressed air guns and some examples were made in pinfire cartridge form. In percussion cap guns, each chamber contains a separate primer...

military revolver developed for the navy, chambered for the 12 mm pinfire cartridge, and based on a design by Casimir Lefaucheux and his son, Eugene (also...

were turning to cartridge manufacture. Selve owned the Braun und Bloem pinfire cartridge trademarks, manufactured pinfire cartridges at the Fabrik von...

produced that had a sliding magazine. The sliding magazine contained pinfire cartridges or speedloaders. The magazine needed to be moved manually in many...

12mm Lefaucheux is a metallic center-fire cartridge. It was originally created as a rimless pinfire cartridge using black powder employed by the French...

developed, a pinfire method was also developed. The pinfire cartridge contains a small pin which protrudes radially above the base of the cartridge. The original...

September 1812. The Pauly cartridge was further improved by the French gunsmith Casimir Lefaucheux in 1828, by adding a pinfire primer, but Lefaucheux did...

all likelihood inspired by another French design, the Lefaucheux pinfire cartridge. "Jornada de Historia Militar en Antofagasta. Guerra del Pacifico"...

cartridge. He also manufactured pinfire cartridges from 1862 until at least 1865. Pinfire cartridge box by Allen & Wheelock & Co. Pinfire cartridge box...

self-contained cartridge and consequently, the first to employ a firing pin. The pinfire cartridge patented in 1835, uses a metallic cartridge with an integrated...

pistol which was named the "Apache revolver" or "Apache pistol": a pinfire cartridge revolver with no barrel, a set of foldover brass knuckles for a handgrip...

wildcat cartridges List of cartridges by base diameter List of pinfire cartridges List of rimfire cartridges List of Winchester Center Fire cartridges This...

self-contained metallic cartridges rather than loose powder, pistol ball, and percussion caps. It is a single-action, pinfire revolver holding six rounds...

While many other different cartridge priming methods have been tried since the early 19th century, such as teat-fire and pinfire, only small caliber rimfire...

The pepperboxes from this period disappeared with the demise of the pinfire cartridge. One of the more interesting pepperbox revolvers is the .22 Short...

making the pinfire's use in repeating or self-loading weapons impossible. The pinfire survives today only in a few very small blank cartridges designed...

The Union Metallic Cartridge Company (UMC) was an early manufacturer of cartridge ammunition for small arms. The company was founded in 1867 during the...

flying out of the case on detonation. Eley 1861 Pinfire Shotshells Box of 12mm Eley Pinfire Cartridges The growth of business accompanied by moves to the...

invention, featuring a pinfire mechanism, followed the pioneering work of Jean Samuel Pauly in 1808-1812. The Lefaucheux cartridge had a conical bullet...

civilian hands and some ended up in the Old West.[citation needed] Pinfire cartridge gun-swords were produced in Belgium during the mid-19th century, although...

obtaining ammunition for the very old pinfire cartridges is even available. This solution uses specialized cartridges that use a removable pin and anvil...

revolver was Model 1865, double action revolver chambered for 11 mm pinfire cartridges, made for the Danish Navy. Revolver m/1871 has a Lefaucheux-Francotte...

however developments such as the Ferguson rifle in the 1770s and early pinfire cartridges in the 1830s had little impact on sporting rifles due to their experimental...