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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    self-contained metallic cartridges rather than loose powder, pistol ball, and percussion caps. The M1854 model was a single-action, pinfire revolver holding...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    were turning to cartridge manufacture. Selve owned the Braun und Bloem pinfire cartridge trademarks, manufactured pinfire cartridges at the Fabrik von...
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    produced that had a sliding magazine. The sliding magazine contained pinfire cartridges or speedloaders. The magazine needed to be moved manually in many...
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    12 mm Lefaucheux (category Pistol and rifle cartridges)
    12mm Lefaucheux is a metallic center-fire cartridge. It was originally created as a rimless pinfire cartridge using black powder employed by the French...
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    September 1812. The Pauly cartridge was further improved by the French gunsmith Casimir Lefaucheux in 1828, by adding a pinfire primer, but Lefaucheux did...
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    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...
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  • all likelihood inspired by another French design, the Lefaucheux pinfire cartridge. "Jornada de Historia Militar en Antofagasta. Guerra del Pacifico"...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • wildcat cartridges List of cartridges by base diameter List of pinfire cartridges List of rimfire cartridges List of Winchester Center Fire cartridges This...
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    self-contained metallic cartridges rather than loose powder, pistol ball, and percussion caps. It is a single-action, pinfire revolver holding six rounds...
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    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...
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    cartridge. He also manufactured pinfire cartridges from 1862 until at least 1865. Pinfire cartridge box by Allen & Wheelock & Co. Pinfire cartridge box...
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    The pepperboxes from this period disappeared with the demise of the pinfire cartridge. One of the more interesting pepperbox revolvers is the .22 Short...
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  • 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...
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    The Union Metallic Cartridge Company (UMC) was an early manufacturer of cartridge ammunition for small arms. The company was founded in 1867 during the...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • obtaining ammunition for the very old pinfire cartridges is even available. This solution uses specialized cartridges that use a removable pin and anvil...
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  • invention, featuring a pinfire mechanism, followed the pioneering work of Jean Samuel Pauly in 1808-1812. The Lefaucheux cartridge had a conical bullet...
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    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...
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    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...
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