central-fire
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of central-fire
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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I was tremendously delighted at the idea that I was to have a real central-fire gun.
From Reminiscences of Tolstoy by George Calderon
I tried afterward to buy the gun he had spoken of from his legatees not in the quality of a central-fire gun, but as Turgenieff's gun; but I did not succeed.
From Reminiscences of Tolstoy by George Calderon
There they found Passe-partout waiting and armed with a dozen six-barrelled central-fire revolvers.
From Round the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
The nearest size in central-fire cartridge to seven millimetres is called the 300, which is .3 of an inch.
From The Hand in the Dark by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees
"One double No. 12 central-fire Keeper's shot-gun, full choke both barrels."
From King Solomon's Mines by Henry Rider Haggard
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