rim-fire
Britishadjective
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(of a cartridge) having the primer in the rim of the base
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(of a firearm) adapted for such cartridges
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Also made to shoot .32 short rim-fire cartridges.
From The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco by Doughty, Francis Worcester
Or else, he could enumerate all the pistols of a certain type; say, all the Philadelphia Deringers, or all the Allen pepperboxes, or all the rim-fire Smith & Wesson tip-back types.
From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam
"You say, Mr. Hale, the prisoner told you the night you spent at his home that this rifle was rim-fire?"
From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Fox, John
“Prob'ly they're center-fire ca'tridges for rim-fire guns, or vicy-versy.”
From The Wilderness Trail by Williams, Frank
It is also made for rifled small-arms especially for rim-fire rifles.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
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