Part of a firearm which strikes and ignites the cartridge.
1 It is like the firing pin of a gun being pulled up.
2 He checked the slide, the chamber, the firing pin , and then the trigger.
3 The firing pin - araisedpart of the bolt-wasbroken cleanly away.
4 The hammer clicked, slamming a firing pin into an empty chamber.
5 It clicked, making contact with the solenoid firing pin , but did nothing else.
6 The click of the firing pin landing on the empty chamber was extremely loud.
7 The firing pin dropped, but whatever this weapon was firing, there wasn't any left.
8 Everything was ready, except climbing aboard, closing the airlock and pressing the firing pin .
9 He unwrapped the Tommy gun and we assembled it and snapped the firing pin .
10 It's not the bullets, it's the firing pin or something.
11 This kept the firing pin from deploying quickly enough.
12 There was a click as the firing pin struck.
13 No, the firing pin had fallen on the shell.
14 Brian squeezed the trigger and the hammer hit the firing pin with a hollow click.
15 The firing pin snapped harmlessly against the breach.
16 Edeard's third hand slipped out and twisted the firing pin , bending it slightly out of alignment.
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