Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the primer or fulminate in the center of the base: opposed to rim-fire: used of cartridges. Also
central-fire .
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Examples
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Granting that one places his shot accurately, almost any center-fire rifle will kill a whitetail deer.
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All my center-fire rifles have hinged floorplates, and while I have heard stories about them giving way and dropping one's cartridges into the dirt or snow, it mercifully has never happened to me.
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All my center-fire rifles have hinged floorplates, and while I have heard stories about them giving way and dropping one's cartridges into the dirt or snow, it mercifully has never happened to me.
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Granting that one places his shot accurately, almost any center-fire rifle will kill a whitetail deer.
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In Pennsylvania, we are allowed to use any center-fire caliber to hunt our big game (white-tail deer and black bear).
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These, typically, are a few center-fire handguns ... 22s are always accurate enough for most shooting and virtually any .22 lomg-rifle ammo is plenty accurate for decent shooting results.
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I'd have to drive about 40 miles and pay about $500 for a club membership just to have a place to shoot a center-fire.
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My Dad has several center-fire varmit rifles that I shot before leaving home for college.
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I have been shooting shotguns for over 50 years, and I have never owned a center-fire rifle either.
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When I was about to buy my first deer rifle in 1998, (not having fired a center-fire rifle since basic training in 1972,) I was originally intent upon getting the biggest cannon, with the flattest trajectory I could find.
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