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

  • Granting that one places his shot accurately, almost any center-fire rifle will kill a whitetail deer.

    Is Your Bullet Big Enough? 2009

  • 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.

    Why I Hate Detachable Magazines 2009

  • 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.

    Why I Hate Detachable Magazines 2009

  • Granting that one places his shot accurately, almost any center-fire rifle will kill a whitetail deer.

    Is Your Bullet Big Enough? 2009

  • In Pennsylvania, we are allowed to use any center-fire caliber to hunt our big game (white-tail deer and black bear).

    Very Little Drops Dead 2008

  • 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.

    Practice Sometimes Makes Perfect 2008

  • 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.

    Rifle Shopping at a Shotgun Shop 2008

  • My Dad has several center-fire varmit rifles that I shot before leaving home for college.

    Rifle Shopping at a Shotgun Shop 2008

  • I have been shooting shotguns for over 50 years, and I have never owned a center-fire rifle either.

    Rifle Shopping at a Shotgun Shop 2008

  • 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.

    Why Big-Dollar Guns Are Worth The Money 2007

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