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  2. Marlin Model 20 - Wikipedia

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    The Model 20 is a bolt-action rifle that fires primarily the .22LR rimfire cartridge, but also the .22 short, and the obsolete .22 long (all rimfire cartridges, and can all be fired in the same gun). Produced by the Marlin Firearms Company of North Haven, Connecticut , it was in production from 1960 to 1966.

  3. Firing pin - Wikipedia

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    A firing pin or striker is a part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that impacts the primer in the base of a cartridge and causes it to fire. In firearms terminology, a striker is a particular type of firing pin where a compressed spring acts directly on the firing pin to provide the impact force rather than it being struck by a hammer.

  4. Action (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The eccentric screw action first seen on the M1867 Werndl–Holub and later on the Magnum Research Lone Eagle pistol, the breech closure is a rotating drum with the same axis, but offset from the bore. When locked, a firing pin aligns with the primer, the breech is otherwise solid. When rotated open, a slot in the drum is exposed for extraction ...

  5. Hammer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    It is therefore necessary to use a firing pin (a thin rod) to strike the primer through a small penetration in the breech and cause firing. [6] A Colt Single Action Army at half-cock, showing the external hammer and integral firing pin typical of many revolvers. A Marlin Model 1894 rifle. The hammer and firing pin are separate components.

  6. Pinfire cartridge - Wikipedia

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    His first weapon of this new type was produced in 1853. Other British gun makers including Lancaster, Blanch and Reilly were similarly inspired by French originals and improved pinfire breechloaders became the new type of gun which by 1857–1858 every fashionable British prince and titled gentleman wanted to have.

  7. Marlin Firearms - Wikipedia

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    Marlin Firearms is an American manufacturer of semi-automatic, lever-action and bolt-action rifles. In the past the company (based in Madison, North Carolina and formerly based in North Haven, Connecticut) made shotguns, derringers, and revolvers. Marlin owned the firearm manufacturer H&R Firearms.

  8. Marlin Briscoe, first Black starting quarterback of the Super ...

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    Marlin Briscoe, the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League and a former Rams signal-caller, dies at age 76.

  9. Rimfire ammunition - Wikipedia

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    A rimfire firing pin produces a notch at the edge of the case; a centerfire pin produces a depression in the center of the primer. Rimfire ammunition is so named because the firing pin strikes and crushes the base's rim to ignite the primer. The rim of such a cartridge is essentially an expanded and flattened end section of the case, and the ...