The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pin-fire
Pin-fire \Pin"-fire`\, a. (Mil.) Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.
Usage examples of "pin-fire".
The little, low-powered rimfire and pin-fire cartridges date from the decade before the American Civil War, but they were nowhere nearly as common as percussion-fired, muzzle-loading blackpowder guns.