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AMMO - Pin Fire Vintage Ammunition - 5 with Lead Round Nose & 5 Crimped end

Currency:CAD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:10.00 CAD
AMMO - Pin Fire Vintage Ammunition - 5 with Lead Round Nose & 5 Crimped end
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AMMO - Pin Fire Vintage Ammunition - 5 with Lead Round Nose & 5 Crimped end

10 rds in total
A pinfire cartridge is an obsolete type of metallic firearm cartridge in which the
priming compound is ignited by striking a small pin which protrudes radially from
just above the base of the cartridge. Invented by Frenchman Casimir Lefaucheux in
the 1832,[but not patented until 1835, it was one of the earliest practical designs of
a metallic cartridge.

Its history is closely associated with the development of the breechloader which
replaced muzzle-loading weapons.