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'''Firing pin''' is a [[:Category:Firearms Components|firearm component]]. According to [[:Category:Gun Writers|gun writer]] Matthew Boyd, a firing pin is "a small [[metal]] [[rod]] inside of a [[firearm]] that strikes the [[primer]] of a [[cartridge]] when the [[trigger]] is pulled and it is hit by the [[hammer]]. This causes the primer to ignite the [[powder]] inside the [[cartridge]] and propel the [[bullet]] out of the [[firearm]]. A long, heavy firing pin that is propelled by a stiff [[firing pin spring]] rather than being hit by a hammer is usually called a "[[striker]].""<ref> Boyd, Matthew J., "[http://www.chuckhawks.com/firearms_terminology.htm Basic Firearms Terminology Defined]."  [[Guns and Shooting Online]] - [[Chuck Hawks]].com, 2012. Accessed February 19, 2015</ref>

'''Firing pin''' is a [[:Category:Firearms Components|firearm component]]. According to [[:Category:Gun Writers|gun writer]] Matthew Boyd, a firing pin is "a small [[metal]] [[rod]] inside of a [[firearm]] that strikes the [[primer]] of a [[cartridge]] when the [[trigger]] is pulled and it is hit by the [[hammer]]. This causes the primer to ignite the [[powder]] inside the [[cartridge]] and propel the [[bullet]] out of the [[firearm]]. A long, heavy firing pin that is propelled by a stiff [[firing pin spring]] rather than being hit by a hammer is usually called a "[[striker]].""<ref>Boyd, Matthew J., "[http://www.chuckhawks.com/firearms_terminology.htm Basic Firearms Terminology Defined]."  [[Guns and Shooting Online]] - [[Chuck Hawks]].com, 2012. Accessed February 19, 2015</ref>

==Bibliography - Further Reading==

==Bibliography - Further Reading==

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