Usually means: Ammunition with centrally located primer.
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  1. centerfire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. centerfire: Wordnik
  3. centerfire: Wiktionary
  4. centerfire: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. centerfire: Dictionary.com
  6. Centerfire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A type of firearm cartridge with the primer in a central primer cap.

Similar:
centrefire, boltface, forend, Flobert, fillercap, firelet, frizel, forearm, fusil, fire-power, more...

Opposite:
rimfire, percussion, flintlock

Phrases:
centerfire cartridge, Centerfire ammunition, more...

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Similar:
centrefire, boltface, forend, Flobert, fillercap, firelet, frizel, forearm, fusil, fire-power, more...

Opposite:
rimfire, percussion, flintlock

Phrases:
centerfire cartridge, Centerfire ammunition, more...



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