electric firing mechanism
electric firing mechanism
[i¦lek·trik ′fīr·iŋ ‚mek·ə‚niz·əm] (ordnance)
Firing mechanism using a firing magneto, battery, or alternating-current power in circuit with an electric primer; one side of the line is connected by an insulated wire to the primer, and the other side is grounded to the frame of the weapon.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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And then there is another kind of an electric gun such as the one that we're talking about here where the
electric firing mechanism operates the gun although not necessarily with an electric primer.
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