Firing Pins

Question 1

What is a percussion firing pin?

Answer 1

Firing pin is driven forward by the force of a compressed spring and is retracted by the cam action hat cocks the weapon

Question 2

What is inertia firing pin?

Answer 2

Forward energy is created when the hammer strikes the firing pin. This compresses the spring creates energy needed to reset pin

Question 3

What is a striker firing pin?

Answer 3

Firing pin which is carried inside the bolt and receives its forward movement from its own spring, when activated by the trigger not struck by the hammer

Question 4

What is a free floating firing pin?

Answer 4

A larger mass strikes it, longer then its carrier, no spring is used for either forward or rearward movement of the firing pin

Question 5

What is a fixed firing pin?

Answer 5

It’s own mass provides the energy, a protrusion machined into the face of the bolt/breech hits the primer when the bolt fully chambers the cartridge