Assertion: firing pin | /r/CapableOf | strike the primer
Facets:
value: on the cartridge
type: LOCATION
value: in turn
type: TEMPORAL
value: lightly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Energized by the hammer, the firing pin then strikes the primer.
text: Simply put, the firing pin hits the primer causing the gun to shoot.
text: The free-floating firing pin of AR-15 style rifles typically causes an indentation as the firing pin lightly strikes the primer when the bolt closes as it chambers a loaded cartridge.
text: When the trigger is pulled, the hammer is released and it strikes the firing pin which in turn strikes the primer on the cartridge, firing the round in the chamber.
text: The basics: you activate the trigger, the hammer strikes the firing pin, the firing pin strikes the primer on the cartridge, the bullet is propelled down the barrel and goes to wherever the sights were aimed the instant the shot broke.
text: When the trigger is pulled, the hammer is released and it strikes the firing pin which in turn strikes the primer on the cartridge, firing the round in the chamber.
text: hammer strikes the firing pin which strikes the primer and fires the projectile.
text: The firing pin hits the primer and eventually the spring pulls the firing pin back
text: Modern firearms are designed to have the firing pin hit the primer, ignite the powder, and make the thing go “boom” while propelling a small projectile out of the barrel at a high velocity.