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The question is a little difficult to answer as asked. MANY guns are centerfire. There are a number of calibers available that are rimfire, but the most common currently is a .22 or .17 family of cartridges. Almost all current larger calibers are centerfire.
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What kind of gun do deer hunters use?
In this order; centerfire rifle, shotgun, handguns.
How far can a 50 cal bullet travel being shot out of a gun?
Muzzle loader or centerfire?
Which is the best shooting gun?
The question can't be answered without knowing what type of shooting and what "gun" you mean (hand gun, long gun, centerfire, rimfire, muzzle loader, etc..)
Is a savage model 170 B 35 caliber a rimfire gun?
No it's a centerfire, .35 remington.
What is a miss fire in a gun?
When the striker or firing pin connects with the rim (on a rimfire) or the primer (on a centerfire), and the cartridge does not fire.
How far will a hand gun 50 caliber shoot?
No way to answer without knowing if you are talking about blackpowder, rim fire or centerfire
Do any gun manufacturer make a 17 caliber centerfire rifle?
Several makers have made .17 centerfire rifles. In addition to a number of "wildcat" cartridges, the Remington .17 CF was placed in production over 30 years ago.
The US 32 caliber revolver is it a centerfire or rimfire?
Centerfire
Can you shoot 38 special ammo in a 22 cal?
No. The cartridge is far too large to fit in the gun, and .38 Special is a centerfire, not a rimfire.
What type of gun is a 22 magnum--rimfire or centerfire?
A .22 magnum round is a rimfire cartridge,Today. The first .22 magnum was a centerfire. it is very hard if not impossible to buy new centerfire rifels, however the shells are still plentiful. I think a much more accurate shell ,at least for me than the rimfire. my father had a centerfire .22 magnum rifle lever action, with the magazine running along the barrel. if anyone has one I am looking for one. my brother got my dads.
Is a muzzelloader a centerfire firearm?
No- it is neither centerfire nor rimfire, since it does not use cartridges.
When was the first breech-loading shotgun made?
A French gunmaker by the name of LeFaucheux is usually given credit for this in the year 1851. His gun, though, was for a pinfire cartridge and not the centerfire cartridge we know today. A year or two later Charles Lancaster, a British gunmaker, had a centerfire breach-loader on the market.
