firing point

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That point in the firing circuit where the device employed to initiate the detonation of the charges is located. Also called FP.

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Without waiting to rise he whipped a revolver from his pocket, firing point blank at the great mountain of muscle towering before him; but, quick as he was, John Clayton was almost as quick, so that the bullet which was intended for the sailor's heart lodged in the sailor's leg instead, for Lord Greystoke had struck down the captain's arm as he had seen the weapon flash in the sun.

Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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