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Uncommon card · Science
Firing pin, an Uncommon card
A firing pin or striker is a part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that impacts the primer in the base of a cartridge and causes it to fire.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 29,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Firing pin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Firing pin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Such equipment or devices include: artillery, munitions and ______.
Answer
pyrotechnics. Such equipment or devices include: artillery, munitions and pyrotechnics. From the Firing pin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Buckingham pi theorem. Buckingham pi theorem 72 · Paul Davies 68 · Firing pin 63 · Simon Johnson 60 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In firearms terminology, a striker is a particular type of firing pin where a compressed spring acts directly on the firing pin to provide the impact force rather than it being struck by a hammer.
- The terms may also be used for a component of equipment or a device which has a similar function.
- Such equipment or devices include: artillery, munitions and pyrotechnics.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Firing pin article was read about 29,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Firing pin
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Firing pin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bloodshedder~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
