firing rod

To fire, the gunner first removes the safety pin located at the rear of the tube, which unblocks the firing rod.

Hamilton also fired baseball coach Todd Raleigh, a man he hired in 2007 after firing Rod Delmonico, a coach who had led the Vols to the College World Series.

It is believed they were dropped overboard along with more than a dozen firing rods used to push the powder into the shells when the Americans made their famous retreat from the battle of Col.

The bolt travels on a firing rod which protrudes through the bolt, left of center, next to the firing pin, and a guide rod located at the top of the bolt.

The AT4 uses a unique method developed earlier by FFV and adopted for the AT4: the spring-loaded firing rod is located down the side of the outer tube, with the firing pin at the rear of the tube.