firearms

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"That has meant quite a lot of people have had to get hold of blank firers," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

But the middle-man can find few skillful firers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chief inspector or district inspector of mines shall order shot firers at any mine when in their judgment the safety of property or employes require same.

From Mining Laws of Ohio, 1921 by Relations, The Department of Industrial

The other twelve junks were immediately set on fire, while the gallant marines charged down the street, and put all the jingall firers to flight.

From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles

In addition to this an exchange, piece by piece, between these seven-pounder muzzle-loading monstrosities and the converted twelve-pounders, breech-loaders and high-velocity quick firers, might be seasonably effected.

From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by Hamilton, J. Angus