Federal FireStick |
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Type | Blank cartridge |
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Place of origin | United States |
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Designer | Federal Ammunition |
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Designed | 2019 |
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Manufacturer | Federal Ammunition |
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Produced | 2020–present |
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Variants | .50-100, .50-120 |
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Case type | Rimmed |
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Bullet diameter | .50 conical (recommended) |
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Primer type | 209 Shotgun |
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Bullet mass/type |
Velocity |
Energy |
270 gr (17 g) Federal Trophy Copper PTHP |
1,766 feet per second (538 m/s) (extrapolated) |
1,870 foot-pounds force (2,540 J) (extrapolated) |
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Test barrel length: 25 inches (64 cm) Source(s): [1] [2] |
The Federal FireStick is a proprietary polymer-hulled blank cartridge, introduced in 2020 for the Traditions NitroFire rifle. Containing 100 to 120 grains of Hodgdon 888 black-powder substitute and neither a primer nor a bullet, the round and the rifle designed for it were devised as a way of creating a gun that functions as closely to a modern rifle as possible whilst still being legal in muzzleloader hunting season.[3][4]
Being supplied with neither a primer nor a projectile, the Federal FireStick blank round can be used as a live-fire cartridge by first inserting a primer manually into the rimmed base, then placing it into the breech of the Traditions NitroFire, much like a traditional shotshell in a break-action shotgun. Finally, a .50 calibre bullet is pushed down the barrel from the front using a ramrod, coming to rest at a narrowed neck that separates the slug from the charge and prevents the user from attempting to fire incompatible ammunition.[1][3]
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