Abstract: A striker cartridge for weapons using central firing cartridges especially for shotguns has a jacket in whose bottom a circular opening is provided in the impact area of the firing pin. An impact element is inserted into this opening from the inside of the jacket and is biased by a resilient spring oppositely to the impact direction of the firing pin. The opening for receiving the impact element is arranged excentrically to the jacket axis and the impact element is rotatably mounted in this opening so that after repeated striking of the firing pin against the impact element it is rotated to expose a new intact area to the firing pin.