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  2. Pistol - Wikipedia

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    A government-issue M1911 pistol manufactured in 1914 Soviet TT pistol manufactured in 1937. A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber.The word "pistol" derives from the Middle French pistolet (c. 1550), meaning a small gun or knife, and first appeared in the English language c. 1570 when early handguns were produced in Europe.

  3. List of pistols - Wikipedia

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    Korovin pistol: Tula Arms Plant.25 ACP Soviet Union: 1926-1935 Krag–Jørgensen pistol: 9×19mm Parabellum Norway: 1910 KRISS KARD: KRISS USA.45 ACP United States: c.2016 (prototype only) Lahti L-35: Valtion Kivääritehdas: 9×19mm Parabellum Finland: 1935-1951 Lancaster pistol: Charles William Lancaster.455 Webley United Kingdom: 1860s-1890s ...

  4. Pistol (miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    Pistol is a British biographical musical drama television miniseries about British punk band the Sex Pistols. It was created by Craig Pearce for FX and directed by Danny Boyle . The series follows Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and the band's rise to prominence and notoriety.

  5. Handgun - Wikipedia

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    A machine pistol is generally defined as a handgun capable of fully automatic or selective fire. During World War I, the Austrians introduced the world's first machine pistol, the Steyr Repetierpistole M1912/P16. The Germans would quickly follow suit with machine pistol versions of the Luger P08 "Artillery Pistol" and later models of the Mauser ...

  6. List of handgun cartridges - Wikipedia

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    Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, Thompson/Centre Contender break-open pistol, Magnum Research BFR, and the Pfeifer Zeliska revolvers.

  7. Semi-automatic pistol - Wikipedia

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    A Glock 22 semi-automatic pistol chambered in .40 S&W with a tactical light mounted below its barrel.. A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol [1]) is a repeating handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridges in its chamber after every shot fired, but only one round of ammunition is fired each time the trigger is pulled.

  8. Heckler & Koch VP70 - Wikipedia

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    The VP70 combined a number of design features that were innovative, or at least very unusual for its time: It was the first polymer-framed handgun, predating the Glock 17 by 12 years.

  9. Dreyse M1907 - Wikipedia

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    The pistol and its derivatives (Dreyse Model 1907 Pocket Pistol, Dreyse Model 1912 Parabellum) was of simple blowback recoil operation, though of unusual design. [2] The same company also manufactured a 6.35 mm pocket version (also named Model 1907). In 1912 the 9 mm Parabellum Dreyse Model 1912 emerged as the gun's successor.