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  2. Caliber conversion device - Wikipedia

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    Cartridge adapters have also been made to use .38 caliber handgun cartridges with bullet diameters of approximately .357-inch (9.1 mm) in .35 caliber rifles designed for bullets of .358-inch (9.1 mm) diameter. [3] Supplemental chambers in .22 caliber, and potentially .17 caliber as well, pose a special problem not shared by larger calibers.

  3. 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.

  4. Heckler & Koch VP70 - Wikipedia

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    The handgun comes in two varieties. The "M" (Militär, military) variant is selective-fire (semi-auto/three-round bursts), the "Z" (Zivil, civilian) variant is a semi-automatic-only version. The VP70Z has no provision to attach the stock, and also lacks the internal mechanical parts required for the burst-fire function even if the stock was ...

  5. A tiny and cheap device called a 'Glock switch' lets ... - AOL

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    An ATF report on guns used in crimes found that the number of machine gun conversion devices seized by law enforcement went up 570% from 2017 to 2021, and officials say preliminary numbers from ...

  6. List of semi-automatic pistols - Wikipedia

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    Fort-17: RPC Fort: 9×18mm Makarov Ukraine: 2007 Frommer Stop: Fegyver- és Gépgyár.32 ACP.380 ACP Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: 1912 Gaztañaga Destroyer: Gaztañaga y Companía.25 ACP.32 ACP Spain: 1913 Glisenti Model 1910: Società Siderurgica Glisenti: 9mm Glisenti Kingdom of Italy: 1910 Glock 17: Glock Ges.m.b.H. 9×19mm Parabellum ...

  7. Yes, ‘Glock Switches’ Can Turn a Firearm Into an Automatic Weapon

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    The bill defines a machine gun conversion device as any device that is designed or intended to convert a semiautomatic firearm into a weapon that can fire more than a single shot automatically by ...

  8. Two US states sue Glock over machine gun conversion - AOL

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    Glock was sued earlier this year by the city of Chicago, which said its police recovered more than 1,100 Glock pistols with the modification between 2021 and 2023.

  9. Semi-automatic firearm - Wikipedia

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    The Colt AR-15, a type of semi-automatic rifle. A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to ...