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  2. 2mm Kolibri - Wikipedia

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    2mm Kolibri. The 2mm Kolibri (also known as the 2.7mm Kolibri Car Pistol or 2.7×9mm Kolibri) was the smallest commercially available centerfire cartridge, [3] patented in 1910 and introduced in 1914 by Franz Pfannl, an Austrian watchmaker, with financial support from Georg Grabner. It was designed to accompany the Kolibri semi-auto pistol or ...

  3. Pocket pistol - Wikipedia

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    The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is a 9-shot, .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless is an 8-shot, .380 ACP caliber variant introduced five years later.

  4. .380 ACP - Wikipedia

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    The .380 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), also known as .380 Auto, .380 Automatic, or 9×17mm, is a rimless, straight-walled pistol cartridge that was developed by firearms designer John Moses Browning. The cartridge headspaces on the mouth of the case. [5] It was introduced in 1908 by Colt, for use in its new Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless semi ...

  5. .25 ACP - Wikipedia

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    The .25 ACP was designed because .25-caliber was the smallest John Browning could go while still retaining a centerfire primer pocket, which would be more reliable for self-defense than rimfire primers. As such, the .25 ACP allows for a very compact and lightweight gun, usually a semi-automatic pocket pistol. [4]

  6. Personal defense weapon - Wikipedia

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    Personal defense weapons (PDWs) are a class of compact, magazine -fed automatic firearms that are typically submachine guns designed to fire rifle-like cartridges. Most PDWs fire a small-caliber (generally less than 8 mm or 0.31 in in bullet diameter), high-velocity centerfire bottleneck cartridge resembling a scaled-down intermediate cartridge ...

  7. FN 5.7×28mm - Wikipedia

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    The FN 5.7×28mm (designated as the 5.7×28 by the C.I.P. [7] and FN 5.7×28mm NATO [9]) is a small-caliber, high-velocity, smokeless-powder, rebated, non-tapered, bottleneck, centerfire cartridge designed for pistols and personal defense weapons (PDW) uses, manufactured by FN Herstal. [10] It is similar in length to the .22 WMR and .22 Hornet ...

  8. Beretta 3032 Tomcat - Wikipedia

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    The Beretta 3032 Tomcat and Beretta 3032 Tomcat Inox are semi-automatic pocket pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta. They are chambered in .32 ACP (a.k.a. 7.65 mm Browning) and are small pistols, designed for concealed-carry and use as backup weapons. The Beretta 3032 Tomcat builds on a long line of small and compact pocket pistols for ...

  9. Derringer - Wikipedia

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    It fired a .45 caliber pistol cartridge from an unrifled barrel. Due to this limitation, it was intended for short-range use (1–4 yards (1–4 m)) either as a last-ditch self-defense gun or to sneak up on and kill an unsuspecting Axis soldier to steal a more serviceable weapon. Its maximum effective range was only about 25 feet (8 m).

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