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A semi-automatic pistol is a type of handgun which utilizes the energy of the fired cartridge to cycle the action of the weapon and advance the next available cartridge into position for firing. One round is fired each time the trigger of a semi-automatic pistol is pulled.
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 single-shot ...
Terry Gander Guns Recognition Guide, May 2005, ISBN 0007183283; David Miller Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns, June 2003, ISBN 0760315604; Richard D. Jones Jane's Gun Recognition Guide, June 2008, ISBN 0061374083
Because the pistol uses a 4.25 mm (.167 in) cartridge (which became known as the 4.25mm Liliput and which is considered obsolete), the Liliput is one of the few pistols that can be owned in the United Kingdom without a license. [1] The Liliput features in a number of novels by Alistair MacLean, though he incorrectly refers to its calibre as ".21".
The first widely used and successfully semi-automatic .25 ACP pocket pistols were the FN Model 1905, Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket and later the Baby Browning. The FN 1905 was designed and marketed along with .25 ACP cartridge in 1905. The M1905 is a very small 7-shot, striker-fired, single-action, blow-back operated semi-automatic pistol. It ...
The AMT Backup is a small semi-automatic pistol. It was first manufactured by the Ordnance Manufacturing Corporation (OMC) of El Monte, CA. The first guns made in .380 ACP by OMC are known as the OMC Backup. OMC produced a short run of these pistols before the tooling was purchased by Arcadia Machine & Tool, who took over
List of semi-automatic pistols; A. AR-15–style pistol; Astra 400; ... Glock 17; J. Joint Service Small Arms Program; P. Pocket pistol; S. Sauer & Sohn; Seecamp; T ...
semi-automatic pistol Czech Republic: 9×19 mm Parabellum: Q4652337: ALFA Defender: semi-automatic pistol Czech Republic: 9×19 mm Parabellum: Q958610: AMT AutoMag II: semi-automatic pistol United States of America.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire: Q3492968: AMT AutoMag III: semi-automatic pistol United States of America.30 Carbine: Q4652742: AMT ...