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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.
PSM pistol: Tula Arms Plant: 5.45×18mm Soviet Union: 1971 PSS Silent Pistol: Tula Arms Plant: 7.62×41mm Soviet Union: 1983 PB (pistol) Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (1967–2013) Kalashnikov Concern (2013–present) 9×18mm Makarov Soviet Union: 1961 PSA 5.7 Rock: Palmetto State Armory: FN 5.7×28mm United States: P-96: KBP Instrument Design ...
First in line of "PG22" single shot pistols and revolvers. Individually designed, rather than built off of open-source plans. EMG-01A [30] 2018, July Weapon: Coilgun: FDM Arcflash Labs: First commercial handheld coilgun. [31] FGC-9 / FGC-9 MkII 2020, March 27 (MKI); 2021, April 16, (MKII) Hybrid Firearm: pistol: Semi-automatic simple blowback: FDM
The Pistole Parabellum, also known in the United States as just the Luger, [38] is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1948. It was one of the first semi-auto pistols to use a detachable magazine housed in the pistol-grip.
The Glock 17 is a short recoil–operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistol that uses a modified Browning cam-lock system adapted from the Hi-Power pistol. [61] The firearm's locking mechanism uses a linkless, vertically tilting barrel with a rectangular breech that locks into the ejection port cut-out in the slide (the SIG Sauer system ...
LaserAim Arms .45 ACP United States: 1990s Lewis Automatic Pistol .45 ACP United States: 1919 M15 pistol: Rock Island Arsenal.45 ACP United States: 1972 M1911: Colt Manufacturing Company.45 ACP United States: 1911 M1917 Revolver: Colt Manufacturing Company Smith & Wesson.45 ACP (11.43×23mm) .45 Auto Rim United States: 1917 MAC-10: Military ...
Sear shown in a revolver action. In a firearm, the sear is the part of the trigger mechanism that holds the hammer, striker, or bolt back until the correct amount of pressure has been applied to the trigger, at which point the hammer, striker, or bolt is released to discharge the weapon.
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 ...