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  2. List of revolvers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of single- and double-action revolvers, listed alphabetically by manufacturer ... 1917-1920 Magnum Research BFR: Magnum Research.30-30 Winchester

  3. M1917 Revolver - Wikipedia

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    For these reasons, in 1920, the Peters ammunition company introduced the .45 Auto Rim. This rimmed version of the .45 ACP allowed both versions of the Model 1917 revolver to fire reliably without the clips. In the late 1950s and 1960s, Colt and Smith & Wesson 1917s were available through mail order companies at bargain prices. [11]

  4. List of 20th-century weapons - Wikipedia

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    Thompson submachine gun (1938–1971 in USA) – Family of submachine guns designed in 1910 and onwards, The Thompson is a famous submachine gun commonly associated with American gangsters M3 submachine gun (1943–present) – A cheaper and lighter alternative to the Thompson submachine gun

  5. Colt Detective Special - Wikipedia

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    Fitz Special. John Henry Fitzgerald, an employee of Colt Firearms from 1918 to 1944, first came up with the Fitz Special snubnosed revolver concept around the mid 1920s, when he modified a .38 Special Colt Police Positive Special revolver, [5] by shortening the barrel to two inches (5.1 cm), shortening the ejector rod, bobbing the hammer spur, rounding the butt, and removing the front half of ...

  6. Colt New Service - Wikipedia

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    The Colt New Service was a popular revolver with British officers and many of them had privately purchased their own Colt New Service revolvers in the years prior to World War I as an alternative to the standard-issue Webley Revolver. British Empire and Canadian forces received 60,000 Colt New Service revolvers during World War I and they ...

  7. Smith & Wesson Model 3 - Wikipedia

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    For some 30 years, the revolver-carbine was the front-line weapon of the mounted police of S.A., W.A., and N.T. Nearly all serial numbers are known, and are listed in the book Service Arms of the South Australian Police. [9] The S.A. revolvers were sold as surplus in 1953 to the Western Arms Corporation of Los Angeles.

  8. FitzGerald Special - Wikipedia

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    Fitzgerald developed his snubnosed revolver concept around the mid-1920s, when as an employee for Colt Firearms, he converted a .38 Special Colt Police Positive Special revolver, into his first Fitz Special. [5] He later converted two .45 Colt New Service revolvers in the same manner, [6] and was known to carry the pair in his front pockets.

  9. List of pistols - Wikipedia

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    1907–1920 (Model 1907) 1915–1917 (Model 1915) 1920–1928 (Model 1917) Schulhof 1887: 7.8x19mm Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: 1887 Schwarzlose Model 1898: A.W. Schwarzlose G.m.b.H. 7.65×25mm Borchardt 7.63×25mm Mauser German Empire: 1898 Schönberger-Laumann 1892: Steyr Arms: 7.8x19mm Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: 1891 ...