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  2. 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.

  3. List of semi-automatic pistols - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Handgun - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. List of pistols - Wikipedia

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    M.R. New System Arms .45 ACP United States: 2010s Musgrave Pistol: Denel: 9×19mm Parabellum South Africa: 1990s NAACO Brigadier: North American Arms.45 Winchester Magnum Canada: 1959 North China Type 19 Handgun: North China Engineering Co Ltd 8×22mm Nambu Japan: 1944 Obregón pistol: Mexico City Arsenal.45 ACP Mexico: 1934 Ortgies Semi ...

  7. Pistol - Wikipedia

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    A government-issue M1911 pistol manufactured in 1914 Soviet TT pistol manufactured in 1937. A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber.The word "pistol" derives from the Middle French pistolet (c. 1550), meaning a small gun or knife, and first appeared in the English language c. 1570 when early handguns were produced in Europe.

  8. List of firearms - Wikipedia

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    This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles and any other variants.

  9. List of most-produced firearms - Wikipedia

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    Semi-automatic pistol United States: 257,434 Colt Model 1851 Navy: Revolver United States: 257,000 [52] Howa Type 64: Battle rifle Japan: 230,000 [170] Lewis gun: Light machine gun United Kingdom: 202,050 Colt Model 1860 Army: Revolver United States: 200,500 [52] MAB Model D pistol: Semi-automatic pistol France: 200,000+ Škorpion vz. 61 ...