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.... The United States military tested the design against other semiautomatic pistols by European makers, and adopted some versions for trial use. The M1900 and Unlike the designs of other early automatic pistols, Browning's design used a full length slide that covered the full length of

...869]].<ref name="EPR">Hartink, A.E. (2002). ''The Complete Encyclopedia of Pistols and Revolvers.'' Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc. pp. 447. ISBN 97 ...ound-force (582 J) energy.<ref name = "Smith">Smith, WHB (1968). ''Book of Pistols and Revolvers''. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books.</ref>

...tion. Some slaughterhouses use contact shots with firearms ("captive bolt pistols") to stun or kill livestock before slaughter.

...t necessarily cycling a slide against a strong recoil spring, making these pistols suitable for use by the elderly and others with less hand strength. The tr

...tweight form no larger than the standard-issue [[Karabiner 98k|Kar 98k]] [[bolt-action]] [[rifle]]. Considered one of the most advanced weapon designs of [[World ... develop a universal shoulder-fired automatic rifle that would replace the bolt-action rifle, submachine gun, and light machine gun in the air assault role.<ref n

... [[M240 machine gun|M240]] medium machine guns, [[FN FNP series|FNP series pistols]] and [[M2 machine gun]]s. ====Bolt-action rifles====

...her [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "guns" in the restricted sense ... chamber in the cylinder is loaded with a single cartridge. Semi-automatic pistols have a single fixed firing chamber machined into the rear of the barrel, an

...usa.com/media/download.cfm?d_id=116 BERETTA AWARDED CONTRACT FOR 18,744 M9 PISTOLS TO US ARMY]</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3197/is_5_49/ The remaining testing was done using 10 different [[M1911]] pistols of various make and age, with the test firing pin being moved from pistol t

Firearms that use long firing pins, such as pistols, will often use a firing pin that is too short to project when depressed fl ...only found on bolt action rifles, while single piece strikers are found on pistols, such as those made by [[Glock]].<ref name=saamiS />

...ast 100mm (3.94") long for revolvers, and 120mm (4.72") for semi-automatic pistols, and magazines are restricted to 10 rounds. Handgun collectors are exempt f Australia is unusual in restricting air pistols and [[airsoft]] pistols extremely heavily. All airsoft firearms must have a unique Serial number th

Examples of firearms that are legal for citizens to own include .380 ACP pistols (such as the [[Glock 25]]); .38 Special revolvers, 12 gauge shotguns (no sh ...r to [[2002]], CCW licenses could be obtained authorizing military caliber pistols. However, these CCW licenses were all cancelled, and re-issued to authoriz

... [[bolt]] group (the bolt head will suffice) for rifles, the [[slide]] for pistols, or the [[barrel]] of a shotgun.)

...tegory, handguns, describe weapons which can be held with one hand such as pistols and revolvers; and the third general category has been most commonly associ ...ist of sniper rifles]]</ref> the US M24 and M40 military sniper rifles are bolt-action, .30 caliber weapons with telescopic sights (both models being variants of

...f the skills of the trade, but only apply them to a few weapon types (only pistols, or only shotguns, or only (pre-1964) Model '94 Winchester Lever-Action Rif Specializes in work on pistols and revolvers. Pistolsmiths should be proficient in a range of skills such

Most shooters prefer jacketed bullets, especially in rifles and pistols. The hard jacket material, generally copper or [[brass]], resists deformati

...Homeland Security (DHS) , worth a potential $26.2 million for up to 65,000 pistols. This contract ranks as the single largest handgun procurement contract i ===Pistols===

*Iceland: Used by the Coast Guard (replacing the [[Lee-Enfield]] [[bolt-action]] rifle) and the Icelandic Crisis Response unit (both the G3A5 and AG-3 var *Gotz, Hans Dieter, ''German Military Rifles and Machine Pistols, 1871-1945'', Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1990. [

|products= [[Pistols]], [[carbines]] ...nbsp;mm, & the carbines are made in Mansfield. They manufacture low-cost [[pistols]] and [[carbine]]s, in the following calibers:

... low-velocity [[pistol]]s and [[shotgun]]s, medium-rate powders for magnum pistols and light [[rifle]] rounds, and slow powders for large-bore heavy rifle rou ...ract their full efficiency, although they are also chambered in rifle-like pistols (single shot or bolt action) with barrels of 10 to 15 inches (25 to 38 cm).

...ilitary use during the war, they also produced [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] pistols and [[M3 submachine gun|M3 Grease Gun]]s.