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== Well-known semi-automatic pistols == === Semi-automatic pistols ===

...ing condition can easily fetch US$20,000 or more. [[Semi-automatic firearm|Semi-automatic]] versions are currently produced by Auto-Ordnance Company, a division of [ ...hined over to replace it with "Model of 1927." Although the Model 1927 was semi-automatic only, it was easily converted to fully automatic by utilizing certain M1921

...er]], necked back and with a sharper shoulder angle. Developed for use in pistols with barrels as short as 10 inches (25 cm), it develops the same power as a ...to match the 125 grain (8.1 gram) [[.357 Magnum]] [[revolver]] load in a [[semi-automatic pistol]] cartridge. The cartridge was made by necking down and slightly st

...[[John Browning]] in 1904, for use in his prototype [[Colt Firearms|Colt]] semi-automatic .45 pistol—a design which evolved into the [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] pi ...ightm1911.com/lib/history/background.htm Background]</ref> One of the DWM pistols, serial number 1, was destroyed in testing; the remaining instance, serial

...ns. The .357 revolver has been largely replaced by modern, high-capacity [[semi-automatic pistol]]s for police use, but is still very popular for backup gun use, and ...irect competitor with the .38 Super, which was designed for semi-automatic pistols. Ballistic performance for the two rounds is very similar. However since th

|name= .357 SIG ...artridges (from left: [[9x19mm Parabellum]], [[7.62x25mm Tokarev]], [[.357 SIG]], [[10 mm Auto]], [[.40 S&W]], [[.45 GAP]], [[.50 Action Express]])

... used in [[revolver]]s, although some [[Semi-automatic self-loading pistol|semi-automatic pistol]]s and [[carbine]]s also use this round. The .38 Special was the sta ...gnificantly faster. All three of these are usually found in semi-automatic pistols.

... overall length as the [[9x19mm Parabellum]] cartridge, many existing 9 mm pistols could be easily adapted by their respective manufacturers to fire the new c ...facturer [[Glock]] beat Smith & Wesson to the dealer shelves in 1990, with pistols chambered in .40 S&W (the [[Glock 22]] and [[Glock 23|23]]) which were anno

|caption= Left to right: [[.357 SIG]], 10mm Auto, [[.40 S&W]] }}The '''10mm Auto''' (10x25mm) is a [[cartridge]] for [[semi-automatic pistol]]s, developed by [[Jeff Cooper]] and originally produced by [[ammuni

...]. Examples of assault rifles include the [[AK-47]] and the [[M16 rifle]]. Semi-automatic rifles, including commercial versions of the [[AR-15]], and "automatic" rif ...ine gun]]s, [[battle rifle]]s, [[automatic rifle]]s, [[machine gun]]s, and semi-automatic rifles:

... the American Civil War, bayonet blades were even affixed to single-shot [[pistols]], although they soon proved useless for anything but cooking. Cutlasses re [[Image:Fass90-bayonette-p1000786.jpg|thumb|200px|Swiss army [[Sig 550]] rifle with bayonet.]]

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...ref> Some other models have been adopted to a lesser extent, namely the [[SIG P226#P228 (M11)|M11 pistol]], and other models remain in use in certain nic

'''Blowback''' is an operating system for [[Semi-automatic firearm|autoloading]] [[firearm]]s that utilizes energy created by combusti ...atively low pressure rounds. Pure blowback operation is typically found on semi-automatic small-caliber [[Handgun|pistol]]s and automatic [[submachine gun]]s. Some l

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...[[7.65mm Parabellum]]<br/>[[9x19mm Parabellum]]<br/>[[.40 S&W]]<br/>[[.357 SIG]]

[[Image:Caroline-pontet-p1000527.jpg|thumb|The firing selector of the [[SIG SG 550]] allows for three-round bursts.]] ...standard-issue service rifle of the U.S. military) has, in addition to the semi-automatic mode, a 3-round burst mode, which replaced the [[Automatic firearm|fully-au

===Semi-automatic vs. Revolver Cartridges=== ...parison of similar-sized cartridges with different rims, see [[.380 ACP]] (semi-automatic) vs. [[.38 Special]] (revolver.)