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...practical weapons toward what he called ''rooney guns'' -- highly-modified pistols which were not appropriate for practical daily service, and which were tune

...ide (hereafter referred to only as slide, which is the most common form in pistols), the second is the forward motion of the slide. The rearward motion of th

[[Machine pistols]]:

*[[Beretta|Beretta Pistols]] **[[Beretta Mini Pistols]]

... In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols during its service life. ...e pre-eminent type of the 20th century and of nearly all modern centerfire pistols.

...n"]], a submachine gun like the Thompson was also much more expensive than pistols and most rifles of the period. The .30-06 Garand, then entering service, wa ...y, and effective [[stopping power]] than the [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911A1]] pistols currently in use. The M1 Carbine was intended for use by soldiers who requi

...rbine instead of the [[M9_pistol|M9]] handgun. This is in recognition that pistols are largely useless in current conflicts, and is in keeping with the Marine ...and was intended to replace the .45 ACP M3 submachine guns and selected M9 pistols and M16 rifle series with most Army units (this plan was thought to be chan

...ms. For additional protection the commander, No.1 and No.2 were armed with pistols, while the remaining three carried rifles. This large team was often reduce

* Machine pistols and [[submachine gun]]s (like the World War II "[[M3 submachine gun|grease ...ble barreled pistols relied on duplicating all parts of the gun. Pepperbox pistols did away with needing multiple hammers but used multiple barrels. Revolvers

...is article is about full auto or burst-capable pistols. For semi-automatic pistols, see [[Semi-automatic pistol]].'' ...n term for a [[submachine gun]]. While the dividing line between machine [[pistols]] and compact submachine guns is hard to draw, the term submachine gun usua

*Gotz, Hans Dieter, ''German Military Rifles and Machine Pistols, 1871-1945'', Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1990. [

...ommon name of a [[Germany|German]] arms manufacturer, maker of a line of [[bolt-action]] [[rifle]]s from the 1870s to present. Their designs were built for the Ge .... Its design echoed that of the German Gewehr 71/84 service rifle, being a bolt-action weapon with a tubular magazine beneath the barrel.

...made by John Norell. There are also sears to convert Glock and Beretta 92 pistols into machine guns, but I believe all of them are post-86 manufacture, and t ...it isn't classified as an [[assault weapon]] (SB 23 treats some [[semiauto pistols]] with dual pistol grips, AOWs under federal law, as prohibited assault wea

==Target pistols== Joshua Stevens produced three lines of single-shot tip-up target pistols named after contemporary gunmen.<ref name="Bicknell">Bicknell, Natalie and

...ts, and shotguns. Typical modern actions for these firearms may include [[bolt-action|bolt]], [[lever-action|lever]], hinge or [[break action]], [[pump-action|pu ...e handgun categories include approximately half of the [[revolvers]] and [[pistols]] owned in [[Canada]]. There are specific provisions listed in [[section 1

...[[Trigger|double action / single action]] pistols. However, some semi-auto pistols are [[Trigger|double action only]], and are designed to omit the first step

...he Remington Model 8 semi-automatic rifle (1906), the Frommer Stop line of pistols (1907) and the Chauchat machine rifle (1915). ...un]]. It used a toggle bolt similar to the one Borchardt later adapted to pistols. Browning also used the short recoil action in larger guns, including the

...orld War II was the famous [[M1903 Springfield rifle|M1903A3 Springfield]] bolt-action rifle. *[[Bolt-action|Bolt Action]]:

...longevity in the marketplace. Although the revolver mechanism was fine for pistols, it posed a problem with long guns: without special sealing details, the cy :''Main article: [[Bolt-action]]