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  • ...plied to [[semi-automatic firearm]]s in 1918 (6.5 mm French Faucon-Meunier semi-automatic rifle developed by Lt. Col. Armand-Frédéric Faucon), then in 1936 a bullp ... fire much longer than of submachine gun, but shorter than of conventional semi-automatic or bolt action rifles. The choice of bullpup design was a necessity to ret
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  • ...d as a Serial number. At one point, the Registry had over a dozen Walther semi-automatic handguns registered in a manner that showed the Patent number as being the Similarly, some semi-automatic pistols can enjoy the same freedom from controls by following a similar pathway thr
    131 KB (21,778 words) - 15:24, 15 March 2013
  • ...esigned by integrating the action of a handgun such as a [[revolver]] or [[semi-automatic handgun|autoloader]] into a longer weapon with a rifle barrel and stock. Th ... the [[M1 carbine|M1 Carbine]] firing a 7.62x33mm cartridge. However, the semi-automatic M1 carbine was produced in a 10-to-1 ratio to the M2.
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  • ===Semi-automatic vs. Revolver Cartridges=== ...parison of similar-sized cartridges with different rims, see [[.380 ACP]] (semi-automatic) vs. [[.38 Special]] (revolver.)
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  • ... the popularization of the revolver and the shift away from earlier single pistols and pepperbox type weapons. While Colt did not invent the revolver concept, The Colt entry for a semi-automatic pistol at the turn of century defeated two other contenders: a .45 Pistol P
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  • ...e:MP25 1.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Raven Arms MP-25]], an example of a .25 caliber semi-automatic type of gun commonly considered a Saturday night special.]] ...saf.org/LawReviews/Tahmassebi1.html SAF Law Review]</ref> These were large pistols in .36 caliber ("navy") or .44 caliber ("army"), and were the military issu
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