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...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

..., Stevens sold millions of reliable [[single-shot]]s. The total number of single-shot firearms manufactured by the company exceeded 3.5 million by 1892.<ref>Murt ...esigned as competitors, and offered in models such as the [[lever action]] single-shot [[Stevens Favorite|Favorite]] (produced between 1894 and 1935) and the [[St

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The pinfire concept was also only really suitable for [[single-shot]] or multiple-barrelled firearms and revolvers as the pin would have compli

... mandatory for membership.<ref>[http://www.pinkpistols.org/local.html Pink Pistols]</ref> The political orientation of the Pink Pistols is considered unusual due to the popular perception in the United States of

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

...igns are now also called pocket pistols. Well-made, more-expensive pocket pistols are called [[mousegun]]s.[[Image:Cal 6 35 Model Automatic Pistol UNION Pate ...barreled ("snubnose") revolvers are similarly not as widely used as pocket pistols today as they were during the 1950s and earlier.

:Chap. 2, Sect. II, US Army Field Manual 23-25, ''Combat Training With Pistols & Revolvers''

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...th most likely originated with [[Glock]]'s information page on compensated pistols that features three bright, intimidating flames shooting out of the top of ...p://www.glock.com/english/pistols_c-models.htm Glock's page on Compensated Pistols]

...%20Annual%20Meeting.htm</ref> and is especially opposed to the inexpensive pistols that enable the poor to defend themselves in gang-ridden inner cities. The

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...ificant advance over the preceding [[Breech-loading weapon|breech loaded]] single-shot rifles when used for military combat, as they allowed a much greater rate o ...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

...tion capacities and relatively longer reload times compared to autoloading pistols are the main reasons for the switchover that occurred in the 1980s and 1990 ...8 shots, .455 caliber versions 6. At the time, the few available automatic pistols were larger, less reliable, and more expensive. The automatic revolver was

...iciently that the musket was replaced by a range of rifles&mdash;generally single-shot, breech-loading&mdash;designed for aimed, discretionary fire by individual ...ll used in some weapons today with one example being the [[Glock]] line of pistols (which fire standard bullets). Unfortunately, many early attempts resulted

...r velocities and greater accuracy. Polygonal rifling is currently seen on pistols from [[Heckler & Koch]], [[Glock]] and [[Kahr Arms]], as well as the [[Dese

...ingfield Armory, Inc.|Springfield Armory]] on a series of Leatham-inspired pistols) is a successful professional shooter. He is a 20-time [[United States Prac

|products= [[service pistol|military pistols]] ...e external hammer could not be cocked by thumbing it back, like most other pistols of the era, but instead cocked itself when the trigger was pulled. This ma