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...t chambered by the user to prevent accidental discharge if dropped (modern revolvers generally have pins encased in the frames and "transfer bars" that prevent
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...at Revolver]] has a 9 shot cylinder. Several models of .22 rimfire caliber revolvers have cylinders holding 9 or 10 rounds.
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...ism such as used on [[Semi-automatic pistol|semi-automatic handguns]] or [[revolvers]] would add significant bulk to the gun, defeating the purpose. The origina
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...1889 describes a "stirrup" type [[barrel]] [[action]] for "[[break open]]" revolvers. These were sold from his Cheltenham premises.
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...faster reloading procedure than any of contemporary military or civilian [[revolvers]].
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...or in person. (This is especially important for collectors of pistols and revolvers since they may not otherwise be acquired outside a collector's state of res
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...(more common historically), [[revolvers]], and [[semi-automatic pistol]]s. Revolvers have a number of firing chambers or "charge holes" in a revolving cylinder;
...y reload by simply removing the empty magazine and inserting a loaded one. Revolvers are very common among handgun hunters because revolver cartridges are usual
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...[[automatic]] or [[semi-automatic handguns]], [[sawn-off shotguns]], and [[revolvers]], demonstrate a real need for comprehensive gun control policy. With the c
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...2050.htm California Penal Code § 12050 — Licenses to Carry Pistols and Revolvers]</ref> No license or permit is required to openly carry a loaded firearm in
...ereafter carry ANY revolver (or derringer) - the permit will simply state "Revolvers"; however, one must continue to qualify with each make/model/caliber of sem
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...tration of [[handguns]] in Canada has been mandatory since 1934. The RCMP Revolvers and Pistols Unit recorded a total of 222,053 registered handguns in Canada
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...tated reasons. Category H barrels must be at least 100mm (3.94") long for revolvers, and 120mm (4.72") for semi-automatic pistols, and magazines are restricted
...red antique firearms. Four states require licences for antique percussion revolvers and cartridge repeating firearms but in Queensland and Victoria a person ma
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... easily stolen. If an especially dangerous firearm or more than 5 pistols, revolvers or [[self-loading]] rifles or other-type firearms are being stored, they mu
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*''pistolas'' (handguns) of .380 Auto or .38 Special revolvers or smaller in either case,
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...guns, describe weapons which can be held with one hand such as pistols and revolvers; and the third general category has been most commonly associated in public
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...th usage makes no distinction at a technical level—"pistol" may refer to revolvers, semi-automatics, or muzzle-loading/cap-&-ball handguns. For example, the o
...wever, for most applications, the single-shot handgun has been replaced by revolvers and semi-automatic pistols.
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...0, 8, or 5 rounds for semi-automatics (plus one in the chamber), and 6 for revolvers.</ref><ref>At the time IDPA was founded, U.S. federal law restricted the ca
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...ights that are milled directly into the gun, as are often found on compact revolvers, careful work with a file can change the height of the front or rear sight,
...ent contrast enhancements to the basic Patridge type sight and others. On revolvers, this has generally taken the form of a colored plastic insert in the front
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...rom the sale of their self designed and manufactured inexpensive models of revolvers. Not much is known about Martin Bye, as there is very little documented in
...safety”) and the automatic ejection of cartridges upon breaking open the revolvers (“automatic”).
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...rand'', along with ''Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers'' and ''Pistols and Revolvers and Their Use''s. He was also a pioneer in the forensic identification of f
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...ld be to use a manually cycled [[firearm action]], such as a [[revolver]]. Revolvers are viable option for shooters who have difficulty with semiautomatic desig
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... the then-new, more powerful 9 mm round. Field experience with .38 caliber revolvers in the Philippines and ballistic tests would result in a requirement for st
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...xt decade would see a similar pace, including the adoption of several more revolvers and an intensive search for a self-loading pistol that would culminate in o
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...re bullets at Turks. While ahead of its time, foreshadowing the designs of revolvers, it was not adopted or produced.
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...is sign on State Street, New Haven, to start manufacturing his own line of revolvers and [[derringer]]s.
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...itary-issue .45 ACP ammunition.<ref>Josserand MH, Stevenson JA: ''Pistols, revolvers, and ammunition''. New York, Bonanza Books (a division of Crown Publishers)
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| 3310.4 || Report of Multiple Sale or Other Disposition of Pistols and Revolvers
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....32]] calibre. The handgun categories include approximately half of the [[revolvers]] and [[pistols]] owned in [[Canada]]. There are specific provisions liste
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...vided far more velocity and energy in the rifles, but were not safe in the revolvers due to the higher pressures they generated. These loads were eventually dr
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...as they load from the front of the cylinder. Typical paper cartridges for revolvers differ from the robust percussion rifle cartridges, in that the cartridge i
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...ruding [[firing pin]]. This feature was particularly popular with pinfire revolvers.
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...wer compared to [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] and other percussion revolvers. Some navies also adopted them, "sea service" examples often being made out
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...aged and reused numerous times if a suitable backstop is used. For use in revolvers, [[.38 Special]] and [[.44 Special]] versions also include plastic cases, w
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...till retaining moderate amounts of popularity, short-barreled ("snubnose") revolvers are similarly not as widely used as pocket pistols today as they were durin
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...barreled shotguns]], and concealable firearms that are neither pistols nor revolvers.) This means that powerheads may still be under the authority of the 1968 G
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... the '''body''' of the firearm, and especially in the context of handguns (revolvers and pistols) it is often called the '''frame'''. It is often made of forged
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...5.jpg|thumb|The '''[[Colt Single Action Army]]''', one of the most popular revolvers of all time]]
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...]. Rimmed cartridges are well suited to certain types of actions, such as revolvers, where the rim helps hold the cartridge in position, and break-open [[sing
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... a [[revolver]] holding five or six rounds in the cylinder. Unlike normal revolvers, the cylinder of a revolving riot gun is too massive to be turned easily by
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... the first successful [[trigger|double-action]] [[revolver]] in 1851. His revolvers were used during the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the [[U.S. Civil War]]
...fire the gun much more rapidly than contemporary [[trigger|single-action]] revolvers, such as the [[Samuel Colt|Colt]], which had to be cocked prior to each sho
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...y speaking, weapons designed for individual use. They include, inter alia, revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines, sub-machine guns,
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...echanism and are widely used; however many "double action" weapons such as revolvers do not have them as the longer, harder trigger pull to cock and fire such a
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...ugh semi-automatic pistols are potentially more prone to malfunctions than revolvers due to their more complex design and mechanism.
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... and [[Cowboy action shooting|Cowboy Action Shooting]], as above, also use revolvers.
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...the South and Southwest regions of the United States. There are also some revolvers, such as the Taurus Judge, that are capable of shooting the .45LC/.410 roun
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...aniel Wesson's brother Edwin, of Hartford, Massachusetts, had manufactured revolvers under the name of Wesson & Leavitt. After Edwin Wesson's death, that firm c
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...ment in the Caribbean, when front-line reports stated that the .38 caliber revolvers carried by U.S. and British soldiers were incapable of bringing down a char
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...les; shotguns; semi-automatic pistols; and single-action and double-action revolvers.
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... furthered by their recommendation that "...soldiers armed with pistols or revolvers should be drilled unremittingly in the accuracy of fire" if there was "no h
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...t is correct to refer to the mechanism as double-action. More confusingly, revolvers with a double-action trigger mechanism almost always retain the single acti
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...; examples are the .45 Auto Rim, a rimmed .45 ACP allowing ejection in .45 revolvers without the use of [[speedloader|moon clips]], and the .307 Winchester, a r
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