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|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...1900]], and would transition from the 1900 into three distinct but related pistols with the same action and cartridge, the 1902 Sporting Model, the 1902 Mili

|type= [[semi-automatic]] [[plinking]] [[pistol]] |action= [[Semi-automatic]]

...weapon designs of [[World War II]],<ref name="Senich">Senich, Peter: ''The German Assault Rifle: 1935–1945'', page 239. Paladin Press, 1987.</ref><ref name ...kreich, Fallschirmjäger mit FJG 42 in Stellung.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Germany|German]] ''Fallschirmjäger'' poses with his early model FG 42 (''Ausführung'' "C

...tion, so for example, an unaltered [[Mauser]] [[Kar98k]] rifle used by the German Army in World War II would be considered as a C&R firearm, while the same r ...e Internet, or in person. (This is especially important for collectors of pistols and revolvers since they may not otherwise be acquired outside a collector'

...her [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "guns" in the restricted sense ...alian-made]] [[Mateba Autorevolver|Mateba revolver]] is a rare "hybrid," a semi-automatic revolver. Each press of the trigger fires a cartridge and rotates the cylin

...inal history. Air guns with [[muzzle energy]] up to 15 J, [[Gas pistol|gas pistols]] and muzzle-loaded guns are available to anybody above 18 without permissi ...nment-issued [[selective fire]] combat rifles and [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] handguns in their homes.<ref name="jrlnr">[http://www.nationalreview.com/

..., the [[SIG 510]] battle rifle and/or the [[SIG P220|SIG-Sauer P220]] 9 mm semi-automatic pistol for officers, medical and postal personnel) at home with a specified ...d; the rifle is then returned to the discharged owner. The rifle is then a semi-automatic or self-loading rifle.

...(medium and smallbore rifles), FFFg (pistols), and FFFFg (smallbore, short pistols and priming [[flintlock]]s). In the [[United Kingdom]], the gunpowder grain ...The Italian school of pyrotechnics emphasized elaborate fireworks, and the German school stressed scientific advancement. Both schools added significantly to

Some handgun subtypes include [[single-shot]] pistols, [[revolver]]s, [[semi-automatic pistol]]s, and [[Automatic firearm|fully automatic]], or [[machine pistol]] ...refer to both the [[Enfield Revolver]] and the later [[Browning Hi-Power]] semi-automatic.

....htm HKPro - How do you correctly pronounce "Koch?"]</ref>) is a [[Germany|German]] weapons manufacturing company famous for various series of small [[firear ...police forces. In 2002 BAE Systems, as it was by now known, resold HK to a German group (H&K Beteiligungs-GmbH) that was created for this purpose.

...NATO|7.62 mm]] [[automatic rifle]] developed in the 1950s by the [[Germany|German]] armament manufacturer [[Heckler & Koch|Heckler & Koch GmbH]] (HK) in coll ... rifle can be traced back to the end of World War II when engineers at the German [[Mauser]] factory designed the [[7.92x33mm Kurz|7.92 mm]] [[StG45]] [[assa

...ke the Bergmann MP 18.1 that appears on many pictures and is cited in both German or Allied reports. .... They used the Italian 9 mm model 38, a round much more powerful than the German made 9 mm Parabellum.

...pistol before World War II, has become one of the most popular collectors' pistols. ...ring World War II, and the type was produced for Luftwaffe aircrews during German occupation of Belgium from 1940-1944. This pistol is what was used to init

...al AWM#German Army|G22]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .300 Winchester Magnum: German Service Weapon) *[[6.5 Grendel|Alexander Arms 6.5 Grendel]] (US - Semi-Automatic Rifle, 6.5 mm Grendel)

|caption= P08 of the German ''Reichsmarine'' R.A.Smith collection |origin= [[German Empire]]

|caption= Mid-1945 produced M1911A1 U.S. Army semi-automatic pistol by Remington Rand. This one was re-built by Anniston Army Depot, Oct ... In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols during its service life.

|ROF= [[Semi-automatic firearm|Semi-automatic]] (M1/A1)<br/> 850–900 rounds/min (M2/M3) ...tes Carbine, Caliber .30, M1''') is a lightweight [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] [[carbine]] that became a standard firearm in the U.S. military during Wo

The '''MG42''' (shortened from German: '''''Maschinengewehr'' 42''', or "Machine Gun 42") is a [[machine gun]] th During the 1930s the German Army introduced the MG34, considered to be the first modern [[general purpo

...using bullet energy would also drive the development of nearly all other [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi]] and fully automatic firearms of 20th century. ...hether the ammunition used is intended for use in [[side arm]]s (chiefly [[semi-automatic pistol]]s) or rifles; the difference between machine guns and autocannons i

...bout full auto or burst-capable pistols. For semi-automatic pistols, see [[Semi-automatic pistol]].'' ...hat of a full-sized machine gun, while a machine pistol is built up from a semi-automatic pistol design.

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

...French semi-automatic rifles since 1898, notably the Mle 1917 and Mle 1918 semi-automatic rifles, the Meunier (A6) rifle as well as the MAS 38-40 to MAS49 and 49/56 ...n,including the Balle D (a.m.). The 7 X 59 mm Meunier cartridge ( for the semi-automatic A6 Meunier rifle ) is also illustrated and described in detail.

...n]] [[rifle]]s from the 1870s to present. Their designs were built for the German armed forces but have been exported and licensed to a number of countries s ...to the Chassepot, so in [[1871]] the Mauser Model 1871 became the standard German infantry rifle.

|origin= [[German Empire]] |type= [[Machine pistol]] (M712 Schnellfeuer)<br>[[Semi-automatic pistol]] (all others)

...he Remington Model 8 semi-automatic rifle (1906), the Frommer Stop line of pistols (1907) and the Chauchat machine rifle (1915). ...t]] design of [[Hugo Borchardt]], most famous for its use in the [[Germany|German]] [[Luger pistol]]. Most common are the John Browning tilting barrel desig

...ll used in some weapons today with one example being the [[Glock]] line of pistols (which fire standard bullets). Unfortunately, many early attempts resulted ...nges of 300 m. As mechanisms became smaller, lighter and more reliable, [[semi-automatic rifle]]s, including the [[M1 Garand rifle|M1 Garand]], appeared. World War

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...ir products. In 2000 the SIG Holding AG sold J.P. Sauer & Sohn GmbH to two German businessmen.<ref>[http://www.sigsauer.de/ Sauer: Intro]</ref> The brand nam

[[Image:Garand.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The [[M1 Garand]]. the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry in any nation.]] ...px|right|[[Remington 1100]] Tactical Shotgun in 12 gauge - an example of a semi-automatic shotgun]]

... Armory M1911A1.JPG|thumb|Springfield Armory M1911A1 single-action .45 ACP semi-automatic pistol]] [[Image:S&W-Chief.jpg|thumb|[[Smith & Wesson]] double-action .45 ACP semi-automatic compact [[pistol]]]]

...et [[AK-47]], the American [[M16 rifle|M-16]], the Belgian [[FN FAL]], the German [[Heckler & Koch G3|G3]] and the Swiss [[Sturmgewehr 57]], which today supe |[[Semi-automatic rifle|Semi-automatic]]

...he German Erma MP38/[[MP40]], originally in order to facilitate the use of German 9 mm magazines.<ref>Dunlap, Roy F., ''Ordnance Went Up Front'', Samworth Pr ...00,000 were made before production switched to the Mark II. Sten Mk I's in German possession were designated MP.748(e).

...in the latter stages of World War I both as improvement on earlier stocked pistols, and to offer an advantage in trench warfare. ...e. Fighting in the trenches had become a brutal battle involving grenades, pistols, sharpened entrenching tools, improvised clubs, and bayonets.

...actics.<ref>Gudmundsson, Bruce, ''Storm trooper Tactics: Innovation in the German Army, 1914-1918'', Praeger Press, 1995</ref> ...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 [

* The German Bundeswehr used the Uzi since 1959 under the name MP2 (especially for tank * '''[[UZI Pistol]]''', a semi-automatic version of the Micro Uzi and does not have a stock.

...vest pocket]]" pistols. A line of [[revolvers]] produced by the [[Germany|German]] firm ''Decker'' were chambered for this cartridge [http://www.littlegun.b ...]]. The tiny cartridge has also been used in some precision crafted target pistols.

... rounded nose of its bullet led some to believe it was designed for use in pistols. ..., are considered reasonably effective as a self-defense cartridge, even in pistols. While its heyday in the Second World War and Korean War has passed (as wel

...er rifle]]s, as well as other .50 machine guns. The use in single-shot and semi-automatic rifles has resulted in many specialized [[match-grade]] rounds not used in ...a base for the new machine gun cartridge. However, after some analysis the German ammunition was ruled out, both because performance was inferior to the modi

...://www.fnhusa.com/le/products/firearms/family.asp?fid=FNF009&gid=FNG006 FN Semi-Automatic Carbines - PS90], [[FNH USA]], 2009</ref><ref name="defrev">Crane, David. [ ...stol was still only an early concept.<ref name="oliver2007"/> However, the German delegation and others rejected the NATO recommendation that 5.7x28mm be sta

...is also spelled "Girandony"or "Giradoni")<ref>L.Wesley, ''Air Guns and Air Pistols'', London 1955</ref> or "Girardoni".<ref>H.L.Blackmore, ''Hunting Weapons'' [[Image:F Kennzeichen.jpg|thumb|right|German F-in-pentagon-mark]]

...]. 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 The term ''assault rifle'' is a translation of the [[German]] word ''Sturmgewehr'' (literally meaning "storm rifle"), "storm" used as a

...in order to increase production of the successful [[Campo-Giro]] series of pistols, produced since 1912. Several models of which, including [[model 1913-16]], Caliber for the 400 was the 9mm Bergman-Bayard named after the first semi-automatic pistol in use with the Spanish Army, albeit for a brief period, being later

...type of weapons is called Carabine Mitrailleuse (English: Machine Carbine, German: Maschinenkarabiner) Before WW2, german technicians will revive the study for an intermediate round after 1935. A n

... reported that in World War I [[France|French]] soldiers killed [[Germany|German]] prisoners who had serrated blade bayonets, as they assumed they were for ... the American Civil War, bayonet blades were even affixed to single-shot [[pistols]], although they soon proved useless for anything but cooking. Cutlasses re

...ly, the Germans seized Beretta and continued producing arms until the 1945 German surrender in Italy. In that time, the exterior finish of the weapons was mu ...ingle-action [[revolvers]], double-action revolvers, and semi-automatic [[pistols]]. The parent company, Beretta Holding, also owns Beretta USA, [[Benelli]],

...s is [[machine gun]]s based on short recoil designs, such as the [[Germany|German]] [[MG42]] [[light machine gun]] and its descendants. These designs use a ...tte Manufacturing, Inc.], maker of BFAs for [[machine gun]]s and [[M1911]] pistols

'''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

...and civilian use, have been largely replaced with [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] weapons around the world. ...r the faster rate of fire that alternatives allow. There are however, many semi-automatic sniper rifle designs, especially in the [[designated marksmen]] role.

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...ction|single-action]], [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] [[pistol]]. It is based on ideas conceived and patented in 1922 by Americ

...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

==Pistols== [[Selbstladegewehr 251(a)]] Ex "M1 Garand" (Semi-automatic rifle) - Calibre 30

...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 ...ortened to 730 mm (28.75 in.) in 1930, and to 510 mm (20 in.) in 1938; the German [[Mauser]] 98 rifles went from 740 mm (29 in.) in 1898 to 600 mm (23.6 in.)

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