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...lacement; thus the Lee-Enfield continued in use until it was replaced by a semi-automatic weapon after [[WWII]]. The lower rate of fire and lower magazine capacity w ====Mauser 1910 and 1914 Pocket Pistols====

...ever-action|lever]], hinge or [[break action]], [[pump-action|pump]], or [[semi-automatic]]. ...e handgun categories include approximately half of the [[revolvers]] and [[pistols]] owned in [[Canada]]. There are specific provisions listed in [[section 1

...ext is the slide.]]The '''slide''' (or '''slideback''') is the part of a [[semi-automatic pistol]] that moves during the operating cycle and generally houses the [[f ...[[Trigger|double action / single action]] pistols. However, some semi-auto pistols are [[Trigger|double action only]], and are designed to omit the first step

based on [[John M. Browning]]'s [[Browning Auto-5|Auto-5]] action. In a long recoil action, the barrel and bolt recoi ...he Remington Model 8 semi-automatic rifle (1906), the Frommer Stop line of pistols (1907) and the Chauchat machine rifle (1915).

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...amily, operates by the locked breech short-recoil method pioneered by John Browning. On firing the slide and barrel are locked together until, after a few mill

...w the user to select various fire modes, from 0 (safe/off/no firing) to 1 (semi-automatic fire) to 2 (burst fire) to 3 (full-automatic fire), usually have a dial-typ ... re-activated immediately once the shooter releases it. The [[M1911 pistol|Browning M1911]] design is a popular example of a handgun with a grip safety. The [[

[[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]]]]

...g|right|thumb|A [[pump action shotgun|pump-action]] [[Remington 870]], two semi-automatic action [[Remington 1100]] shotguns, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, a clay trap ...[[double barreled shotgun]]s, pump-action, bolt-action, lever-action, and semi-automatic models.

...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.

...ciency. One disposable type developed in the 1980s by the US Navy for 9 mm pistols is 150 x 45 mm (5.9 x 1.77 in) and is designed for six shots with standard ...ithin ten shots; metal mesh may last for hundreds or thousands of shots of semi-automatic fire, or significantly less for full-automatic fire. Like wipes, such pack

...broom' to sweep enemy troops from the trenches, filling a role the [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle|BAR]] had proved incapable of.<ref>Fitzsimons, ''op. cit.'' ...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 [

...se the thumb or weak fingers to actuate the trigger. Examples are the [[M2 Browning machine gun]] and the [[Springfield Armory M6 Scout]] respectively. ...nder, deactivate passive safeties, select between [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] and [[Automatic firearm|full-automatic]] fire such as the [[Steyr AUG]],

...911 pistol, although [[John Browning]] ditched it from his design in the [[Browning Hi Power]]/[[P-35]]. ...cartridges]]. These pistols, perhaps inevitably, get called "high capacity pistols," and there are at least two companies that produce them today: [[Para Ordn

...er]], necked back and with a sharper shoulder angle. Developed for use in pistols with barrels as short as 10 inches (25 cm), it develops the same power as a ...ber (5.56 mm) cartridges available. First offered in a factory firearm by Browning in 1963 (the first factory gun chambered for a wildcat), the .22-250 was la

|products= [[rifles]], [[pistols]], [[shotguns]], [[ammunition]], accessories ...ting Arms Company''' was a prominent [[United States|American]] maker of [[semi-automatic firearm|repeating firearms]] during the late nineteenth and early twentieth

...e wild-sounding) being made for the new series of fully featured [[9mm]] [[semi-automatic pistol]]s that were being introduced by so many of the world's prominent fi As a general (but not exclusive) rule, a wonder nine is a semi-automatic pistol, chambered for the [[9mm Parabellum]] [[cartridge]] and offering a n

|designer= [[John Browning]] ...[[John Browning]] in 1904, for use in his prototype [[Colt Firearms|Colt]] semi-automatic .45 pistol—a design which evolved into the [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] pi

... shooting part of modern pentathlon competitions before it switched to air pistols. There is also a .22 short blank for use in [[starting pistol]]s. ...so produced their dainty takedown semi-auto in .22 Short, on the same John Browning design upon which the Remington Model 24 is based.

|designer= [[John Browning]] ...a [[Rim|semi-rimmed]], straight-walled pistol cartridge designed by [[John Browning]] in 1906.