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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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...faster reloading procedure than any of contemporary military or civilian [[revolvers]].
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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;
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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
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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
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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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...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
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...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
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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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...re bullets at Turks. While ahead of its time, foreshadowing the designs of revolvers, it was not adopted or produced.
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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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...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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...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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...]. 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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... 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]]
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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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... 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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...rsions of the same. The Cavalry had fielded some [[trigger|double action]] revolvers in [[.38 Long Colt]], and they determined that the .38 caliber round was si
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...re [[bolt action]] rifles, though the .22 WMR is also found in a number of revolvers by [[Taurus]], [[North American Arms]], Tanfoglio, and Sturm, Ruger, and wa
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...n their collection of [[9x19mm Parabellum]] automatics and [[.38 Special]] revolvers. This search led them to the [[10 mm Auto]] that had been developed in the
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...liber Model 1871 Remington single shot pistol and the various cap-and-ball revolvers converted to take metallic cartridges then in use. While the Colt remained
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Antique cap & ball revolvers require licensing in all states except Queensland and Victoria, where an in
c) Revolvers, single-shot pistols and self-loading pistols which are chambered for, and
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..., [[Astra-100]] of the years 1980 the production packs and relates to also revolvers which are counterparts of [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]], [[Ruger]]
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Rifles, revolvers and semi-auto pistols in calibre .22 rimfire are popular all over the world
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...ns]], lever bolt-action rifles, single-action [[revolvers]], double-action revolvers, and semi-automatic [[pistols]]. The parent company, Beretta Holding, also
=== Beretta revolvers ===
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...per in the design of wooden grips intended for heavy-calibre double action revolvers, which are now made by Herrett's Stocks as the "Jordan Trooper". Jordan alw
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...e "identification" of the firearm as being any one of 276 Smith and Wesson revolvers.
...ification, by reason of frequent and deliberate duplication. Iver Johnson revolvers share that problem, and so do many other firearms. On some firearms, the S
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... place of "inches". For example, a (smallbore) rifle with a diameter of 0.22 inch is a .22 cal, however the decimal point is generally dropped when spok
... [[.38 Special]], [[.357 Magnum]], [[.35 Remington]] || Generally .357 for revolvers and rifles, .355 in autoloaders
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"companions" to the popular [[revolvers]] of the day, firing the same cartridge but allowing more velocity and accu
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...ambered in .22 rimfire (despite its name, it is often fired in pistols and revolvers in addition to rifles), though far less effective than centerfire handguns,
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...in the non-dominant bicep, and some types of firearm such as large caliber revolvers cannot be used in this position due to the muzzle- or cylinder-blast potent
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...ilio Ghisoni]], the latter also being the designer of a line of [[Mateba]] revolvers, including the [[Unica]] [[semi-automatic revolver]].
... is that the [[Gun barrel|barrel]] is on a low axis compared to most other revolvers, since it fires from the lowermost [[chamber]] of the [[cylinder]], rather
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... proper name of which was the [[Single Action Army]]. Later well-known CMC revolvers include the [[Colt Python]] and [[Colt Anaconda]]. John Browning also worke
... Mod. 1851 cal .36, the Pocket Mod. 1849 cal .31 and numerous other famous revolvers of the 'Wild West'. His designs played a major role in the popularization
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...com/manufacture.htm The Borchardt Rifle Corp. sells parts to convert Ruger revolvers to .17 HM2.]</ref>
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...d manufacture of many inexpensive firearms, most notably a large number of revolvers made by [[Röhm Gesellschaft]], which were typically purchased and owned by
..., and were the military issue [[Percussion cap|cap and ball]] black-powder revolvers used during the Civil War by both Union and Confederate ground troops. The
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