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... up of the cylinder on a [[Webley Revolver|Webley Mk VI]] [[service pistol|service revolver]]]] ... easily be ejected and loaded with the right. This was done because these pistols were intended for use with cavalry, and it was intended that the revolver a

! colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | [[:category:American gun law|US Gun Law]] / [[:category:gun rights|Gun Rights]] case, 2008 ...t]] guarantees an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such a

|name= European American Armory }}The '''European American Armory Corporation''' (EAA) is an [[American]] importer, manufacturer and distributor of [[firearms]], air guns and vari

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...as an [[automatic rifle]]. However, many regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|US BATFE]], consider ... chamber in the cylinder is loaded with a single cartridge. Semi-automatic pistols have a single fixed firing chamber machined into the rear of the barrel, an

...gh reliability; the "nearly as hard as a diamond" firing pin provides long service life. ...<ref>Ray Bonds, David Miller (2002). ''The Illustrated Directory of Modern American Weapons.'' Zenith Press.</ref>). In addition, the technology includes stam

...g [[black powder]] shooting enthusiasts and many fine flintlock rifles and pistols are being made today. ... carry multiple single-shot weapons instead. Multi-barreled (up to eight) pistols had the barrels spread out in a 180 degree fan. All barrels fired at the sa

'''Glaser Safety Slug, Inc.''' is a small [[United States|American]] [[ammunition]] company based in Sturgis, South Dakota (the same location ...orts indicate that Air Marshals are now issued [[SIG P226|SIG-Sauer P229]] pistols with a 12 round capacity firing conventional jacketed hollow point ammuniti

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...es in order to curb what some see as a historical “bloodiness”, or the American heritage of violence. From the early years of its inception the United Stat ...a higher casualty count? The second issue is more prosaic, and involves an American concept of personal responsibility. Does the government and private propert

...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 ...nly be enrolled in the militia until age or an inability to serve ends his service obligation.<ref>[http://europeforvisitors.com/switzaustria/articles/swiss_a

...ast 100mm (3.94") long for revolvers, and 120mm (4.72") for semi-automatic pistols, and magazines are restricted to 10 rounds. Handgun collectors are exempt f Australia is unusual in restricting air pistols and [[airsoft]] pistols extremely heavily. All airsoft firearms must have a unique Serial number th

...-kopel.html ''"What America can learn from Switzerland..."'', David Kopel, American Rifleman, February 1990]</ref> ...witzerland; people come to such ranges to complete mandatory training with service arms, or to shoot for sport and competition.]]

... A Comparison of Results from Two Recent National Surveys''. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 455. (May 1981)</ref><ref name="CN ...rotection. The importance of guns also derives from the role of hunting in American culture, which remains popular as a sport in the country today.<ref name="a

...nforced polymer assault rifle [[Heckler & Koch G36|G36]], the current main service rifle of the ''Bundeswehr'' and numerous other military and police forces. ...of the world's elite military and paramilitary units, like the Special Air Service, U.S. Navy SEALs, Delta Force, FBI HRT, the German KSK and GSG 9 and countl

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...d a good, reliable source of ignition. The flintlock remained in military service for over 200 years, and flintlocks are still made today for historical re-e ...which used it, called the "caplock". The caplock appeared just before the American Civil War, and was quickly adopted by both sides as it was even simpler and

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In [[1976]], Cooper founded the ''American Pistol Institute''{API) in Paulden, Arizona (later the [[Gunsite Training C ... -- highly-modified pistols which were not appropriate for practical daily service, and which were tuned to fire only ammunition with small propellant charges

...erward, he served as Technical Editor of the National Rifle Association's "American Rifleman" magazine. * Julian S. Hatcher, ''Pistols and Revolvers and Their Use'', Marshallton, Del., Small-Arms Technical Pub.

...pistol before World War II, has become one of the most popular collectors' pistols. * '''[[FN Model 1910]]''': Developed before World War I, many M1910s were in service worldwide during World War II, and the type was produced for Luftwaffe airc

**[[PSG-90]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62 mm NATO: Swedish Service Weapon) ...German Army|G22]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .300 Winchester Magnum: German Service Weapon)

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... Turkish Army by Mauser. Its design echoed that of the German Gewehr 71/84 service rifle, being a bolt-action weapon with a tubular magazine beneath the barre ...r the Spanish armed forces, as well as for the militaries of several Latin American nations, and is dubbed, in common usage, the "7mm Mauser".

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...l passed by the Ohio Legislature signed into law, showed up yesterday with pistols at their sides for a ''Vermilion open carry shopping day,'' which was organ ...rounds -- assault rifles, mostly, Van Cleave said. Regular six-shooters or pistols with nine- or 10-shot magazines are not "firearms" under this Virginia law.

...Colt]] and other percussion revolvers. Some navies also adopted them, "sea service" examples often being made out of bronze which is largely unaffected by the

...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.

...n Hill, 1981</ref> A study of the National Rifle Association publication ''American Hunter'' found thirty-four references to this claim in a single issue of th ... A Comparison of Results from Two Recent National Surveys''. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 455. (May 1981)</ref>

...at Revolver.jpg|thumb|The [[LeMat Revolver]], an unusual revolver from the American Civil War era with 9 revolving chambers firing bullets and a center barrel ...ment officers and security guards. Also, revolvers are still common in the American private sector as defensive and sporting/hunting firearms.

...mentum improves accuracy and range, in the same way that a properly thrown American football or rugby ball behaves. The word "rifle" originally referred to th ...ll used in some weapons today with one example being the [[Glock]] line of pistols (which fire standard bullets). Unfortunately, many early attempts resulted

...on. These were often used by both the Confederate and Union forces in the American Civil War.]] ...r velocities and greater accuracy. Polygonal rifling is currently seen on pistols from [[Heckler & Koch]], [[Glock]] and [[Kahr Arms]], as well as the [[Dese

...their own defense'', and not that of the state, did NOT originate with the American Constitution's Second Amendment.''' ===Military service===

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...d by arms historian James E. Serven as "events which shaped the destiny of American Firearms." ...to the United States in 1832, Colt's father financed the production of two pistols, but would only hire cheap mechanics because he believed the idea to be fol

...irearms manufactured prior to serial number F498821.</ref> regarding their service policy for firearms made prior to [[November 1]], [[1995]]: ...was acquired by its current management. We regret we are unable to provide service for firearms made prior to November 1, 1995 but our current judicial system

...//www.guncite.com/journals/senrpt/senrpt27.html</ref><ref>"Few subjects in American jurisprudence have produced as much work by legal scholars, so little of wh ...or Volokh points out that this structure was actually quite commonplace in American constitutions of the Framing era: State Bills of Rights contained justifica

[[File:45 service pistol.jpg|thumb|420px|Major components of a typical [[M1911|1911-type]] se ...a larger number of cartridges than a [[revolver]], although semi-automatic pistols are potentially more prone to malfunctions than revolvers due to their more

...[assault rifle]] suitable for use in nearly all theatres and environments. Service rifles are also often selected for their upgradability (e.g. the addition o ...ough certain weapons issued to special forces units are rarely considered 'service weapons' in the truest sense, certain specialist [[rifle]]s and [[submachin

Concerned over poor marksmanship during the American Civil War, veteran Union officers Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wi ...liated programs through groups such as 4-H, the Boy Scouts of America, the American Legion, U.S. Jaycees, NCAA, the [http://www.nssf.org/sctp/ Scholastic Clay

...ges. The decline in military use of shotguns reversed in World War I, when American forces used 12-gauge pump action shotguns in close-quarters trench fighting ...hot-pistol (a pistol designed to fire a standard shotgun shell).<ref> Such pistols, like sawed-off or short-barrelled shotguns, are illegal for private citize

...fle, chambered in the new [[.45-70]] cartridge. The Springfield stayed in service until 1893, when it was replaced by the [[Krag-Jørgensen]] bolt-action rif ====Pistols====

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...utomatic, full-automatic, and single-shot rifles; shotguns; semi-automatic pistols; and single-action and double-action revolvers. ... producing firearms in all four market segments: [[rifle]]s, [[shotgun]]s, pistols, and [[revolver]]s.

...in the latter stages of World War I both as improvement on earlier stocked pistols, and to offer an advantage in trench warfare. They were popularized in the 1920s and '30s as weapon of choice of American gangsters and police, in the form of the famous [[Thompson submachine gun]]

...d around the beginning of the 20th century by a number of inventors. [[USA|American]] inventor [[Hiram Percy Maxim|Hiram Maxim]] is credited with inventing and Suppressors were regularly used by American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents during World War II, who favored

Colt New Service, first year of production (1898) only. (Serial # below 250) (I found one f Mauser M1896 "Broomhandle" pistols (serial # below 15,000--these were mostly made with "cone" (pyramidically

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...ly shooting in excess of 100,000 rounds, no other venue offers a better in-service assessment of a firearm’s performance or the brutal gauntlet of high-leve ...ar division in 2008. Only single-stack model [[M1911 pistol|1911]]-pattern pistols are allowed in this division, and they must meet a maximum weight limit, as

...yde & Goodrich and [[A. B. Griswold & Co]] (who later manufactured his own pistols) distributed Tranters. Tranter also produced percussion rifles that used a ...e agency protected U.S. officials prior to the creation of the U.S. Secret Service. He is said to have armed his men with Tranter double trigger revolvers. A

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<!-- Service history --> |service= 1991-present <ref name="diez2000">Diez, Octavio (2000). ''Armament and Tec

...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'' In the [[United Kingdom]], for example, air pistols generating more than 6 ft·lb_f (8.1 J) or air rifles generating

...easingly bloody affair as witnessed by the high level of casualties in the American Civil War. Skirmisher tactics were given greater emphasis as gunpowder weap After the American Civil War, further developments such as the adaptation of [[Magazine (firea

...13]] was mainly sold on the civilian market. These weapons were taken into service during the Spanish civil war. ...on the European, Asian, South American and African market so to circumvent American regulations currently requiring the issue of an [[End user certificate]] fo

...o known as [[Chauchat]] was the first select fire portable weapon to enter service, more than 250,000 will be built in [[8_mm_Lebel|8x50mm Lebel]]. it fires c *Gotz, Hans Dieter, ''German Military Rifles and Machine Pistols, 1871-1945'', Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1990. [

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Some pistols are bolt action, although this is uncommon, and such examples are typically ...ype 38 rifle|Type 38]] and [[Type 99 rifle|Type 99]] rifles, and the Anglo-American [[M1917 Enfield]]). The Mauser system is stronger than that of the Lee-Enfi

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It was in the American Civil War, however, that the Minié ball first saw widespread use. Roughly ...dard ammunition in a military rifle in 1901, for the French Lebel Mle 1886 service weapon.

... M3A1." It was not. It was a Taiwanese "Type 36," which is a copy of the American "M3A1" submachine gun. Similarly, some semi-automatic pistols can enjoy the same freedom from controls by following a similar pathway thr

...for supply difficulties. A notable weapon developed towards the end of the American Civil War by the Union was the [[Spencer carbine]]. It had a spring-powered ...t was introduced in the closing months of WWII, but did not see widespread service until the Korean War, the Mau Mau uprising, and the Malayan Emergency.

... diameter of cartridges for the different kinds and calibers of rifles and pistols. The ''best'' cartridge for different purposes is subject to much discussio ... handguns chambered in .22 rimfire (despite its name, it is often fired in pistols and revolvers in addition to rifles), though far less effective than center

... the popularization of the revolver and the shift away from earlier single pistols and pepperbox type weapons. While Colt did not invent the revolver concept, ...er to produce revolvers, of which Colt held the patent, during the Mexican-American War. Colt's earlier venture, the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company, had dec

...''.<ref name="abc1">{{cite book|last=Carter|first=Gregg Lee |title=Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law|edition ...saf.org/LawReviews/Tahmassebi1.html SAF Law Review]</ref> These were large pistols in .36 caliber ("navy") or .44 caliber ("army"), and were the military issu