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... [[blowback]]-operated pistol, engineered by [[John Browning]] and made by Belgian arms manufacturer [[Fabrique Nationale]]. The design was a serious improvem ...er accepted as official sidearm of either the [[Netherlands]] or [[Belgium|Belgian]] army.

*[http://www.gunsworld.com/ French and World Guns, Pistols, Revolvers, Rifles Since 1800.] [[Category:Belgian .32 semi-automatic pistols]]

...(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

*[[Belgian M1871 Trooper's Revolver]] (Belgium - Revolver - 11 x 17.5 mm French Ordnan *[[Belgian M1878 Officer's Revolver]] (Belgium - Revolver - 9 x 23 mmR Nagant)

...to be suited to the kind of operation the two British, two French, and one Belgian Regiment carried out. It was handy enough to parachute with, and, in additi

...ugh semi-automatic pistols are potentially more prone to malfunctions than revolvers due to their more complex design and mechanism. ...elative to the gun barrel. In contrast, although [[Trigger|double-action]] revolvers can also be fired semi-automatically, their rounds are not fired from a sin

* Two big bore [[S&W]] top break [[double action]] [[revolvers]] ([[.44-40]] or [[.44 Russian]], but get both in the same [[caliber]].) ...ten for under $125 if sporterized. Most [[Iver Johnson]] .38 S&W top break revolvers are also still a relative bargain at $120 to $250 each.