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|name= Colt Peacemaker |caption= Second Generation Colt Single Action Army

... [[Winchester Model 1887/1901|Winchester 1887]] lever-action shotguns and Colt Lightning pump-action rifles are also legal. Both original and reproduction ...available from companies such as [[Ruger]], [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]], [[Uberti]], and [[U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co.]]<ref name="GD"/>

...gun]] cartridges tended to fire large, slow bullets like the popular [[.45 Colt]], or light, fast bullets like the [[7.63x25mm Mauser|.30 Mauser]], Keith w ==Magnum revolvers==

... accounted for three of the four fatalities with his twin .44 caliber Colt revolvers.

...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 For example, the o ...wever, for most applications, the single-shot handgun has been replaced by revolvers and semi-automatic pistols.

...SMOLT]] (US/Netherlands - Revolver - .357 Magnum: Custom S&W Model 19 with Colt Python barrel) *[[Beretta|Beretta Revolvers]]

...xt decade would see a similar pace, including the adoption of several more revolvers and an intensive search for a self-loading pistol that would culminate in o ...omhandle"]]), Mannlicher (the [[Steyr Mannlicher M1894]]), and Colt (the [[Colt M1900]]).

...e first gas-operated machine gun was the [[M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun|Colt-Browning M1895]].<ref>[http://www.nationalgunsmithsassociation.com/famous_g ...re bullets at Turks. While ahead of its time, foreshadowing the designs of revolvers, it was not adopted or produced.

Moon clips can be used either to chamber rimless cartridges in a double-action revolver (which would normally require [[Rim|rimmed]] cartridges), or to ch ...itary-issue .45 ACP ammunition.<ref>Josserand MH, Stevenson JA: ''Pistols, revolvers, and ammunition''. New York, Bonanza Books (a division of Crown Publishers)

...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 ...can use +P ammunition; for example, many aluminum alloy framed .38 Special revolvers should not regularly be used with +P ammunition, for while the cylinder is

...5.jpg|thumb|The '''[[Colt Single Action Army]]''', one of the most popular revolvers of all time]] The first revolvers were partly an attempt to improve on [[pepper-box]] type weapons, which use

... 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]] ...ontemporary [[trigger|single-action]] revolvers, such as the [[Samuel Colt|Colt]], which had to be cocked prior to each shot.

|name = Sam Colt |caption = Samuel Colt (19th century engraving)

[[Image:S&W-Chief.jpg|thumb|[[Smith & Wesson]] double-action .45 ACP semi-automatic compact [[pistol]]]] ...ugh semi-automatic pistols are potentially more prone to malfunctions than revolvers due to their more complex design and mechanism.

...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

...ecently introduced a revolver named The Judge, which accommodates both .45 Colt and .410 shotshells.

...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 *[[.32 S&W Long]]&mdash;sometimes called .32 New Colt Police, or 32-44 Target

|cartridge= .410 2.5" [[shotshell]] and [[.45 Colt]] ...om 4410 to 4510 to more accurately reflect the revolver's versatility (.45 Colt + 410 shot -> "4510")<ref name="Shooting Times: Taurus Big-Bore Double Feat

* 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.

[[Image:M1911 Pistol US.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A US Army [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911A1]] [[pistol]]. Within the looping [[trigger guard]] is the fi ...ng the trigger once for each shot until the magazine is empty. The [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] is a single-action pistol that functions in this manner.<ref