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.... The United States military tested the design against other semiautomatic pistols by European makers, and adopted some versions for trial use. The M1900 and Unlike the designs of other early automatic pistols, Browning's design used a full length slide that covered the full length of

...1900]], and would transition from the 1900 into three distinct but related pistols with the same action and cartridge, the 1902 Sporting Model, the 1902 Mili ...e U.S. military enough to lead to the purchase of a few hundred Model 1900 pistols for testing, evaluation and limited field trial issue, however, the limitat

... Therefore the rounded hammer Colt 1903 pocket hammers can help date those pistols at a glance to 1903-1907. ...3 Pocket Hammer featured slide grooves at the rear of the slide. The first pistols featured the milled pattern similar to the 1902 Sporting Models, but Colt t

...s for much of their life, and also served as United States General Officer pistols from the 1940s until their replacement by the [[M15 pistol|M15 General Offi Approximately 570,000 Colt Pocket Hammerless pistols were produced from 1903 to 1945, in five different types (see Variants para

...>[http://www.precisionsmallarms.com/history.aspx John Browning's FN Pocket Pistols] precisionsmallarms.com</ref> ...uced by [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal]] as the '''FN Model 1905'''. Both pistols were chambered for the Browning-invented [[.25 ACP]] (Automatic Colt pistol

...869]].<ref name="EPR">Hartink, A.E. (2002). ''The Complete Encyclopedia of Pistols and Revolvers.'' Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc. pp. 447. ISBN 97 ...ound-force (582 J) energy.<ref name = "Smith">Smith, WHB (1968). ''Book of Pistols and Revolvers''. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books.</ref>

...the type in use prior to 1899. Some CAS matches also offer side events for single-shot "buffalo rifles", [[derringers]], etc. Replica firearms are available from *Traditional - Shooters use only pistols with fixed sights.

... 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

...eloader|muzzleloading]] pistol; with the advent of [[cartridge]] firearms, pistols began to be produced in the modern form still known as a "derringer". ...o eject the fired round, then pushed back to chamber the next round. These pistols were originally built for the United States Army, and the few available on

...ry of the shot. Ballistic tables for small calibre projectiles (fired from pistols or rifles) assume that gravity is acting nearly perpendicular to the bullet

...t necessarily cycling a slide against a strong recoil spring, making these pistols suitable for use by the elderly and others with less hand strength. The tr

...e, and little movement in the action during firing translated into greater single-shot accuracy.<ref name="Senich_240"/> When operating in the automatic mode, the

[[Category:FN .32 semi-automatic pistols]] [[Category:Belgian .32 semi-automatic pistols]]

...M1903 pistols, plus Husqvarna built another 94,000 pistols. Many of these pistols were later modified in the United States, with a bushing in the chamber to This pistol can be called a forerunner of most semi-automatic pistols in the world, in one respect or another. Significantly [[stopping power|und

... [[M240 machine gun|M240]] medium machine guns, [[FN FNP series|FNP series pistols]] and [[M2 machine gun]]s.

...uch as the 5.56x45mm NATO, or 7.62x39mm), which along with fully automatic pistols, provided the pre-cursor for the term "assault weapon." ...defined by name as being "assault weapons". Various semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns were classified as "assault weapons" due to having various co

...her [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "guns" in the restricted sense ... 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

...Firearms that do not have bolts, such as [[revolver]]s and many types of [[single-shot]] actions, generally have a very short firing pin in the frame, or else att Firearms that use long firing pins, such as pistols, will often use a firing pin that is too short to project when depressed fl

...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

===Pistols and shotguns===