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|ROF= [[Semi-automatic firearm|Semi-automatic]] (M1/A1)<br/> 850–900 rounds/min (M2/M3) ...tes Carbine, Caliber .30, M1''') is a lightweight [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] [[carbine]] that became a standard firearm in the U.S. military during Wo

|manufacturer=[[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt Defense]] ...'''M4''' has [[selective fire]] options including [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] and [[Burst mode|three-round burst]] (like the M16A2), while the '''M4A1'

...using bullet energy would also drive the development of nearly all other [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi]] and fully automatic firearms of 20th century. ...e first gas-operated machine gun was the [[M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun|Colt-Browning M1895]].<ref>[http://www.nationalgunsmithsassociation.com/famous_g

...r the military-issue .45 ACP ammunition.<ref>Josserand MH, Stevenson JA: ''Pistols, revolvers, and ammunition''. New York, Bonanza Books (a division of Crown

A '''personal defense weapon''' (often abbreviated '''PDW''') is a compact semi-automatic or fully-automatic [[firearm]] similar in most respects to a [[submachine g ...ch MP5K-PDW]] and the [[Jatimatic|GG-95 PDW]].<ref name=CWEG90 /> Standard pistols and submachine guns chambered for pistol rounds had proven ineffective agai

...ited, are classified as restricted. Many <s>military-</s> scary-looking, [[semi-automatic rifle]]s, such as the [[AR15]] are also classified as restricted. Other exa * Many semi-automatic firearms designed to discharge center-fire ammunition

...he Remington Model 8 semi-automatic rifle (1906), the Frommer Stop line of pistols (1907) and the Chauchat machine rifle (1915). ...g barrel designs, based either on the rotating link as used in the [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] pistol, or the linkless cam design used in the [[Browning Hi

[[Image:Colt SAA45.jpg|thumb|The '''[[Colt Single Action Army]]''', one of the most popular revolvers of all time]] ...erfected, however, as it was apparently destroyed by a misfire.<ref>Samuel Colt (1855). ''On the Application of Machinery to the Manufacture of Rotating Ch

... specific brands and models of firearms – while mostly rifles, some were pistols and shotguns. ...[[.50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004]] has led to many restrictions on semi-automatic firearms.

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...984 on behalf of the US armed forces to find a replacement for the [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911A1]]. Only the [[Beretta 92|Beretta 92F]] and the SIG P226 sati

... Armory M1911A1.JPG|thumb|Springfield Armory M1911A1 single-action .45 ACP semi-automatic pistol]] [[Image:S&W-Chief.jpg|thumb|[[Smith & Wesson]] double-action .45 ACP semi-automatic compact [[pistol]]]]

...g|right|thumb|A [[pump action shotgun|pump-action]] [[Remington 870]], two semi-automatic action [[Remington 1100]] shotguns, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, a clay trap ...[[double barreled shotgun]]s, pump-action, bolt-action, lever-action, and semi-automatic models.

*[[.32 S&W Long]]&mdash;sometimes called .32 New Colt Police, or 32-44 Target *[[.38 S&W]]&mdash;sometimes called .38 Colt New Police and the 38/200 in England.

...in the latter stages of World War I both as improvement on earlier stocked pistols, and to offer an advantage in trench warfare. ...e. Fighting in the trenches had become a brutal battle involving grenades, pistols, sharpened entrenching tools, improvised clubs, and bayonets.

|manufacturer=[[Auto-Ordnance Company]] (originally), [[Colt]], [[Savage Arms]] ...U.S. service suitable for use with the lock was the [[.45 ACP]] (Automatic Colt Pistol). The project was then titled "Annihilator I", and by 1918, most of

[[Image:M1911 Pistol US.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A US Army [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911A1]] [[pistol]]. Within the looping [[trigger guard]] is the fi ...nder, deactivate passive safeties, select between [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] and [[Automatic firearm|full-automatic]] fire such as the [[Steyr AUG]],

[[File:Ipb-colt-1911-series80-a.jpg|right]] ... pulled again inside its recess, by the force of the firing pin spring. In Colt Series 80 guns, there is a passive safety mechanism (shown at right) which

...th revolvers and self-loading ([[semi-automatic pistol|semi-automatic]]) [[pistols]]. ...ngspur could not compete in price with mass-produced revolvers such as the Colt, and production never equalled that of Webley's competitors [[Robert Adams

...er]], necked back and with a sharper shoulder angle. Developed for use in pistols with barrels as short as 10 inches (25 cm), it develops the same power as a * [[.454 Casull]]. This revolver cartridge, a lengthened [[.45 Colt]], was developed by Dick Casull and Jack Fulmer in 1957 as a high-powered b

|products= [[rifles]], [[pistols]], [[shotguns]], [[ammunition]], accessories ...ting Arms Company''' was a prominent [[United States|American]] maker of [[semi-automatic firearm|repeating firearms]] during the late nineteenth and early twentieth