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...ral modifications including the ability to fire from a closed bolt in both semi-automatic and automatic firing modes, a new perforated sheet-metal handguard (the fol Initial production G3 rifles differed substantially from more recent models; early rifles featured closed-type mechanical flip iron sights (with two settings)

...anies (notable Allen & Wheelock for whom he made so-called "[[pepperbox]]" pistols). He married Ms. Mary Elizabeth Adams on April 9th, 1868, in Worcester, wi ... top-break revolvers as Safety Automatics. These are [[revolvers]], not [[semi-automatic pistol]]s. The term “Safety Automatic” refers to Iver Johnson’s trans

In the early 1980s, Cooper published an article describing his ideal of a general-purpos ...practical weapons toward what he called ''rooney guns'' -- highly-modified pistols which were not appropriate for practical daily service, and which were tune

...pistol before World War II, has become one of the most popular collectors' pistols. ...revolver ordered by the United Kingdom for production in the United States early in the war. This 200gr bullet was replaced by a 176gr in respect to The Ha

....45 ACP]] (left) and [[7.65 mm Browning]]/[[.32 ACP]] (right). Confiscated early 2004 in or around Al-Qurna, Iraq, by Dancon/Irak. Destroyed shortly after. ... In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols during its service life.

|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

...using bullet energy would also drive the development of nearly all other [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi]] and fully automatic firearms of 20th century. ...hether the ammunition used is intended for use in [[side arm]]s (chiefly [[semi-automatic pistol]]s) or rifles; the difference between machine guns and autocannons i

...bout full auto or burst-capable pistols. For semi-automatic pistols, see [[Semi-automatic pistol]].'' ...hat of a full-sized machine gun, while a machine pistol is built up from a semi-automatic pistol design.

...orted and licensed to a number of countries since the later Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries, as well as being a popular civilian firearm. ===The early years===

|type= [[Machine pistol]] (M712 Schnellfeuer)<br>[[Semi-automatic pistol]] (all others) ...49 77X. , Page 5</ref>, also known as the '''Mauser Broomhandle''', is a [[semi-automatic pistol]] that was originally produced by [[Germany|German]] arms manufactur

In early 1994, ATF decided (in ATF Rulings 94-1 and 94-2) that three models of 12 ga In every case, the conversion part(s) are installed into a semi-automatic gun, and without converting the semi-auto gun's receiver to machine gun spe

|products= [[Pocket Pistols]] ...arms designed originally for RMA by the legendary [[Dick Casull]]. In the early 80s, NAA became a subsidiary of Talley Manufacturing, an aerospace manufact

A '''personal defense weapon''' (often abbreviated '''PDW''') is a compact semi-automatic or fully-automatic [[firearm]] similar in most respects to a [[submachine g ...om lighter, more compact arms than the line infantry arm. In the 1800s and early 1900s, shorter versions of the infantry rifle were issued as 'carbines' for

... fire one shot every three or five seconds. Thus, shooters equipped with a semi-automatic weapon, fully automatic weapon, or a revolver cannot get the full enjoyment ...owed at all. By contrast, plinkers, can freely change between shotguns and pistols at a moments notice or freely use the full capabilities of a gun that fires

...n cited as the first [[machine gun]]. By changing cylinders to reload (an early example of a [[speedloader]]), the gun was fired and reloaded to fire a tot ...ry and law enforcement they have largely been supplanted by magazine-fed [[semi-automatic pistol]]s such as the [[M1911 Colt pistol|Colt M1911]], especially in circu

...han the day's muskets, and usually the weapon of a [[marksman]]. Until the early 20th century rifles tended to be very long&mdash;an 1890 [[Martini-Henry]] The performance of early muskets was sufficient for the styles of warfare at the time, whereby soldi

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...A1]], [[Browning Hi-Power]] and [[CZ 75]], the P226 (and many other modern pistols) lock the barrel and slide together using an enlarged breech section of the

[[Image:Garand.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The [[M1 Garand]]. the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry in any nation.]] ...px|right|[[Remington 1100]] Tactical Shotgun in 12 gauge - an example of a semi-automatic shotgun]]

... 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]]]]

...on [[Mosin-Nagant]] rifle used by [[Imperial Russia]] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the [[Soviet Union]] in the Second World War. By this ti |[[Semi-automatic rifle|Semi-automatic]]