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|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] }}The '''Colt Model 1900''' was a self-loading semi-automatic .38 caliber handgun introduced by [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] at

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...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

}}The '''Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer''' was a short-recoil, semi-automatic pistol, designed by famous American arms designer [[John Browning]]. It wa ...in their annual catalog until existing parts were used up, sometime in the early 1920s.

|type= [[semi-automatic]] [[plinking]] [[pistol]] |action= [[Semi-automatic]]

The Breyer dissent looks to early municipal fire-safety laws that forbade the storage of gunpowder (and in Bo ...y morning to apply for a handgun permit. But when he tried to register his semi-automatic weapon, he says he was rejected."''</ref> [[Revolver]]s will likely not fal

...an be found on [[bolt action]], [[lever-action]], [[semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] and [[fully automatic]] firearms. [[Shotgun#Break-action|Break-action sho ...|A view showing a flip-up barrel and lack of extractor on a Beretta Bobcat semi-automatic pistol]]

|caption= Both early (top) and late-war (bottom) variants of the FG 42. |variants= Early model (original Rheinmetall- Borsig design), late model (Krieghoff revision

...acturer of motor vehicles in Belgium, cars were produced in Herstal in the early 20th century, production of FN motorcycles continued until 1965, trucks unt One of Fabrique Nationale's weapons, a [[FN Model 1910|Model 1910]] [[semi-automatic pistol]] in 7.65 x 17 mm ([[.32 ACP]]) (serial number 19074) was used to as

...her [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "guns" in the restricted sense ...by the mid-1300s, but could have been introduced by the Mongols perhaps as early as the mid-1200s.<ref>^ Khan, Iqtidar Alam (1996), "Coming of Gunpowder to

...rsonal protection and practical shooting. Glock currently produces [[Glock pistols|35 models of handguns]]. The US-led Multi National Force-Iraq has equipped ...ck 22 and the Glock 23, beating [[Smith & Wesson]] to the marketplace with pistols for their own cartridge<ref name="GlockFaqTimeline" />.

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] }}The '''K100''' is a [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[Semi-automatic pistol|semi-automatic]] [[pistol]] designed and built by Grand Power SRO in Banská Bystrica, Slo

...istorical “bloodiness”, or the American heritage of violence. From the early years of its inception the United States has been a country that has espous ...programs based upon the relatively successful “Drug-Free Zones” of the early 1980s, were implemented with the intention of increasing the severity of th

...[[.50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004]] has led to many restrictions on semi-automatic firearms. In addition to a lengthy list of specific firearms that are banne ...ges, December 20, 2005]</ref> intimating that this list will be updated in early 2006; as of December 2006, it had not done so. On February 1, 2006, the CA

...two separate assassination attempts on the Prime Minister and President in early 2008. ...inal history. Air guns with [[muzzle energy]] up to 15 J, [[Gas pistol|gas pistols]] and muzzle-loaded guns are available to anybody above 18 without permissi

...-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]]), [[shotguns]] (not [[pump-action]] or semi-automatic), [[air rifles]], [[paintball guns]], and [[airsoft|airsoft/soft air rifles * '''Category B''': [[centrefire]] rifles (not semi-automatic), [[Muzzleloader|muzzleloading]] firearms made after [[1 January]] [[1901]]

* '''[[Military-Style Semi-Automatic]]s''' (MSSAs) include semi-automatic rifles and shotguns that have one or more of the following components: '''B Endorsement''' - Sporting pistols

..., the [[SIG 510]] battle rifle and/or the [[SIG P220|SIG-Sauer P220]] 9 mm semi-automatic pistol for officers, medical and postal personnel) at home with a specified ...d; the rifle is then returned to the discharged owner. The rifle is then a semi-automatic or self-loading rifle.

...sporting ethos and the militia/frontier ethos that draw from the country's early history.<ref name = "SpitzerCh1">Spitzer, Robert J.: ''The Politics of Gun ...our own ammunition and weapons, was mandatory for all adult males. Yet, as early as the 1790s, the mandatory universal militia duty gave way to voluntary mi

...(medium and smallbore rifles), FFFg (pistols), and FFFFg (smallbore, short pistols and priming [[flintlock]]s). In the [[United Kingdom]], the gunpowder grain ...by the mid-1300s, but could have been introduced by the Mongols perhaps as early as the mid-1200s.

Some handgun subtypes include [[single-shot]] pistols, [[revolver]]s, [[semi-automatic pistol]]s, and [[Automatic firearm|fully automatic]], or [[machine pistol]] ...refer to both the [[Enfield Revolver]] and the later [[Browning Hi-Power]] semi-automatic.

...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]]

...of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, participated in many of these early competitions. This fact certainly contributed to the inclusion of five shoo ...must be knocked down to score, typically at long range using very powerful pistols.

...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.

== Well-known semi-automatic pistols == === Semi-automatic pistols ===

...ed from the British term for a submachine gun - "Machine Carbine" - in the early part of the Second World War. ...was made from hydraulic cylinders produced for hospital equipment. All the pistols were marked in English to disguise their origin and the production faciliti

...i-automatic rifles such as the late-World War II Russian [[SKS]], and even pistols such as the [[Steyr Mannlicher M1894]] and the [[Mauser C96]], also used st ...was adopted by [[Denmark]], [[Norway]] and the [[United States|US]] in the early 1890s had a magazine that was normally loaded by hand, although a device of

...utomatic, full-automatic, and single-shot rifles; shotguns; semi-automatic pistols; and single-action and double-action revolvers. ... producing firearms in all four market segments: [[rifle]]s, [[shotgun]]s, pistols, and [[revolver]]s.

...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.

Early suppressors were created around the beginning of the 20th century by a numb ...250px|Cross section diagram of [[Heckler & Koch MP5|Heckler & Koch MP5SD]] early model suppressor, from H&K 1971 patent. Vented barrel surrounded by metal

The Thompson achieved most of its early notoriety in the hands of Prohibition and Depression-era gangsters and in H ...ary, serving during World War II and later into the Korean War, as well as early stages of the Vietnam War. Other Allied countries purchased the Thompson as

The Webley company was founded in the early 18th century by William Davies, who made bullet moulds. It was taken over ...nd the pistol remained in service as a substitute standard weapon into the early 1960s.

...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 ... or ammunition makers. It is easier to start with an existing case in the early stages of development, and commonalities in the parent cartridge often make

|products= [[rifles]], [[pistols]], [[shotguns]], [[ammunition]], accessories ...semi-automatic firearm|repeating firearms]] during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

...[[John Browning]] in 1904, for use in his prototype [[Colt Firearms|Colt]] semi-automatic .45 pistol—a design which evolved into the [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] pi ...Cavalry had been buying and testing various handguns in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The .45 [[Colt Single Action Army handgun|Colt Single Action Army]]

... is commonly chambered in small, so-called "[[pocket pistol|vest pocket]]" pistols. A line of [[revolvers]] produced by the [[Germany|German]] firm ''Decker' ...]]. The tiny cartridge has also been used in some precision crafted target pistols.

... rounded nose of its bullet led some to believe it was designed for use in pistols. ..., are considered reasonably effective as a self-defense cartridge, even in pistols. While its heyday in the Second World War and Korean War has passed (as wel

... "Gangster Era"<ref name="20top" />. Tests at the time revealed that those early ballistic vests defeated any handgun cartridge traveling at less than about ...early development is given to hunter and experimenter Elmer Keith. Keith's early work in loading the [[.38 Special]] to increasingly higher pressure levels

...(100 mm) barreled [[revolvers]], in a cartridge designed to be used in a [[semi-automatic pistol]]. ... the [[Desert Eagle]] and Coonan, but due to the difficulty of designing a semi-automatic pistol able to feed the rimmed .357 Magnum cartridge reliably, they were of

...ch promotes accuracy. There have, however, been a number of locked breech pistols chambered in .380 ACP. There have also been some diminutive [[submachine g ...of a recent upsurge in popularity due to some very compact and lightweight pistols chambered for it.

... This search led them to the [[10 mm Auto]] that had been developed in the early 1980s for the famed [[Bren Ten]], but by this point in time the company had ... overall length as the [[9x19mm Parabellum]] cartridge, many existing 9 mm pistols could be easily adapted by their respective manufacturers to fire the new c

...|Bill Ruger]], while another says a Remington employee provided Ruger with early samples of the ammunition. ...]]s, such as the [[Desert Eagle]]. Ruger introduced its first long gun, a semi-automatic carbine chambered for the .44 Magnum, in 1959, and Marlin followed soon aft

}}The '''10mm Auto''' (10x25mm) is a [[cartridge]] for [[semi-automatic pistol]]s, developed by [[Jeff Cooper]] and originally produced by [[ammuni ...average agent/police officer competency of use and qualification," and the pistols that chambered it were too large for some small-handed individuals.<ref>[ht

...://www.fnhusa.com/le/products/firearms/family.asp?fid=FNF009&gid=FNG006 FN Semi-Automatic Carbines - PS90], [[FNH USA]], 2009</ref><ref name="defrev">Crane, David. [ ...t time, while the 4.6x30mm [[Heckler & Koch UCP]] pistol was still only an early concept.<ref name="oliver2007"/> However, the German delegation and others

...ing a loaded weapon. Because of this possibility, most currently produced pistols are designed with a "drop-safety" or [[Safety (firearms)#Firing Pin Block|f ...gun with loaded chamber can be dangerous, the use of a soft bronze bolt in early Stens—allowing the [[sear]] contact area to wear down quickly—made ADs

...]. Examples of assault rifles include the [[AK-47]] and the [[M16 rifle]]. Semi-automatic rifles, including commercial versions of the [[AR-15]], and "automatic" rif ...ine gun]]s, [[battle rifle]]s, [[automatic rifle]]s, [[machine gun]]s, and semi-automatic rifles:

...in order to increase production of the successful [[Campo-Giro]] series of pistols, produced since 1912. Several models of which, including [[model 1913-16]], Caliber for the 400 was the 9mm Bergman-Bayard named after the first semi-automatic pistol in use with the Spanish Army, albeit for a brief period, being later

...l barrel used on merchant and military ships. Likewise a ''baril'' was, as early as 1323 (used in ''Du Chevalier au barisel''), and remains now, a big barre ...Breech-loading weapon|Breech loading]] provided a higher rate of fire, but early breech loading guns lacked an effective way of sealing the escaping gases t

[[Image:Bayonette-p1000740.jpg|thumb|Early-19th century socket bayonet]] ...on]] that was to influence Western European infantry tactics well into the early 20th century. The weapon was introduced into the French army by General Jea

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] [[File:M1911A1 and M9 DA-SC-91-10188.jpg|thumb|right|M1911A1 and early M9 with magazines removed]]

...and civilian use, have been largely replaced with [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] weapons around the world. As early as 1803, breech-loading bolt-action rifles were produced. They continued to

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...ction|single-action]], [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] [[pistol]]. It is based on ideas conceived and patented in 1922 by Americ

...r this reason, early rifles were not generally used for military purposes. Early rifle bullets required cloth or leather patches to grip the rifling grooves ...in place of the hollow-point bullets that are more commonly used in .22 LR pistols.

In early 2002, the government scrapped the entire idea of unique identification. It ...d as a Serial number. At one point, the Registry had over a dozen Walther semi-automatic handguns registered in a manner that showed the Patent number as being the

...esigned by integrating the action of a handgun such as a [[revolver]] or [[semi-automatic handgun|autoloader]] into a longer weapon with a rifle barrel and stock. Th === Early history: before the 1900s ===

===Semi-automatic vs. Revolver Cartridges=== ...parison of similar-sized cartridges with different rims, see [[.380 ACP]] (semi-automatic) vs. [[.38 Special]] (revolver.)

... the popularization of the revolver and the shift away from earlier single pistols and pepperbox type weapons. While Colt did not invent the revolver concept, Colt's early history largely revolved around the production of revolvers, developed out

...e:MP25 1.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Raven Arms MP-25]], an example of a .25 caliber semi-automatic type of gun commonly considered a Saturday night special.]] ...ve to many buyers despite their shortcomings. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, they were commonly referred to as '''suicide specials'''.<ref