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Type 14 Nambu: Nambu Jūseizōsho: 8×22mm Nambu Japan: 1906–1945 Type 64 pistol: China North Industries Corporation: 7.62×17mm Type 64 China: 1980-present Type 64 (silenced pistol) China North Industries Corporation: 7.65×17mm rimless China: c.1964-? Type 77 pistol: China North Industries Corporation: 7.62×17mm Type 64 9×19mm Parabellum ...
Handguns have shorter effective ranges compared to long guns, and are much harder to shoot accurately. While most early handguns are single-shot pistols, the two most common types of handguns used in modern times are revolvers and semi-automatic pistols, although other handguns such as derringers and machine pistols also see infrequent usage.
List of firearms. This is an extensive list of small arms —including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles ...
Firearm. The M16 rifle and the AK-47, two common firearms with significant influences on firearm design. A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions ).
Pistol. A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber. The word "pistol" derives from the Middle French pistolet ( c. 1550 ), meaning a small gun or knife, and first appeared in the English language c. 1570 when early handguns were produced in Europe. In colloquial usage, the word "pistol" is often used as a ...
A semi-automatic pistol is a type of handgun which utilizes the energy of the fired cartridge to cycle the action of the weapon and advance the next available cartridge into position for firing. One round is fired each time the trigger of a semi-automatic pistol is pulled. (The following list table is sortable.) Pistola Aut. Celmi.
A Glock 22 semi-automatic pistol chambered in .40 S&W with a tactical light mounted below its barrel. A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol[ 1]) is a handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridges in its chamber after every shot fired. Only one round of ammunition is fired each ...
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, Thompson/Centre Contender break-open pistol, Magnum Research BFR, and the Pfeifer Zeliska revolvers.