Handgun
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A handgun is a firearm designed to be usable with only one hand. It is distinguished from a long gun which typically is intended to be held by both hands and braced against the shoulder. Handguns have
Modern handguns (clockwise from top left): Glock 22 Glock 21 Kimber Stainless Raptor II Dan Wesson Commander Classic Bobtail Smith & Wesson 340PD Ruger Blackhawk Ruger SP101 SIG Sauer P220 Combat
Hand cannon from the Chinese Yuan dynasty (1271–1368).
Early German musket with serpentine lock
A wheellock pistol or Puffer, Augsburg, c. 1580
Semi-automatic pistol
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A semi-automatic pistol is a repeating handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridges in its chamber after every shot fired, but only one round of ammunition is fired each time the trigger is
A Glock 22 semi-automatic pistol chambered in .40 S&W with a tactical light mounted below its barrel.
A Smith & Wesson CS45 double-action/single-action pistol, chambered in .45 ACP
A Mauser C96 Red 9 chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum
A Colt M1911 made in 1917, chambered in .45 ACP