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
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
Semi-automatic pistol
…A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading 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…
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