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id="toc-Magnum_era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derringers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derringers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Derringers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derringers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Semi-automatic_pistols" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Semi-automatic_pistols"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Semi-automatic pistols</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Semi-automatic_pistols-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Machine_pistols" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Machine_pistols"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Machine pistols</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Machine_pistols-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-3D_printed_handguns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#3D_printed_handguns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>3D printed handguns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-3D_printed_handguns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Overview of gun laws by nation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Works_cited" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Works_cited"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Works cited</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Works_cited-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%BD%E1%8C%89%E1%8C%A5" title="ሽጉጥ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ሽጉጥ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD_%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A" title="سلاح يدوي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سلاح يدوي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arma_de_fueu_curtia" title="Arma de fueu curtia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Arma de fueu curtia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95" title="হাতবন্দুক – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="হাতবন্দুক" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arma_de_foc_curta" title="Arma de foc curta – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Arma de foc curta" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%A1tk%C3%A1_zbra%C5%88" title="Krátká zbraň – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Krátká zbraň" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llawddryll" title="Llawddryll – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Llawddryll" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handfeuerwaffe" title="Handfeuerwaffe – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Handfeuerwaffe" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4situlirelv" title="Käsitulirelv – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Käsitulirelv" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arma_de_fuego_corta" title="Arma de fuego corta – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Arma de fuego corta" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="تفنگ دستی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تفنگ دستی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arme_de_poing" title="Arme de poing – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Arme de poing" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%89%8B%E6%A7%8D" title="手槍 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="手槍" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B6%8C%EC%B4%9D" title="권총 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="권총" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="आग्न्यशास्त्र के प्रकार – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="आग्न्यशास्त्र के प्रकार" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senjata_api_tangan" title="Senjata api tangan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Senjata api tangan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arma_ignifera" title="Arma ignifera – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Arma ignifera" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handfeierwaff" title="Handfeierwaff – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Handfeierwaff" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marokl%C5%91fegyver" title="Maroklőfegyver – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Maroklőfegyver" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senjata_api_tangan" title="Senjata api tangan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Senjata api tangan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handvuurwapen" title="Handvuurwapen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Handvuurwapen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%B3%E9%8A%83" title="拳銃 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="拳銃" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5ndv%C3%A5pen" title="Håndvåpen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Håndvåpen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A8" title="ਹੈਂਡਗੰਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਹੈਂਡਗੰਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayahaam" title="Fayahaam – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Fayahaam" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bro%C5%84_kr%C3%B3tka" title="Broń krótka – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Broń krótka" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arma_curta" title="Arma curta – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Arma curta" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Короткоствольное оружие – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Короткоствольное оружие" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratkocevno_oro%C5%BEje" title="Kratkocevno orožje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kratkocevno orožje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4siase" title="Käsiase – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Käsiase" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handeldvapen" title="Handeldvapen – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Handeldvapen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF" 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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glock_22" class="mw-redirect" title="Glock 22">Glock 22</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Glock_21" class="mw-redirect" title="Glock 21">Glock 21</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kimber_Manufacturing" title="Kimber Manufacturing">Kimber Stainless Raptor II</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Wesson_M1911_ACP_pistol" title="Dan Wesson M1911 ACP pistol">Dan Wesson Commander Classic Bobtail</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_340PD" title="Smith & Wesson Model 340PD">Smith & Wesson 340PD</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ruger_Blackhawk" title="Ruger Blackhawk">Ruger Blackhawk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ruger_SP101" title="Ruger SP101">Ruger SP101</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/SIG_Sauer_P220" title="SIG Sauer P220">SIG Sauer P220 Combat</a></li></ul></div></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>handgun</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Firearm" title="Firearm">firearm</a> designed to be usable with only one hand.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is distinguished from a <a href="/wiki/Long_gun" title="Long gun">long barreled gun</a> (i.e., <a href="/wiki/Carbine" title="Carbine">carbine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">rifle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shotgun" title="Shotgun">shotgun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Submachine_gun" title="Submachine gun">submachine gun</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine gun</a>) which typically is intended to be held by both hands and braced against the shoulder. Handguns have shorter <a href="/wiki/Effective_range" title="Effective range">effective ranges</a> compared to long guns, and are much harder to shoot accurately. While most early handguns are <a href="/wiki/Single-shot" title="Single-shot">single-shot</a> <a href="/wiki/Pistol" title="Pistol">pistols</a>, the two most common types of handguns used in modern times are <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolvers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_pistol" title="Semi-automatic pistol">semi-automatic pistols</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before commercial <a href="/wiki/Mass_production" title="Mass production">mass production</a>, handguns were often considered a <a href="/wiki/Badge" title="Badge">badge</a> of office — comparable to a <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_weapon" title="Ceremonial weapon">ceremonial</a> <a href="/wiki/Sword" title="Sword">sword</a> – as they had limited utility and were more expensive than the long barreled guns of the era.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1836, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Colt" title="Samuel Colt">Samuel Colt</a> patented the <a href="/wiki/Colt_Paterson" title="Colt Paterson">Colt Paterson</a>, the first practical mass-produced revolver, which was capable of firing five shots <a href="/wiki/Repeating_firearm" title="Repeating firearm">in rapid succession</a> and quickly became a popular personal weapon, giving rise to the saying, "God created men, but Colt made them equal."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Encyclopaedia_Britannica" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopaedia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a> defines a handgun as "any firearm small enough to be held in one hand when fired";<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the American <a href="/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's Dictionary</a> defines it as "a firearm (such as a <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolver</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pistol" title="Pistol">pistol</a>) designed to be held and fired with one hand".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the <a href="/wiki/Anglophone_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglophone countries">Anglophone countries</a>, neither the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives" title="Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives">Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives</a> (ATF), which is part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a>, who are in charge of American and British <a href="/wiki/Firearms_license" title="Firearms license">firearms licensing</a> respectively, offer any specific legal definitions of a handgun. The ATF, however, does separately define "handgun – pistol" and "handgun – revolver" under its "Terminology & Nomenclature" section, both with the "pistol-type" description of "a weapon originally designed, made, and intended to fire a <a href="/wiki/Projectile" title="Projectile">projectile</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bullet" title="Bullet">bullet</a>) from one or more barrels when held in one hand".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Canadian <i><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Code_(Canada)" title="Criminal Code (Canada)">Criminal Code</a></i> defines a handgun as "a firearm that is designed, altered or intended to be aimed and fired by the action of one hand, whether or not it has been redesigned or subsequently altered to be aimed and fired by the action of both hands".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_gun_laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian gun laws">Australian gun laws</a>, which are based on the <a href="/wiki/National_Firearms_Agreement" title="National Firearms Agreement">National Firearms Agreement</a> (1996) and interpreted and enforced independently by each <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">state or territory</a>, consider a "handgun" a firearm that: </p> <ol type="a"> <li>is reasonably capable of being carried or concealed about the person; or</li> <li>is reasonably capable of being raised and fired by one hand; or</li> <li>does not exceed 65 centimetres (26 in) in length measured parallel to the barrel.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hand_cannons">Hand cannons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hand cannons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Hand_cannon" title="Hand cannon">Hand cannon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huochong" title="Huochong">Huochong</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yuan_chinese_gun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Yuan_chinese_gun.jpg/220px-Yuan_chinese_gun.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Yuan_chinese_gun.jpg/330px-Yuan_chinese_gun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Yuan_chinese_gun.jpg/440px-Yuan_chinese_gun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hand_cannon" title="Hand cannon">Hand cannon</a> from the Chinese <a href="/wiki/Yuan_dynasty" title="Yuan dynasty">Yuan dynasty</a> (1271–1368).</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Firearm" title="Firearm">Firearms</a> started in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> where <a href="/wiki/History_of_gunpowder" title="History of gunpowder">gunpowder was first developed</a>. The oldest known bronze barrel handgun is the <a href="/wiki/Heilongjiang_hand_cannon" title="Heilongjiang hand cannon">Heilongjiang hand cannon</a> in 1288.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeedham1987293_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeedham1987293-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is 34cm (13.4 inches) long without a handle and weighs 3.55 kg (7.83 pounds). The diameter of the powder chamber is 6.6cm (2.6 inches)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChase200332_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChase200332-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the diameter of the interior at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">barrel</a> is 2.5cm (1.0 inch).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeedham1987290_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeedham1987290-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The barrel is the lengthiest part of the hand cannon at 6.9 inches long.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChase200332Needham1987293_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChase200332Needham1987293-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The hand cannon has a bulbous base at the <a href="/wiki/Breech-loading_weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Breech-loading weapon">breech</a> called the <i>Yoshi</i> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant-TW">藥室</span></span>), or <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">gunpowder</a> chamber, where the explosion that propels the <a href="/wiki/Projectile" title="Projectile">projectile</a> occurs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeedham1987293_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeedham1987293-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeedham1987289_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeedham1987289-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The walls of the powder chamber are noticeably thicker to better withstand the explosive pressure of the gunpowder.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeedham1987289_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeedham1987289-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The powder chamber also has a <a href="/wiki/Touch_hole" title="Touch hole">touch hole</a>, a small hole for the fuse that ignites the gunpowder.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELorge200869Needham1987293_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELorge200869Needham1987293-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Behind the gunpowder chamber is a socket shaped like a trumpet where the handle of the hand cannon is inserted.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChase200332Needham1987293_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChase200332Needham1987293-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bulbous shape of the base gave the earliest Chinese and Western cannons a vase-like or pear-like appearance, which gradually disappeared when advancements in <a href="/wiki/Metallurgy" title="Metallurgy">metallurgical</a> technology made the bulbous base obsolete.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeedham1987289Needham1987330_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeedham1987289Needham1987330-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1432, <a href="/wiki/Joseon" title="Joseon">Joseon</a> dynasty under the reign of <a href="/wiki/Sejong_the_Great" title="Sejong the Great">Sejong the Great</a> introduced the world's first handgun named se-chongtong (세총통). Se-chongtong has a total length of 13.8 cm, an inner diameter of 0.9 cm, and an outer diameter of 1.4 cm. Se-chongtong is held by cheolheumja (철흠자, iron tong-handle), which allows quick change barrel for the next shot, and fires chase-jeon (차세전, a type of standardized arrow of Joseon) with a maximum fatal range of 200 footsteps (≈250 meters). Initially, Joseon considered the gun as a failed project due to its short effective range, but se-chongtong quickly saw usage after fielding to the frontier provinces starting in June 1437. Se-chongtong was used by both soldiers of different units and civilians, including women and children, as a personal defense weapon. The gun was notably used by chetamja (체탐자) spies, whose mission was to infiltrate enemy territory, and by <a href="/wiki/Carabinier" title="Carabinier">carabiniers</a> carrying multiple guns benefited from its compact size.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Matchlocks">Matchlocks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Matchlocks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Matchlock" title="Matchlock">Matchlock</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PS8004046.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/PS8004046.jpg/220px-PS8004046.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/PS8004046.jpg/330px-PS8004046.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/PS8004046.jpg/440px-PS8004046.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Early German <a href="/wiki/Musket" title="Musket">musket</a> with serpentine lock</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Matchlock" title="Matchlock">matchlock</a> appeared in Europe in the mid-15th century.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The matchlock was the first mechanism invented to facilitate the firing of a hand-held firearm. The classic European matchlock gun held a burning slow match in a clamp at the end of a small curved lever known as the serpentine. Upon the pulling of a lever (or in later models a trigger) protruding from the bottom of the gun and connected to the serpentine, the clamp dropped down, lowering the smoldering match into the flash pan and igniting the priming powder. The flash from the primer traveled through the <a href="/wiki/Touch_hole" title="Touch hole">touch hole</a> igniting the main charge of propellant in the gun barrel. </p><p>On the release of the lever or trigger, the spring-loaded serpentine would move in reverse to clear the pan. For obvious safety reasons, the match would be removed before reloading the gun. Both ends of the match were usually kept alight in case one end should be accidentally extinguished. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wheellocks">Wheellocks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wheellocks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wheellock" title="Wheellock">Wheellock</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wheellock_pistol_or_%27Puffer%27.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wheellock_pistol_or_%27Puffer%27.jpg/220px-Wheellock_pistol_or_%27Puffer%27.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wheellock_pistol_or_%27Puffer%27.jpg/330px-Wheellock_pistol_or_%27Puffer%27.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wheellock_pistol_or_%27Puffer%27.jpg/440px-Wheellock_pistol_or_%27Puffer%27.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="230" /></a><figcaption>A wheellock pistol or <i>Puffer</i>, <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1580</span></figcaption></figure> <p>The wheellock was the next major development in firearms technology after the <a href="/wiki/Matchlock" title="Matchlock">matchlock</a> and the first self-igniting firearm. Its name comes from the rotating steel wheel which generates the ignition. Developed in Europe around 1500, it was used alongside the matchlock. </p><p>The wheellock works by spinning a spring-loaded steel wheel against a piece of <a href="/wiki/Pyrite" title="Pyrite">pyrite</a> to generate intense sparks, which ignite gunpowder in a pan, which flashes through a small touchhole to ignite the main charge in the firearm's barrel. The pyrite is clamped in <a href="/wiki/Vise" title="Vise">vise</a> jaws on a spring-loaded arm (or "dog"), which rests on the pan cover. When the trigger is pulled, the pan cover is opened, and the wheel is rotated, with the pyrite pressed into contact. </p><p>A close modern analogy of the wheellock mechanism is the operation of a <a href="/wiki/Lighter" title="Lighter">cigarette lighter</a>, where a toothed steel wheel is spun in contact with a piece of sparking material to ignite the liquid or gaseous fuel. </p><p>A wheellock firearm had the advantage that it could be instantly readied and fired even with one hand, in contrast to the then-common matchlock firearms, which required an operator to prepare a burning cord of <a href="/wiki/Slow_match" title="Slow match">slow match</a> and demanded the operator's full attention and two hands to operate. On the other hand, wheellock mechanisms were complex to make, making them relatively expensive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flintlocks">Flintlocks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Flintlocks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock">Flintlock</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flintlock_ignition_movie.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Flintlock_ignition_movie.gif" decoding="async" width="199" height="142" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="142" /></a><figcaption>Sparks generated by a flintlock firing mechanism</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Billing,_flintl%C3%A5spistol,_1700-1730_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_90774.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Billing%2C_flintl%C3%A5spistol%2C_1700-1730_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_90774.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Billing%2C_flintl%C3%A5spistol%2C_1700-1730_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_90774.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Billing%2C_flintl%C3%A5spistol%2C_1700-1730_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_90774.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Billing%2C_flintl%C3%A5spistol%2C_1700-1730_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_90774.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Billing%2C_flintl%C3%A5spistol%2C_1700-1730_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_90774.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Billing%2C_flintl%C3%A5spistol%2C_1700-1730_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_90774.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>A flintlock pistol <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1700</span>–1730</figcaption></figure> <p>A flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a <a href="/wiki/Flint" title="Flint">flint</a>-striking ignition mechanism. The term may also apply to a particular form of the mechanism itself, which was introduced in the early 17th century, and rapidly replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies. </p><p>Flintlock pistols were used as self-defense weapons and as military arm. Their effective range was short, and they were frequently used as an adjunct to a <a href="/wiki/Sword" title="Sword">sword</a> or <a href="/wiki/Cutlass" title="Cutlass">cutlass</a>. These pistols were usually <a href="/wiki/Smoothbore" title="Smoothbore">smoothbore</a> although some <a href="/wiki/Rifling" title="Rifling">rifled</a> pistols were produced. </p><p>Flintlock pistols came in a variety of sizes and styles which often overlap and are not well defined; many of the names used were applied by collectors and dealers long after the pistols were obsolete. The smallest were less than 15cm (5.9 inches) long and the largest were over 51cm (20 inches). From around the beginning of the 1700s the larger pistols got shorter so that by the late 1700s the largest were closer to 41cm (16 inches) long. The smallest would fit into a typical pocket or a hand-warming muff and could easily be carried. </p><p>The largest sizes would be carried in holsters across a horse's back just ahead of the saddle. In-between sizes included the coat pocket pistol, or coat pistol, which would fit into a large pocket, coach pistols, meant to be carried on or under the seat of a coach in a bag or box, and belt pistols, sometimes equipped with a hook designed to slip over a belt or waistband. Larger pistols were called horse pistols. </p><p>A notable mechanical development of the flintlock pistol was the English <a href="/wiki/Duelling_pistol" title="Duelling pistol">duelling pistol</a>; it was highly reliable, water resistant, and accurate. External decoration was typically minimal but the internal works were often finished to a higher degree of craftsmanship than the exterior. Duelling pistols were the size of the horse pistols of the late 1700s, around 41cm (16 inches) long and were usually sold in pairs along with accessories in a wooden case with compartments for each piece. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caplocks">Caplocks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Caplocks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">Percussion cap</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caplock.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Caplock.gif/220px-Caplock.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Caplock.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="216" /></a><figcaption>A typical caplock design</figcaption></figure> <p>The caplock mechanism or percussion lock was developed in the early 19th century and used a <a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">percussion cap</a> struck by the hammer to set off the main charge, rather than using a piece of flint to strike a steel <a href="/wiki/Frizzen" title="Frizzen">frizzen</a>. They succeeded the <a href="/wiki/Flintlock_mechanism" title="Flintlock mechanism">flintlock mechanism</a> in <a href="/wiki/Firearm" title="Firearm">firearm</a> technology. </p><p>The rudimentary percussion system was developed by Reverend <a href="/wiki/Alexander_John_Forsyth" title="Alexander John Forsyth">Alexander John Forsyth</a> as a solution to the problem that birds would startle when smoke puffed from the powder pan of his flintlock shotgun, giving them sufficient warning to escape the shot.<sup id="cite_ref-Fadala2006_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fadala2006-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His invention of a <a href="/wiki/Fulminate" title="Fulminate">fulminate</a>-primed firing mechanism deprived the birds of their early warning system, both by avoiding the initial puff of smoke from the flintlock powder pan, as well as shortening the interval between the trigger pull and the shot leaving the muzzle. Forsyth patented his ignition system in 1807. However, it was not until after Forsyth's patents expired that the conventional percussion cap system was developed. </p><p>The caplock offered many improvements over the flintlock. The caplock was easier to load, more resistant to weather, and was much more reliable than the flintlock. Many older flintlock weapons were later converted into caplocks so that they could take advantage of this increased reliability.<sup id="cite_ref-Fadala2006_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fadala2006-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The caplock mechanism consists of a hammer, similar to the hammer used in a flintlock, and a nipple (sometimes referred to as a "cone"), which holds a small percussion cap. The nipple contains a tube that goes into the barrel. The percussion cap contains a chemical compound called <a href="/wiki/Mercury(II)_fulminate" title="Mercury(II) fulminate">mercury fulminate</a> or fulminate of mercury, the chemical formula of which is Hg(ONC)<sub>2</sub>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fadala2006_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fadala2006-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is made from mercury, <a href="/wiki/Nitric_acid" title="Nitric acid">nitric acid</a>, and alcohol. When the trigger releases the hammer, it strikes the cap, causing the mercuric fulminate to explode. The flames from this explosion travel down the tube in the nipple and enter the barrel, where they ignite the main powder charge.<sup id="cite_ref-Fadala2006_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fadala2006-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revolvers">Revolvers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Revolvers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">Revolver</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Percussion_era">Percussion era</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Percussion era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colt_Navy_Model_1851.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Colt_Navy_Model_1851.JPG/250px-Colt_Navy_Model_1851.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Colt_Navy_Model_1851.JPG/330px-Colt_Navy_Model_1851.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Colt_Navy_Model_1851.JPG/500px-Colt_Navy_Model_1851.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1866" data-file-height="770" /></a><figcaption>Colt Navy Mod 1851, cal .36</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1836, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Colt" title="Samuel Colt">Samuel Colt</a> patented the <a href="/wiki/Colt_Paterson" title="Colt Paterson">Colt Paterson</a>, the first practical mass-produced <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolver</a>. It uses a revolving <a href="/wiki/Cylinder_(firearms)" title="Cylinder (firearms)">cylinder</a> with multiple <a href="/wiki/Chamber_(firearms)" title="Chamber (firearms)">chambers</a> aligned with a single, stationary <a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">barrel</a>. Initially, this 5-shot revolver was produced in .28 <a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">caliber</a>, with a .36 caliber model following a year later. As originally designed and produced, no loading lever was included with the revolver; a user had to partially disassemble the revolver to re-load it. Starting in 1839, a reloading lever and a capping window were incorporated into the design, allowing reloading without requiring partial disassembly of the revolver. This loading lever and capping window design change was also incorporated into most Colt Paterson revolvers that had been produced from 1836 until 1839.<sup id="cite_ref-wilson_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wilson-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike later revolvers, a folding <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)" title="Trigger (firearms)">trigger</a> was incorporated into the Colt Paterson. The trigger only became visible upon cocking the <a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearm)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hammer (firearm)">hammer</a>. </p><p>Colt would go on to make a series of improved revolvers. The <a href="/wiki/Colt_Walker" title="Colt Walker">Colt Walker</a>, was a <a href="/wiki/Single-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-action">single-action</a> revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six charges of <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">black powder</a> behind six bullets (typically .44 caliber lead balls). It was designed in 1846 as a collaboration between <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hamilton_Walker" title="Samuel Hamilton Walker">Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker</a> and American firearms inventor <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Colt" title="Samuel Colt">Samuel Colt</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Colt_1851_Navy_Revolver" title="Colt 1851 Navy Revolver">Colt 1851 Navy Revolver</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Caplock_mechanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Caplock mechanism">cap and ball</a> <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolver</a> that was designed by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Colt" title="Samuel Colt">Samuel Colt</a> between 1847 and 1850. The six-round .36 caliber Navy revolver was much lighter than the contemporary <a href="/wiki/Colt_Dragoon_Revolver" title="Colt Dragoon Revolver">Colt Dragoon Revolvers</a> developed from the .44 <a href="/wiki/Walker_Colt" class="mw-redirect" title="Walker Colt">Walker Colt</a> revolvers of 1847, which, given their size and weight, were generally carried in saddle holsters.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is an enlarged version of the .31 caliber <a href="/wiki/Colt_Pocket_Percussion_Revolvers" title="Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers">Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers</a>, that evolved from the earlier Baby Dragoon and, like them, is a mechanically improved and simplified descendant of the 1836 Paterson revolver. As the factory designation implied, the Navy revolver was suitably sized for carrying in a belt holster. It became very popular in North America at the time of <a href="/wiki/Western_Frontier" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Frontier">Western expansion</a>. Colt's aggressive promotions distributed the Navy and his other revolvers across Europe, Asia, and Africa. The .36 caliber (.375–.380 inch) round lead ball weighs 80 grains and, at a velocity of 1,000 feet per second, is comparable to the modern <a href="/wiki/.380_ACP" title=".380 ACP">.380</a> pistol cartridge in power. Loads consist of loose powder and ball or bullet, metallic foil cartridges (early), and combustible paper cartridges (Civil War era), all combinations being ignited by a fulminate <a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">percussion cap</a> applied to the nipples at the rear of the chamber. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Colt_Army_Model_1860" title="Colt Army Model 1860">Colt Army Model 1860</a> is a 6-shot <a href="/wiki/Muzzle-loading" class="mw-redirect" title="Muzzle-loading">muzzle-loaded</a> <a href="/wiki/Caplock_mechanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Caplock mechanism">cap & ball</a> .44-caliber <a href="/wiki/Single-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-action">single-action</a> <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolver</a> used during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> made by <a href="/wiki/Colt%27s_Manufacturing_Company" title="Colt's Manufacturing Company">Colt's Manufacturing Company</a>. It was used as a <a href="/wiki/Sidearm_(weapon)" title="Sidearm (weapon)">side arm</a> by <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a> troops, and <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">naval</a> forces. More than 200,000 were manufactured from 1860 through 1873. Colt's biggest customer was the US Government with more than 129,730<sup id="cite_ref-Hogg,_Ian_V_1987_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hogg,_Ian_V_1987-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> units being purchased and issued to the troops. The weapon was a <a href="/wiki/Single-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-action">single-action</a>, six-shot weapon, accurate up to 75 to 100 yards, where the fixed sights were typically set when manufactured. The rear sight was a notch in the hammer, only usable when the revolver was fully cocked. The Colt .44-caliber "Army" Model was the most widely used revolver of the Civil War. It had a six-shot, rotating cylinder, and fired a 0.454-inch-diameter (11.5 mm) round spherical lead ball, or a conical-tipped <a href="/wiki/Bullet" title="Bullet">bullet</a>, typically propelled by a 30-grain charge of <a href="/wiki/Black_powder" class="mw-redirect" title="Black powder">black powder</a>, which was ignited by a small copper <a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">percussion cap</a> that contained a volatile charge of <a href="/wiki/Mercury(II)_fulminate" title="Mercury(II) fulminate">fulminate of mercury</a> (a substance that explodes upon being subjected to a sharp impact). The percussion cap, when struck by the hammer, ignited the powder charge. When fired, the balls had a muzzle velocity of about 900 feet per second (274 meters/second), although this depended on how much powder was loaded. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Metallic_cartridge_era">Metallic cartridge era</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Metallic cartridge era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smith_%26_Wesson_No2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Smith_%26_Wesson_No2.JPG/220px-Smith_%26_Wesson_No2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Smith_%26_Wesson_No2.JPG/330px-Smith_%26_Wesson_No2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Smith_%26_Wesson_No2.JPG/440px-Smith_%26_Wesson_No2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1830" data-file-height="790" /></a><figcaption>Smith & Wesson Army No 2 cal .32 Rimfire, 6-shot.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_1" title="Smith & Wesson Model 1">Smith & Wesson Model 1</a> was the first firearm manufactured by <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson" title="Smith & Wesson">Smith & Wesson</a>, with production spanning the years 1857 through 1882. It was the first commercially successful revolver to use metallic <a href="/wiki/Rimfire_ammunition" title="Rimfire ammunition">rimfire</a> <a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">cartridges</a> instead of loose <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">powder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Musket#Ammunition" title="Musket">musket ball</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Percussion_caps" class="mw-redirect" title="Percussion caps">percussion caps</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/Single-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-action">single-action</a>, tip-up <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolver</a> holding seven <a href="/wiki/.22_Short" class="mw-redirect" title=".22 Short">.22 Short</a> black powder cartridges.<sup id="cite_ref-Chicoine2005_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chicoine2005-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_No._2_Army" title="Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army">Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army</a> is a 6-shot, .32 caliber revolver, intended to combine the small size and convenience of the Smith & Wesson Model 1 .22 rimfire with a larger more effective cartridge. It was manufactured 1861–1874, with a total production of 77,020 units. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_3" title="Smith & Wesson Model 3">Smith & Wesson Model 3</a> was a 6-shot, <a href="/wiki/Single-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-action">single-action</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">cartridge</a>-firing, <a href="/wiki/Top-break" class="mw-redirect" title="Top-break">top-break</a> <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolver</a> produced by <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson" title="Smith & Wesson">Smith & Wesson</a> from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1870</span> to 1915, and was recently offered again as a reproduction by Smith & Wesson and <a href="/wiki/A._Uberti,_Srl." class="mw-redirect" title="A. Uberti, Srl.">Uberti</a>. The S&W Model 3 was originally chambered for the <a href="/wiki/.44_American" class="mw-redirect" title=".44 American">.44 American</a> and <a href="/wiki/.44_Russian" title=".44 Russian">.44 Russian</a> cartridges, and typically did not have the cartridge information stamped on the gun (as is standard practice for most commercial firearms). Model 3 revolvers were later produced in an assortment of calibers, including <a href="/wiki/.44_Henry" title=".44 Henry">.44 Henry</a> Rimfire, <a href="/wiki/.44-40" class="mw-redirect" title=".44-40">.44-40</a>, .32–44, .38–44, and <a href="/wiki/.45_Schofield" title=".45 Schofield">.45 Schofield</a>. The design would influence the smaller <a href="/wiki/S%26W_.38_Single_Action" class="mw-redirect" title="S&W .38 Single Action">S&W .38 Single Action</a> that is retroactively referred to as the Model 2.<sup id="cite_ref-boorman_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boorman-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All of these revolvers would automatically eject the spent shell cases when opened. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colt_SAA_Ladeklappe.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Colt_SAA_Ladeklappe.JPG/250px-Colt_SAA_Ladeklappe.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Colt_SAA_Ladeklappe.JPG/330px-Colt_SAA_Ladeklappe.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Colt_SAA_Ladeklappe.JPG/500px-Colt_SAA_Ladeklappe.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1578" data-file-height="1054" /></a><figcaption>Colt Model 1873 Single-Action "New Model Army Metallic Cartridge Revolving Pistol"</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Colt_Single_Action_Army" title="Colt Single Action Army">Colt Single Action Army</a>, also known as the Single Action Army, SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, M1873, and Colt .45 is a <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)#Single-action" title="Trigger (firearms)">single-action</a> <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolver</a> with a revolving <a href="/wiki/Cylinder_(firearms)" title="Cylinder (firearms)">cylinder</a> holding six <a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">metallic cartridges</a>. It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company – today's <a href="/wiki/Colt%27s_Manufacturing_Company" title="Colt's Manufacturing Company">Colt's Manufacturing Company</a> – and was adopted as the standard <a href="/wiki/Service_pistol" title="Service pistol">military service revolver</a> until 1892. The Colt SAA has been offered in over 30 different calibers and various <a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">barrel</a> lengths. Its overall appearance has remained consistent since 1873. Colt has discontinued its production twice, but brought it back due to popular demand. The revolver was popular with ranchers, lawmen, and outlaws alike, but as of the early 21st century, models are mostly bought by collectors and <a href="/wiki/Cowboy_Action_Shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowboy Action Shooting">Cowboy Action Shooters</a>. Its design has influenced the production of numerous other models from other companies. The Colt SAA "Peacemaker" revolver is a famous piece of <a href="/wiki/Americana_(culture)" title="Americana (culture)">Americana</a> known as "The Gun That Won the West".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Standard_Catalog_of_Colt_Firearms_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Standard_Catalog_of_Colt_Firearms-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1889, Colt introduced the <a href="/wiki/Colt_M1889" title="Colt M1889">Model 1889</a>, the first truly modern double action revolver, which differed from earlier double action revolvers by having a "swing-out" cylinder, as opposed to a "top-break" or "side-loading" cylinder. Swing out cylinders quickly caught on, because they combined the best features of earlier designs. Top-break actions gave the ability to eject all empty shells simultaneously and exposed all chambers for easy reloading, but having the frame hinged into two halves weakened the gun and negatively affected accuracy due to lack of rigidity. "Side-loaders", like the earlier Colt Model 1871 and 1873 gave a rigid frame, but required the user to eject and load one cylinder at a time, as they rotated the cylinder to line each chamber up with the side-mounted loading gate.<sup id="cite_ref-kinard_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kinard-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Model_36_38_calibre_Smith_%26_Wesson_which_was_issued_to_women_in_the_NSW_Police.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Model_36_38_calibre_Smith_%26_Wesson_which_was_issued_to_women_in_the_NSW_Police.jpg/220px-Model_36_38_calibre_Smith_%26_Wesson_which_was_issued_to_women_in_the_NSW_Police.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Model_36_38_calibre_Smith_%26_Wesson_which_was_issued_to_women_in_the_NSW_Police.jpg/330px-Model_36_38_calibre_Smith_%26_Wesson_which_was_issued_to_women_in_the_NSW_Police.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Model_36_38_calibre_Smith_%26_Wesson_which_was_issued_to_women_in_the_NSW_Police.jpg/440px-Model_36_38_calibre_Smith_%26_Wesson_which_was_issued_to_women_in_the_NSW_Police.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1311" /></a><figcaption>Smith & Wesson Model 36 is small, concealable, 5 shot, <a href="/wiki/.38_Special" title=".38 Special">.38 Special</a> revolver</figcaption></figure> <p>Smith & Wesson followed 7 years later with the ''Hand Ejector, Model 1896'' in <a href="/wiki/.32_S%26W_Long" title=".32 S&W Long">.32 S&W Long</a> caliber, followed by the very similar, yet improved, <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_10" title="Smith & Wesson Model 10">Model 1899 (later known as the Model 10)</a>, which introduced the new .38 Special cartridge. The Model 10 went on to become the best selling handgun of the 20th century, at 6,000,000 units, and the <a href="/wiki/.38_Special" title=".38 Special">.38 Special</a> is still the most popular chambering for revolvers in the world. These new guns were an improvement over the Colt 1889 design since they incorporated a combined center-pin and ejector rod to lock the cylinder in position. The 1889 did not use a center pin and the cylinder was prone to move out of alignment.<sup id="cite_ref-kinard_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kinard-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_36" title="Smith & Wesson Model 36">Smith & Wesson Model 36</a> is a 5 shot, <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolver</a> chambered for <a href="/wiki/.38_Special" title=".38 Special">.38 Special</a>. It is one of several models of "J-frame" Smith & Wesson revolvers. It was introduced in 1950, and is still in production. The Model 36 was designed in the era just after World War II, when Smith & Wesson stopped producing war materials and resumed normal production. For the Model 36, they sought to design a revolver that could fire the more powerful <a href="/wiki/.38_Special" title=".38 Special">.38 Special</a> round in a small, concealable package. Since the older I-frame was not able to handle this load, a new frame was designed, which became the Smith & Wesson J-frame. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Magnum_era">Magnum era</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Magnum era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smith%26Wesson_Model_19.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Smith%26Wesson_Model_19.jpg/220px-Smith%26Wesson_Model_19.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Smith%26Wesson_Model_19.jpg/330px-Smith%26Wesson_Model_19.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Smith%26Wesson_Model_19.jpg/440px-Smith%26Wesson_Model_19.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Smith & Wesson Model 19 with its cylinder open, loaded with Norma .357 Magnum ammo.</figcaption></figure> <p>The inventions of the metallic cartridge and then smokeless powder had allowed for dramatic improvements in handgun ballistics. Standardization and adherence to cartridge standards originating in the black powder cartridge era resulted in cartridge capacity in excess of peak combustion pressure standards. <a href="/wiki/Smokeless_powder" title="Smokeless powder">Smokeless powder</a> did not take up as much volume as black powder and cases like the <a href="/wiki/.38_Special" title=".38 Special">.38 Special</a> and <a href="/wiki/.45_Colt" title=".45 Colt">.45 Colt</a> were much larger than <a href="/wiki/9%C3%9719mm" class="mw-redirect" title="9×19mm">9×19mm</a> and <a href="/wiki/.45_ACP" title=".45 ACP">.45 ACP</a> which had similar ballistics respectively. As metallurgy was improved, handloaders began experimenting with loading the <a href="/wiki/.38_Special" title=".38 Special">.38 Special</a> and <a href="/wiki/.44_Special" title=".44 Special">.44 Special</a> cartridges with fuller cases of smokeless propellants. By 1929, the ".38-44" cartridge and a large N-framed <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_.38/44" title="Smith & Wesson .38/44">Smith & Wesson .38/44</a> revolver chambered for this cartridge was available. By the 1930s, automobiles with heavy steel bodies had become popular and the improved ballistics of more powerful handguns was in demand. Colt had similarly introduced the <a href="/wiki/.38_Super" title=".38 Super">.38 Super</a>, simply a .<a href="/wiki/38_ACP" class="mw-redirect" title="38 ACP">38 ACP</a> loaded to higher pressure with more powder. In 1935, Smith & Wesson released the Registered Magnum (later referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_27" title="Smith & Wesson Model 27">Smith & Wesson Model 27</a>) which was the first revolver chambered for <a href="/wiki/.357_Magnum" title=".357 Magnum">.357 Magnum</a>. It was designed as a more powerful handgun for law enforcement officers. The Registered Magnum marked the beginning of the "Magnum Era" of handguns. Notably, <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Keith" title="Elmer Keith">Elmer Keith</a> continued to demonstrate and advocate the use of the <a href="/wiki/.44_Special" title=".44 Special">.44 Special</a> at higher pressures. The high point of the Magnum Era was in 1955 when Smith & Wesson released the <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_29" title="Smith & Wesson Model 29">Smith & Wesson Model 29</a> in <a href="/wiki/.44_Magnum" title=".44 Magnum">.44 Magnum</a>. Two decades later the <a href="/wiki/Dirty_Harry_(film_series)" title="Dirty Harry (film series)">Dirty Harry movies</a> made this gun a cultural icon.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <b><a href="/wiki/S%26W_Model_19" class="mw-redirect" title="S&W Model 19">S&W Model 19</a></b> was also introduced in 1955, it is a .357 Magnum revolver produced by Smith & Wesson on its K-frame design. The Model 19 is smaller and lighter than the original the S&W Model 27 .357 Magnums. It was made at the behest of retired Assistant Chief Patrol Inspector of the U.S. Border Patrol, famous gunfighter, and noted firearms and shooting skills writer <a href="/wiki/Bill_Jordan_(American_lawman)" title="Bill Jordan (American lawman)">Bill Jordan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Derringers">Derringers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Derringers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Derringer" title="Derringer">Derringer</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Booth_deringer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Booth_deringer.jpg/220px-Booth_deringer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Booth_deringer.jpg/330px-Booth_deringer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Booth_deringer.jpg/440px-Booth_deringer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="343" /></a><figcaption>Philadelphia Deringer made by Henry Deringer. This was the <a href="/wiki/Pocket_pistol" title="Pocket pistol">pocket pistol</a> used by <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth" title="John Wilkes Booth">John Wilkes Booth</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Assassination" class="mw-redirect" title="Abraham Lincoln Assassination">Abraham Lincoln Assassination</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The original <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Deringer" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Deringer">Philadelphia Deringer</a> was a single-shot <a href="/wiki/Muzzleloader" title="Muzzleloader">muzzleloading</a> <a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">percussion cap</a> pistol introduced in 1852, by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Deringer" title="Henry Deringer">Henry Deringer</a>. In total, approximately 15,000 Deringer pistols were manufactured.<sup id="cite_ref-Flayderman_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flayderman-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All were single barrel pistols with back action percussion locks, typically .41 caliber with rifled bores, and walnut stocks. Barrel length varied from 1" to 6", and the hardware was commonly a copper-nickel alloy known as "<a href="/wiki/German_silver" class="mw-redirect" title="German silver">German silver</a>". </p><p>The term derringer (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ɛr/: 'err' in 'merry'">ɛr</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span>) has become a genericized misspelling of the last name of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Deringer" title="Henry Deringer">Henry Deringer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flayderman_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flayderman-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many copies of the original Philadelphia Deringer pistol were made by other gun makers worldwide, and the name was often misspelled; this misspelling soon became an alternative generic term for any <a href="/wiki/Pocket_pistol" title="Pocket pistol">pocket pistol</a>, along with the generic phrase <b>palm pistol</b>, which Deringer's competitors invented and used in their advertising. With the advent of <a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(weaponry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cartridge (weaponry)">metallic cartridges</a>, pistols produced in the modern form are still commonly called "derringers".<sup id="cite_ref-Chapel2013_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chapel2013-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daniel Moore patented a single shot metallic cartridge <a href="/wiki/.38_rimfire" title=".38 rimfire">.38 Rimfire</a> derringer in 1861. These pistols have barrels that pivoted sideways on the frame to allow access to the breech for reloading. Moore would manufacture them until 1865, when he sold out to <b><a href="/wiki/National_Arms_Company" title="National Arms Company">National Arms Company</a></b> which produced single shot <a href="/wiki/.41_Rimfire" class="mw-redirect" title=".41 Rimfire">.41 Rimfire</a> derringers until 1870, when it was acquired by <b><a href="/wiki/Colt_Firearms" class="mw-redirect" title="Colt Firearms">Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company</a></b>. Colt continued to produce the .41 Rimfire derringer after the acquisition, as an effort to help break into the metallic-cartridge gun market,<sup id="cite_ref-sapp_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sapp-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but also introduced its own three single shot Colt Derringer Models, all of them also chambered in the .41 Rimfire cartridge. The last model to be in production, the third Colt Derringer, was not dropped until 1912. The third Colt Derringer Model was re-released in the 1950s for western movies, under the name of Fourth Model Colt Deringer. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Remington_Model_95" title="Remington Model 95">Remington Model 95</a> derringer was one of the first metallic cartridge handguns. Small and easy to use, Remington manufactured more than 150,000 of these over-under, double-barreled derringers from 1866 until the end of their production in 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Marcot2005_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marcot2005-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Remington_Model_95" title="Remington Model 95">Remington</a> derringer doubled the capacity of the derringers designed by Daniel Moore, while maintaining a compact size. The Remington Model 95 has achieved such widespread popularity, that it has completely overshadowed its predecessors, becoming synonymous with the word "derringer". The Model 95 was made only in <a href="/wiki/.41_Rimfire" class="mw-redirect" title=".41 Rimfire">.41 Rimfire</a>. Its barrels pivoted upwards to reload and a cam on the hammer alternated between top and bottom barrels. The .41 Rimfire bullet moved very slowly, at about 425 feet per second (130 m/s), around half the speed of a modern <a href="/wiki/.45_ACP" title=".45 ACP">.45 ACP</a>. It could be seen in flight, but at very close range, such as at a <a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">casino</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bar_(establishment)" title="Bar (establishment)">saloon</a> card table, it could easily kill. There were four models with several variations. The Remington derringer design is still being made; in a variety of calibers from <a href="/wiki/.22_long_rifle" title=".22 long rifle">.22 long rifle</a> to <a href="/wiki/.45_Long_Colt" class="mw-redirect" title=".45 Long Colt">.45 Long Colt</a> and <a href="/wiki/.410_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title=".410 gauge">.410 gauge</a>, by several manufacturers.<sup id="cite_ref-Ramage2008_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramage2008-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current production of derringers are used by <a href="/wiki/Cowboy_Action_Shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowboy Action Shooting">Cowboy Action Shooters</a> as well as a concealed-carry weapon. </p><p>While the classic Remington design is a <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)" title="Trigger (firearms)">single-action</a> derringer with a hammer and tip-up action, the <a href="/wiki/High_Standard_Manufacturing_Company" title="High Standard Manufacturing Company">High Standard D-100</a> introduced in 1962, is a hammer-less, double-action derringer with a half-trigger-guard and a standard <a href="/wiki/Break_action" title="Break action">break action</a> design. These double-barrel derringers were chambered for <a href="/wiki/.22_Long_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title=".22 Long Rifle">.22 Long Rifle</a> and <a href="/wiki/.22_Magnum" class="mw-redirect" title=".22 Magnum">.22 Magnum</a> and were available in blued, nickel, silver, and gold plated finishes. Although, they were discontinued in 1984, <a href="/wiki/American_Derringer" title="American Derringer">American Derringer</a> would obtain the High Standard design in 1990 and produce a larger <a href="/wiki/.38_Special" title=".38 Special">.38 Special</a> version. These derringers called the DS22 and DA38 are still being made and are popular concealed carry handguns. </p><p>The <b><a href="/wiki/COP_.357" class="mw-redirect" title="COP .357">COP .357</a></b> is a modern 4-shot <a href="/wiki/Derringer" title="Derringer">Derringer</a>-type <a href="/wiki/Pistol" title="Pistol">pistol</a> chambered for <a href="/wiki/.357_Magnum" title=".357 Magnum">.357 Magnum</a>. Introduced in 1983, it is a <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)#Double-action" title="Trigger (firearms)">double-action</a> weapon about twice as wide, and substantially heavier than the typical <a href="/wiki/.25_ACP" title=".25 ACP">.25 automatic pistol</a>. Still, it is relatively compact size and a powerful cartridge makes it an effective <a href="/wiki/Self-defense#Armed" title="Self-defense">defensive weapon</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Police" title="Police">police</a> backup gun.<sup id="cite_ref-Ahern2010_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahern2010-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The COP .357 is quite robust in design and construction. It is made of solid stainless steel components. Cartridges are loaded into the four separate chambers by sliding a latch that "pops-up" the barrel for loading purposes, similar to top-break shotguns. Each of the four chambers has its own dedicated firing pin. It uses an internal hammer, which is activated by depressing the trigger to hit a ratcheting/rotating striker that in turn strikes one firing pin at a time. Older "<a href="/wiki/Pepperbox" class="mw-redirect" title="Pepperbox">pepperboxes</a>" also used multiple barrels, but the barrels were the part that rotated. The COP .357 operates similarly to the <a href="/wiki/Sharps_derringer" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharps derringer">Sharps derringer</a> of the 1850s, in that it uses the ratcheting/rotating striker, which is completely internal, to fire each chamber in sequence.<sup id="cite_ref-Ahern2010_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahern2010-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Semi-automatic_pistols">Semi-automatic pistols</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Semi-automatic pistols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_pistol" title="Semi-automatic pistol">Semi-automatic pistol</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mauser_C96_7,63_(6971794467).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Mauser_C96_7%2C63_%286971794467%29.jpg/220px-Mauser_C96_7%2C63_%286971794467%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Mauser_C96_7%2C63_%286971794467%29.jpg/330px-Mauser_C96_7%2C63_%286971794467%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Mauser_C96_7%2C63_%286971794467%29.jpg/440px-Mauser_C96_7%2C63_%286971794467%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Mauser C96, the first mass-produced and commercially successful semi-automatic pistol</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1896, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Mauser" title="Paul Mauser">Paul Mauser</a> introduced the <a href="/wiki/Mauser_C96" title="Mauser C96">Mauser C96</a>, the first mass-produced and commercially successful semi-automatic pistol, which uses the <a href="/wiki/Recoil" title="Recoil">recoil</a> energy of one shot to reload the next. The distinctive characteristics of the C96 are the integral 10-round, box magazine in front of the trigger, the long barrel, the wooden shoulder stock which gives it the stability of a short-barreled rifle and doubles as a holster or carrying case, and a unique grip shaped like the handle of a broom. The grip earned the gun the nickname "broomhandle" in the English-speaking world, because of its round wooden handle. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pistole_Parabellum" class="mw-redirect" title="Pistole Parabellum">Pistole Parabellum</a>, also known in the United States as just the <a href="/wiki/Luger_pistol" title="Luger pistol">Luger</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Fitzsimons_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fitzsimons-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a toggle-locked <a href="/wiki/Recoil_operation#Short_recoil_operation" title="Recoil operation">recoil-operated</a> <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_pistol" title="Semi-automatic pistol">semi-automatic pistol</a> produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1948. It was one of the first semi-auto pistols to use a detachable magazine housed in the pistol-grip. The design was first patented by <a href="/wiki/Georg_Luger" title="Georg Luger">Georg Luger</a> as an improvement upon the <a href="/wiki/Borchardt_C-93" title="Borchardt C-93">Borchardt Automatic Pistol</a>, and was produced as the <i>Parabellum Automatic Pistol, Borchardt-Luger System</i> by the German arms manufacturer <i><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Waffen_und_Munitionsfabriken" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken">Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken</a></i> (DWM).<sup id="cite_ref-DAT_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAT-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first production model was known as the <i>Modell 1900 Parabellum</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-DAT_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAT-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later versions included the Pistol Parabellum Model 1908 or P08 which was produced by DWM and other manufacturers.<sup id="cite_ref-Luger_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luger-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Parabellum pistol was adopted by the Swiss army in May 1900. In German Army service, the Parabellum was later adopted in modified form as the Pistol Model 1908 (P08) in caliber <a href="/wiki/9%C3%9719mm_Parabellum" title="9×19mm Parabellum">9×19mm Parabellum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DAT_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAT-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Colt_Model_1911" class="mw-redirect" title="Colt Model 1911">Colt Model 1911</a> is a 7+1-round, <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)#Single-action" title="Trigger (firearms)">single-action</a>, <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_pistol" title="Semi-automatic pistol">semi-automatic</a>, magazine-fed, <a href="/wiki/Recoil-operated" class="mw-redirect" title="Recoil-operated">recoil-operated</a> <a href="/wiki/Pistol" title="Pistol">pistol</a> chambered for the <a href="/wiki/.45_ACP" title=".45 ACP">.45 ACP</a> <a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">cartridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Manual_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manual-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It served as the standard-issue <a href="/wiki/Sidearm_(weapon)" title="Sidearm (weapon)">sidearm</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a> from 1911 to 1986, however, due to its popularity, it has not been completely phased out. Designed by <a href="/wiki/John_Browning" title="John Browning">John Browning</a>, the M1911 is the best-known of his designs to use the <a href="/wiki/Recoil_operation#Short_recoil_operation" title="Recoil operation">short recoil</a> principle in its basic design. The pistol was widely copied, and this operating system rose to become the preeminent type of the 20th century and of nearly all modern centerfire pistols. It is popular with civilian shooters in competitive events such as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Practical_Shooting_Association" title="United States Practical Shooting Association">USPSA</a>, <a href="/wiki/IDPA" class="mw-redirect" title="IDPA">IDPA</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_Practical_Shooting_Confederation" title="International Practical Shooting Confederation">International Practical Shooting Confederation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bullseye_(shooting_competition)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bullseye (shooting competition)">Bullseye</a> shooting. Compact variants are popular civilian <a href="/wiki/Concealed_carry" title="Concealed carry">concealed carry</a> weapons in the U.S. because of the design's relatively slim width and <a href="/wiki/Stopping_power" title="Stopping power">stopping power</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the .45 ACP cartridge.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Das_walther_ppk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Das_walther_ppk.jpg/220px-Das_walther_ppk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Das_walther_ppk.jpg/330px-Das_walther_ppk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Das_walther_ppk.jpg/440px-Das_walther_ppk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="584" data-file-height="433" /></a><figcaption>The Walther PPK is famous as fictional secret agent <a href="/wiki/James_Bond_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Bond (character)">James Bond</a> used it in many of the <a href="/wiki/James_Bond_(film_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Bond (film series)">films</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Bond_novels" class="mw-redirect" title="James Bond novels">novels</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Fleming" title="Ian Fleming">Ian Fleming</a>'s choice of the Walther PPK directly influenced its popularity and its notoriety.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CIA_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Walther_PP" title="Walther PP">Walther PP</a> (<i>Polizeipistole</i>, or 'police pistol') series were introduced in 1929 and are among the world's first successful <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)#Double-action" title="Trigger (firearms)">double action</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blowback_(arms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blowback (arms)">blowback-operated</a>, <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_pistol" title="Semi-automatic pistol">semi-automatic pistols</a> developed by the German <a href="/wiki/Weapon" title="Weapon">arms</a> manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Carl_Walther_GmbH" title="Carl Walther GmbH">Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bishop2002_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bishop2002-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They feature exposed hammers, a traditional <a href="/wiki/Double-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Double-action">double-action</a> trigger mechanism,<sup id="cite_ref-Janes-Infantry-Weapon_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Janes-Infantry-Weapon-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a single-stack 8-round <a href="/wiki/Magazine_(firearms)" title="Magazine (firearms)">magazine</a> (for <a href="/wiki/.32_ACP" title=".32 ACP">.32 ACP</a> version), and a fixed barrel that also acts as the guide rod for the recoil spring. The Walther PP and smaller PPK models were both popular with European police and civilians for being reliable and concealable. They would remain the standard issue police pistol for much of Europe well into the 1970s and 80s. During World War II, they were issued to the German military, including the <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bishop2002_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bishop2002-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Browning_Hi_Power" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning Hi Power">Browning Hi Power</a> is a 13+1-round, <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)#Single-action" title="Trigger (firearms)">single-action</a>, <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_firearm" title="Semi-automatic firearm">semi-automatic</a> handgun available in <a href="/wiki/9mm" class="mw-redirect" title="9mm">9mm</a>. Introduced in 1935, it is based on a design by American firearms inventor <a href="/wiki/John_Browning" title="John Browning">John Browning</a>, and completed by <a href="/wiki/Dieudonn%C3%A9_Saive" title="Dieudonné Saive">Dieudonné Saive</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Fabrique_Nationale_de_Herstal" class="mw-redirect" title="Fabrique Nationale de Herstal">Fabrique Nationale</a></i> (FN) of <a href="/wiki/Herstal" title="Herstal">Herstal</a>, Belgium. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized. The Hi-Power is one of the most widely used military pistols in history,<sup id="cite_ref-arnolddw_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arnolddw-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having been used by over 50 countries' armed forces.<sup id="cite_ref-miller2001_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller2001-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "Hi Power" alludes to the 13-round magazine capacity, almost twice that of contemporary designs such as the <a href="/wiki/Luger_P08_pistol" class="mw-redirect" title="Luger P08 pistol">Luger</a> or <a href="/wiki/M1911_pistol" title="M1911 pistol">Colt M1911</a>. The Browning was one of the first pistols to use high capacity, detachable magazines. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_VP70" title="Heckler & Koch VP70">Heckler & Koch VP70</a> is an 18+1 round, <a href="/wiki/9%C3%9719mm" class="mw-redirect" title="9×19mm">9×19mm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blowback_(arms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blowback (arms)">blowback-operated</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)#Double-action" title="Trigger (firearms)">double-action-only</a>, <a href="/wiki/Select-fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Select-fire">select-fire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polymer" title="Polymer">polymer</a> frame <a href="/wiki/Pistol" title="Pistol">pistol</a> manufactured by German arms firm <a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch" title="Heckler & Koch">Heckler & Koch GmbH</a>, introduced in 1970. The VP70 was a revolutionary pistol, introducing the polymer frame, predating the <a href="/wiki/Glock" title="Glock">Glock</a> by 12 years. It also uses a spring-loaded striker, instead of a conventional firing pin and has a relatively heavy double-action-only trigger pull. It also uses a high-capacity 18-round magazine, twice as many rounds as the single-column magazine designs of the era, and 5 more rounds than the Browning Hi-Power. In lieu of a blade front sight, the VP70 uses a polished ramp with a central notch in the middle to provide the illusion of a dark front post. Contrary to a common misconception, the VP70 does indeed have a manual safety. It is the circular button located immediately behind the trigger and it is a common crossblock safety. One unique feature of this weapon involved the combination stock/holster for the military version of the VP70. The stock incorporates a selector switch that, when mounted, allows for a three-round-burst mode of fire. Cyclic rate of fire for the burst is 2200 rounds per minute. When not mounted, the stock acts as a holster. VP stands for <i><a href="/wiki/Volkspistole" title="Volkspistole">Volkspistole</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lewis2007_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis2007-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (literally 'People's Pistol'), and the designation 70 was for the first year of production: 1970. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_59" title="Smith & Wesson Model 59">Smith & Wesson Model 59</a> was a 14+1-round, <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_pistol" title="Semi-automatic pistol">semi-automatic pistol</a> introduced in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-Trzoniec_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trzoniec-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hartink_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hartink-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first standard <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)#Double-action" title="Trigger (firearms)">double-action</a> pistol to use a high-capacity 14-round staggered-magazine. It went out of production a decade later in 1980 when the improved second generation series was introduced (the Model 459). The Model 459 was again improved into the third generation series, the 5904. Stainless steel versions of the second and third generation models were also widely popular, and were designated the Models 659 and 5906, respectively. The original Model 59 was manufactured in <a href="/wiki/9%C3%9719mm_Parabellum" title="9×19mm Parabellum">9×19mm Parabellum</a> caliber with a wider anodized aluminum frame (to accommodate a double-stack magazine), a straight backstrap, a magazine disconnect (the pistol will not fire unless a magazine is in place), and a blued carbon steel slide that carries the manual safety. The grip is of three pieces made of two nylon plastic panels joined by a metal backstrap. It uses a magazine release located to the rear of the trigger guard, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Colt_M1911" class="mw-redirect" title="Colt M1911">Colt M1911</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Beretta_92" title="Beretta 92">Beretta 92</a> is a 15+1-round, <a href="/wiki/9mm_Parabellum" class="mw-redirect" title="9mm Parabellum">9mm Parabellum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)#Double-action" title="Trigger (firearms)">double-action</a>, <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_pistol" title="Semi-automatic pistol">semi-automatic pistol</a> introduced in 1975. It has an open <a href="/wiki/Pistol_Slide" class="mw-redirect" title="Pistol Slide">slide</a> design, an alloy <a href="/wiki/Receiver_(firearms)" title="Receiver (firearms)">frame</a> and locking block <a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">barrel</a>, originally used on the <a href="/wiki/Walther_P38" title="Walther P38">Walther P38</a>, and previously used on the <a href="/wiki/Beretta_M1951" title="Beretta M1951">M1951</a>. The grip angle and the front sight integrated with the slide were also common to earlier Beretta pistols. What may be the Beretta 92's two most important advanced design features had first appeared on its immediate predecessor, the 1974 .380 caliber <a href="/wiki/Beretta_Cheetah" title="Beretta Cheetah">Model 84</a>. These improvements both involved the magazine, which featured direct feed; that is, </p> <ul><li>There was no feed ramp between the magazine and the chamber (a Beretta innovation in pistols). In addition, to a 15-round "double-stacked" magazine design,</li> <li>It was the first Beretta design to use a magazine release located to the rear of the trigger guard, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Colt_M1911" class="mw-redirect" title="Colt M1911">Colt M1911</a>.</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States' military</a> replaced the <a href="/wiki/M1911A1" class="mw-redirect" title="M1911A1">M1911A1</a> <a href="/wiki/.45_ACP" title=".45 ACP">.45 ACP</a> pistol with the Beretta 92FS, designated as the <a href="/wiki/Beretta_M9" title="Beretta M9">M9</a> in 1985. </p><p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Glock_17" class="mw-redirect" title="Glock 17">Glock 17</a></b>, is a 17+1-round, <a href="/wiki/9mm_Parabellum" class="mw-redirect" title="9mm Parabellum">9mm Parabellum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polymer" title="Polymer">polymer</a>–<a href="/wiki/Receiver_(firearms)" title="Receiver (firearms)">framed</a>, safe-action, <a href="/wiki/Recoil_operation#Short_recoil_operation" title="Recoil operation">short recoil</a>-operated, locked-breech <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_pistol" title="Semi-automatic pistol">semi-automatic pistol</a> designed and produced by <a href="/wiki/Glock_Ges.m.b.H." title="Glock Ges.m.b.H.">Glock Ges.m.b.H.</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Deutsch-Wagram" title="Deutsch-Wagram">Deutsch-Wagram</a>, Austria. In 1982, the Glock 17 entered the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Armed_Forces" title="Austrian Armed Forces">Austrian military</a> and <a href="/wiki/Federal_Police_(Austria)" title="Federal Police (Austria)">police</a> service after performing the best out of other models in an exhaustive series of reliability and safety tests.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite initial hesitation from the market to accept a "plastic gun" due to durability and reliability concerns, as well as fears that <a href="/wiki/Metal_detector#Security_screening" title="Metal detector">metal detectors</a> in airports may not detect the polymer frame, Glock pistols have become the company's most profitable line of products, commanding 65% of the market share of handguns for <a href="/wiki/United_States_law_enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="United States law enforcement">United States law enforcement</a> agencies,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as supplying numerous national armed forces, security agencies, and police forces in at least 48 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Sweeney_2008_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sweeney_2008-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Glocks are also popular firearms among civilians for recreational and competition shooting, home and self-defense, and <a href="/wiki/Concealed_carry" title="Concealed carry">concealed carry</a> or <a href="/wiki/Open_carry" class="mw-redirect" title="Open carry">open carry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FN5701.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/FN5701.jpg/220px-FN5701.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/FN5701.jpg/330px-FN5701.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/FN5701.jpg/440px-FN5701.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1737" data-file-height="1179" /></a><figcaption>All-black FN Five-seveN USG pistol surrounded by twenty FN 5.7×28mm cartridges – the contents of a standard magazine.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/FN_Five-seveN" class="mw-redirect" title="FN Five-seveN">FN Five-seveN</a>, is a 20+1-round, <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_firearm" title="Semi-automatic firearm">semi-automatic</a> <a href="/wiki/Pistol" title="Pistol">pistol</a> designed and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre-Herstal (<a href="/wiki/FN_Herstal" title="FN Herstal">FN Herstal</a>) in Belgium.<sup id="cite_ref-ownersmanual2009_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ownersmanual2009-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Five-seveN pistol was introduced in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-hogg2002_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hogg2002-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was developed together with the <a href="/wiki/FN_P90" title="FN P90">FN P90</a> <a href="/wiki/Personal_defense_weapon" title="Personal defense weapon">personal defense weapon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/FN_5.7%C3%9728mm" title="FN 5.7×28mm">FN 5.7×28mm</a> cartridge.<sup id="cite_ref-arsmechanica_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arsmechanica-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Developed as a companion pistol to the P90, the Five-seveN shares many of its design features: </p> <ul><li>Lightweight <a href="/wiki/Polymer" title="Polymer">polymer</a>-based weapon with a large <a href="/wiki/Magazine_(firearms)" title="Magazine (firearms)">magazine</a> capacity.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambidextrous" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambidextrous">Ambidextrous</a> controls, low <a href="/wiki/Recoil" title="Recoil">recoil</a>.</li> <li>Ability to penetrate <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_vest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballistic vest">body armor</a> when using certain types of ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-bahde2009_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bahde2009-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The Five-seveN is currently in service with military and police forces in over 40 nations.<sup id="cite_ref-milrev_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milrev-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United States, the Five-seveN is in use with numerous law enforcement agencies, including the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secret_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secret Service">U.S. Secret Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jbwood_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jbwood-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jones2009_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jones2009-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the years since the pistol's introduction to the civilian market in the United States, it has also become increasingly popular with civilian shooters.<sup id="cite_ref-grevillius2006_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grevillius2006-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Machine_pistols">Machine pistols</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Machine pistols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Machine_pistol" title="Machine pistol">Machine pistol</a></div> <p>A machine pistol is generally defined as a handgun capable of fully automatic or <a href="/wiki/Selective_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Selective fire">selective fire</a>. During World War I, the <a href="/wiki/Austrians" title="Austrians">Austrians</a> introduced the world's first machine pistol, the <a href="/wiki/Steyr_M1912" class="mw-redirect" title="Steyr M1912">Steyr Repetierpistole M1912/P16</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">Germans</a> would quickly follow suit with machine pistol versions of the <a href="/wiki/Luger_P08" class="mw-redirect" title="Luger P08">Luger P08 "Artillery Pistol"</a> and later models of the <a href="/wiki/Mauser_C96" title="Mauser C96">Mauser C96</a>. Some machine pistols support a shoulder stock to improve control, like the <a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_VP70" title="Heckler & Koch VP70">Heckler & Koch VP70</a>. Others, such as the <a href="/wiki/Beretta_93R" title="Beretta 93R">Beretta 93R</a> also have a forward hand-grip. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="3D_printed_handguns">3D printed handguns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 3D printed handguns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/3D_printed_firearm" class="mw-redirect" title="3D printed firearm">3D printed firearm</a></div><p> 3D printed firearms are firearms that can be produced with a 3D printer. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /></p><table class="box-Empty_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section is empty.</b> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation">Overview of gun laws by nation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Overview of gun laws by nation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation" title="Overview of gun laws by nation">Overview of gun laws by nation</a></div> <p>Many handguns are easily concealed – this has led to laws applying specifically to civilian handgun ownership and the legality of carrying or concealing a handgun whilst in a public setting. Gun laws broadly group gun types into handgun, long guns and to what degree they are automatic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_(firearms)" title="Action (firearms)">Action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antique_firearms" title="Antique firearms">Antique firearms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunspinning" title="Gunspinning">Gunspinning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_ownership" title="Gun ownership">Gun ownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handgun_effectiveness" title="Handgun effectiveness">Handgun effectiveness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handgun_hunting" title="Handgun hunting">Handgun hunting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bianchi_Cup_champions" title="List of Bianchi 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Guns.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guns.com/2012/08/28/the-hk-vp70-the-first-polymer-framed-pistol/">the original</a> on 2018-06-26<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-11-10</span></span>. <q>HK says the VP [...] means Volks Pistole or People's Pistol [...] This is where another (erroneous) name for the pistol comes from. Vollautomatische Pistole.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+HK+VP70+The+First+Polymer+Framed+Pistol&rft.pub=Guns.com&rft.au=David+Higginbotham&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guns.com%2F2012%2F08%2F28%2Fthe-hk-vp70-the-first-polymer-framed-pistol%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lewis2007-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lewis2007_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJack_Lewis2007" class="citation book cs1">Jack Lewis (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HyF_GKQdPXgC&pg=PA250"><i>The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons</i></a> (7th ed.). Iola, Wis.: Gun Digest Books. p. 250. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-2652-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-2652-6"><bdi>978-1-4402-2652-6</bdi></a>. <q>Around 1970, Heckler & Koch developed the selective-fire VP70 (VolksPistole: People's Pistol) with the reported hope that it would be chosen to arm village militias in Vietnam.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Gun+Digest+Book+of+Assault+Weapons&rft.place=Iola%2C+Wis.&rft.pages=250&rft.edition=7th&rft.pub=Gun+Digest+Books&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-4402-2652-6&rft.au=Jack+Lewis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHyF_GKQdPXgC%26pg%3DPA250&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged July 2024">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Trzoniec-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Trzoniec_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFTrzoniec1981" class="citation book cs1">Trzoniec, Stanley W. (1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/modernamericance0000trzo/page/49"><i>Modern American Centerfire Handguns</i></a>. Tulsa, Okla.: Winchester Press. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/modernamericance0000trzo/page/49">49</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0876913419" title="Special:BookSources/0876913419"><bdi>0876913419</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/7572377">7572377</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Modern+American+Centerfire+Handguns&rft.place=Tulsa%2C+Okla.&rft.pages=49&rft.pub=Winchester+Press&rft.date=1981&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F7572377&rft.isbn=0876913419&rft.aulast=Trzoniec&rft.aufirst=Stanley+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmodernamericance0000trzo%2Fpage%2F49&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hartink-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hartink_56-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHartink2002" class="citation book cs1">Hartink, A. E. (2002). <i>The Complete Encyclopedia of Pistols and Revolvers</i> (first ed.). Edison, N.J.: Chartwell Books. p. 279. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780785815198" title="Special:BookSources/9780785815198"><bdi>9780785815198</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/51024327">51024327</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Complete+Encyclopedia+of+Pistols+and+Revolvers&rft.place=Edison%2C+N.J.&rft.pages=279&rft.edition=first&rft.pub=Chartwell+Books&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F51024327&rft.isbn=9780785815198&rft.aulast=Hartink&rft.aufirst=A.+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kasler, Peter Alan (1992). Glock: The New Wave in Combat Handguns. Boulder, Col.: Paladin Press. 2–4 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780873646499" title="Special:BookSources/9780873646499">9780873646499</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26280979">26280979</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://us.glock.com/products/sector/law-enforcement">"GLOCK Police and Law Enforcement Firearms | Police Pistols | GLOCK USA"</a>. <i>us.glock.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-10-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=us.glock.com&rft.atitle=GLOCK+Police+and+Law+Enforcement+Firearms+%7C+Police+Pistols+%7C+GLOCK+USA&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fus.glock.com%2Fproducts%2Fsector%2Flaw-enforcement&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sweeney_2008-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sweeney_2008_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSweeney2008" class="citation book cs1">Sweeney, Patrick (2008). <i>The Gun Digest Book of the Glock</i> (2nd ed.). Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0896896420" title="Special:BookSources/978-0896896420"><bdi>978-0896896420</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Gun+Digest+Book+of+the+Glock&rft.place=Iola%2C+Wisconsin&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Krause+Publications&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0896896420&rft.aulast=Sweeney&rft.aufirst=Patrick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Glock: The Rise of America's Gun by Paul M. Barret</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ownersmanual2009-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ownersmanual2009_61-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fnhusa.com/index.php/download_file/view/873">"FNH USA Five-seveN Autoloading Pistol Owner's Manual"</a>. <a href="/wiki/FNH_USA" class="mw-redirect" title="FNH USA">FNH USA</a>. 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 31,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=FNH+USA+Five-seveN+Autoloading+Pistol+Owner%27s+Manual&rft.pub=FNH+USA&rft.date=2009&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fnhusa.com%2Findex.php%2Fdownload_file%2Fview%2F873&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged July 2024">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hogg2002-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hogg2002_62-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHogg2002" class="citation book cs1">Hogg, Ian (2002). <i>Jane's Guns Recognition Guide</i>. Jane's Recognition Guides. Glasgow: Jane's Information Group and Collins Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-712760-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-712760-3"><bdi>978-0-00-712760-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jane%27s+Guns+Recognition+Guide&rft.place=Glasgow&rft.series=Jane%27s+Recognition+Guides&rft.pub=Jane%27s+Information+Group+and+Collins+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-00-712760-3&rft.aulast=Hogg&rft.aufirst=Ian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-arsmechanica-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-arsmechanica_63-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFrancotteClaudeRobert2008" class="citation book cs1">Francotte, Auguste; Claude, Gaier; Robert, Karlshausen, eds. (January 2008). <i>Ars Mechanica – The Ultimate FN Book</i>. Vottem: Herstal Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-87415-877-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-87415-877-3"><bdi>978-2-87415-877-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ars+Mechanica+%E2%80%93+The+Ultimate+FN+Book&rft.place=Vottem&rft.pub=Herstal+Group&rft.date=2008-01&rft.isbn=978-2-87415-877-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bahde2009-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bahde2009_64-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBahde,_Dave2009" class="citation web cs1">Bahde, Dave (November 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100717051637/http://www.tactical-life.com/online/combat-handguns/fnh-five-seven-odg-57x28mm/">"FNH Five-seveN ODG 5.7×28mm"</a>. <i>Combat Handguns</i>. 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"One Hot Number". <a href="/wiki/Guns_%26_Ammo" title="Guns & Ammo">Guns & Ammo</a>, <b>Vol. 50</b> (No. 10): pp 48–53.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Works_cited">Works cited</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Works cited"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFChase2003" class="citation book cs1">Chase, Kenneth Warren (2003). <i>Firearms: A Global History to 1700</i>. Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-82274-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-82274-9"><bdi>978-0-521-82274-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Firearms%3A+A+Global+History+to+1700&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-521-82274-9&rft.aulast=Chase&rft.aufirst=Kenneth+Warren&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLorge2008" class="citation book cs1">Lorge, Peter (2008). <i>The Asian Military Revolution: From Gunpowder to the Bomb</i>. 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Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-30358-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-30358-3"><bdi>978-0-521-30358-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Science+and+Civilisation+in+China%3A+Military+Technology%3A+The+Gunpowder+Epic%2C+Volume+5%2C+Part+7&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=978-0-521-30358-3&rft.aulast=Needham&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHandgun" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handgun&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_firearm" title="History of the firearm">Historic</a> or famous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AR-15_style_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="AR-15 style rifle">AR-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M16" class="mw-redirect" title="M16">M16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antique_firearms" title="Antique firearms">Antique firearms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatling_gun" title="Gatling gun">Gatling gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester_rifle" title="Winchester rifle">Winchester rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauser_rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauser rifles">Mauser rifles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun" title="Thompson submachine gun">Tommy Gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MP_40" title="MP 40">MP 40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzi" title="Uzi">Uzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_Single_Action_Army" title="Colt Single Action Army">Colt Peacemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1911" class="mw-redirect" title="M1911">M1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glock" title="Glock">Glock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mechanics_and_components167" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mechanics and <a href="/wiki/Category:Firearm_components" title="Category:Firearm components">components</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Firearm_components" title="Category:Firearm components">Components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">Barrel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feed_ramp" title="Feed ramp">Feed ramp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slug_barrel" title="Slug barrel">Slug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrel_threads" title="Barrel threads">Threads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trunnion" title="Trunnion">Trunnion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayonet" title="Bayonet">Bayonet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belt_(firearms)" title="Belt (firearms)">Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blank-firing_adapter" title="Blank-firing adapter">Blank-firing adapter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breechblock" title="Breechblock">Breechblock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breechface" title="Breechface">Breechface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolt_(firearms)" title="Bolt (firearms)">Bolt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rotating_bolt" title="Rotating bolt">Rotating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telescoping_bolt" title="Telescoping bolt">Telescoping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flapper_locking" title="Flapper locking">Flapper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_locked" title="Roller locked">Roller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilting_bolt" title="Tilting bolt">Tilting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bump_stock" title="Bump stock">Bump stock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_(firearms)" title="Chamber (firearms)">Chamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocking_handle" title="Cocking handle">Cocking handle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cylinder_(firearms)" title="Cylinder (firearms)">Cylinder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extractor_(firearms)" title="Extractor (firearms)">Extractor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firing_pin" title="Firing pin">Firing pin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flash_suppressor" title="Flash suppressor">Flash suppressor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluting_(firearms)" title="Fluting (firearms)">Fluting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_assist" title="Forward assist">Forward assist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freebore" title="Freebore">Freebore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forearm_(firearm_component)" title="Forearm (firearm component)">Forearm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertical_forward_grip" title="Vertical forward grip">Foregrip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearms)" title="Hammer (firearms)">Hammer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Half-cock" title="Half-cock">Half-cock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearms)#Linear_hammer" title="Hammer (firearms)">Linear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearms)#Striker" title="Hammer (firearms)">Striker</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lock_(firearm)" title="Lock (firearm)">Lock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock">Flintlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheellock" title="Wheellock">Wheellock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magazine_(firearms)" title="Magazine (firearms)">Magazine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bottom_metal" title="Bottom metal">Bottom metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clip_(firearms)" title="Clip (firearms)">Clip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drum_magazine" title="Drum magazine">Drum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-capacity_magazine" title="High-capacity magazine">High-capacity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speedloader" title="Speedloader">Speedloader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stripper_clip" title="Stripper clip">Stripper clip</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_brake" title="Muzzle brake">Muzzle brake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_shroud" title="Muzzle shroud">Muzzle shroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol_grip" title="Pistol grip">Pistol grip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol_slide" title="Pistol slide">Pistol slide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_system_(firearms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail system (firearms)">Rail system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Receiver_(firearms)" title="Receiver (firearms)">Receiver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recoil_pad" title="Recoil pad">Recoil pad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rim_(firearms)" title="Rim (firearms)">Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safety_(firearms)" title="Safety (firearms)">Safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sear_(firearm)" title="Sear (firearm)">Sear</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auto_sear" title="Auto sear">Auto sear</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrel_shroud" title="Barrel shroud">Shroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silencer_(firearms)" title="Silencer (firearms)">Silencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squeeze_bore" title="Squeeze bore">Squeeze bore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choke_(firearms)" title="Choke (firearms)">Choke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stock_(firearms)" title="Stock (firearms)">Stock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synchronization_gear" title="Synchronization gear">Synchronization gear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapering_(firearms)" title="Tapering (firearms)">Tapering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)" title="Trigger (firearms)">Trigger</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trigger_guard" title="Trigger guard">guard</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sight_(device)" title="Sight (device)">Sights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diopter_sight" title="Diopter sight">Diopter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finderscope" title="Finderscope">Finderscope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Globe_sight" title="Globe sight">Globe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holographic_weapon_sight" title="Holographic weapon sight">Holographic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_sights" title="Iron sights">Iron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laser_sight_(firearms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Laser sight (firearms)">Laser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reticle" title="Reticle">Reticle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reflex_sight" class="mw-redirect" title="Reflex sight">Reflex</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red_dot_sight" title="Red dot sight">Red dot</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sight_magnifier" title="Sight magnifier">Magnifier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scope_mount" title="Scope mount">Scope mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tang_sight" title="Tang sight">Tang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telescopic_sight" title="Telescopic sight">Telescopic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night-vision_device" title="Night-vision device">Night vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thermal_weapon_sight" title="Thermal weapon sight">Thermal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sighting_in" title="Sighting in">Zeroing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Action_(firearms)" title="Action (firearms)">Actions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blowback_(firearms)" title="Blowback (firearms)">Blowback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blow-forward" class="mw-redirect" title="Blow-forward">Blow-forward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolt_action" title="Bolt action">Bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxlock_action" title="Boxlock action">Boxlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breechloader" title="Breechloader">Breechloading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Break_action" title="Break action">Break</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_bolt" title="Open bolt">Open bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Closed_bolt" title="Closed bolt">Closed bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_firing" title="Electronic firing">Electronic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas-operated_reloading" title="Gas-operated reloading">Gas-operated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lever_action" title="Lever action">Lever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzleloader" title="Muzzleloader">Muzzleloading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Out-of-battery" title="Out-of-battery">Out-of-battery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pump_action" title="Pump action">Pump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Push_feed_and_controlled_feed" title="Push feed and controlled feed">Push/Controlled feed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recoil_operation" title="Recoil operation">Recoil-operated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repeating_firearm" title="Repeating firearm">Repeating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">Revolver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-loading_rifle" title="Self-loading rifle">Self-loading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single-shot" title="Single-shot">Single-shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slamfire" title="Slamfire">Slamfire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Physics_of_firearms" title="Physics of firearms">Physics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballistics" title="Ballistics">Ballistics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballistic_coefficient" title="Ballistic coefficient">Ballistic coefficient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/External_ballistics" title="External ballistics">External</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terminal_ballistics" title="Terminal ballistics">Terminal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transitional_ballistics" title="Transitional ballistics">Transitional</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physics_of_firearms" title="Physics of firearms">Physics of firearms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangefinder" title="Rangefinder">Rangefinding/keeping</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mathematical_discussion_of_rangekeeping" title="Mathematical discussion of rangekeeping">Mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stadiametric_rangefinding" title="Stadiametric rangefinding">Stadiametric</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metrics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accurizing" title="Accurizing">Accurizing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bore_axis" title="Bore axis">Bore axis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">Caliber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circular_error_probable" title="Circular error probable">Circular error probable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effective_range#Weapons" title="Effective range">Effective range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauge_(firearms)" title="Gauge (firearms)">Gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_chronograph" title="Gun chronograph">Gun chronograph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_harmonisation" title="Gun harmonisation">Gun harmonisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headspace_(firearms)" title="Headspace (firearms)">Headspace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Length_of_pull" title="Length of pull">Length of pull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lock_time" title="Lock time">Lock time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Match_grade" title="Match grade">Match grade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures" title="Mean time between failures">Mean time between failures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minute_and_second_of_arc#Firearms" title="Minute and second of arc">Minute of Angle (MOA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_(firearms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Muzzle (firearms)">Muzzle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_energy" title="Muzzle energy">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_rise" title="Muzzle rise">Rise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_velocity" title="Muzzle velocity">Velocity</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penetration_(weaponry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Penetration (weaponry)">Penetration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_factor_(shooting_sports)" title="Power factor (shooting sports)">Power factor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Precision-guided_firearm" title="Precision-guided firearm">Precision-guided</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rate_of_fire" title="Rate of fire">Rate of fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recoil" title="Recoil">Recoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shot_grouping" title="Shot grouping">Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stock_(firearms)#Stock_measurements" title="Stock (firearms)">Stock measurements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stopping_power" title="Stopping power">Stopping power</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handgun_effectiveness" title="Handgun effectiveness">Handgun effectiveness</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifling#Twist_rate" title="Rifling">Twist rate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Shooting_and_ammunition56" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Shooting" title="Shooting">Shooting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">ammunition</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gunshot" title="Gunshot">Gunshot</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dry_fire" title="Dry fire">Dry fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting" title="Shooting">Firing (Shooting)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunshot" title="Gunshot">Gunshot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shootout" title="Shootout">Firefight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firearm_maintenance" title="Firearm maintenance">Maintenance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Field_strip" title="Field strip">Field strip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fouling" title="Fouling">Fouling</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firearm_malfunction" title="Firearm malfunction">Malfunction</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cooking_off" title="Cooking off">Cooking off</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hang_fire" title="Hang fire">Hang fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squib_load" title="Squib load">Squib load</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricochet" title="Ricochet">Ricochet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Ignition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fire_forming" title="Fire forming">Fire forming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obturation" title="Obturation">Obturation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primer_(firearms)" title="Primer (firearms)">Primer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">Gunpowder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">Percussion cap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rimfire_ammunition" title="Rimfire ammunition">Rimfire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubes_and_primers_for_ammunition" title="Tubes and primers for ammunition">Tubes and Primers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firearm_propellant" title="Firearm propellant">Propellant</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ball_propellant" title="Ball propellant">Ball propellant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cordite" title="Cordite">Cordite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Improved_military_rifle_powder" title="Improved military rifle powder">Improved Military Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramrod" title="Ramrod">Ramrod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokeless_powder" title="Smokeless powder">Smokeless powder</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">Ammunition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannelure" title="Cannelure">Cannelure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dummy_round" title="Dummy round">Dummy round</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Snap_cap" title="Snap cap">Snap cap</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flechette" title="Flechette">Flechette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas_check" title="Gas check">Gas check</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overpressure_ammunition" title="Overpressure ammunition">Overpressure ammunition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polymer-cased_ammunition" title="Polymer-cased ammunition">PCA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabot_(firearms)" title="Sabot (firearms)">Sabot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadding" title="Wadding">Wadding</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bullet" title="Bullet">Bullets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armor-piercing_bullet" title="Armor-piercing bullet">Armour piercing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cast_bullet" title="Cast bullet">Cast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expanding_bullet" title="Expanding bullet">Expanding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_metal_jacket_(ammunition)" title="Full metal jacket (ammunition)">Full metal jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frangible_bullet" title="Frangible bullet">Frangible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_bullet" title="Green bullet">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incendiary_ammunition" title="Incendiary ammunition">Incendiary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-explosive_incendiary" title="High-explosive incendiary">High explosive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-explosive_incendiary/armor-piercing_ammunition" title="High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition">HEIAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Projectile" title="Projectile">Projectile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raufoss_Mk_211" title="Raufoss Mk 211">Raufoss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_shot" title="Round shot">Round shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saboted_light_armor_penetrator" title="Saboted light armor penetrator">SLAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soft-point_bullet" title="Soft-point bullet">Soft point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supercavitating_ammunition" class="mw-redirect" title="Supercavitating ammunition">Supercavitating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_metal_jacket" title="Total metal jacket">Total metal jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracer_ammunition" title="Tracer ammunition">Tracer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollow-base_bullet" title="Hollow-base bullet">Hollow base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollow-point_bullet" title="Hollow-point bullet">Hollow point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mini%C3%A9_ball" title="Minié ball">Minié</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meplat" title="Meplat">Meplat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plastic-tipped_bullet" title="Plastic-tipped bullet">Plastic tipped</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armour-piercing,_capped,_ballistic_capped_shell" title="Armour-piercing, capped, ballistic capped shell">ABCBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snake_shot" title="Snake shot">Snake shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spitzer_(bullet)" title="Spitzer (bullet)">Spitzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Very-low-drag_bullet" title="Very-low-drag bullet">VLD</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">Cartridges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blank_(cartridge)" title="Blank (cartridge)">Blank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caseless_ammunition" title="Caseless ammunition">Caseless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centerfire_cartridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Centerfire 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