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  2. Star Model BM - Wikipedia

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    Star Model BM. The Star Model BM is a single-action semi-automatic pistol that fires the 9 mm Parabellum pistol cartridge. It was produced by Star Bonifacio Echeverria, S.A. in Spain and is a compact version of the full size Star Model B. Although its external appearance resembles the classic M1911, its design is different in several respects.

  3. CZ 52 - Wikipedia

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    The CZ 52 pistol is a roller-locked short recoil–operated, detachable box magazine–fed, single-action, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the 7.62×25mm Tokarev cartridge (the gun was originally designed for 9×19mm Parabellum caliber but due to political pressures had to be redesigned for the then-standard Soviet pistol cartridge).

  4. Semi-automatic pistol - Wikipedia

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    A Glock 22 semi-automatic pistol chambered in .40 S&W with a tactical light mounted below its barrel. A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol [1]) is a handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridges in its chamber after every shot fired. Only one round of ammunition is fired each ...

  5. Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket - Wikipedia

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    The Model 1908 Vest Pocket is a compact, hammerless, striker -fired, semi-automatic single-action pistol. Manufactured by the Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1908 to 1948, it was marketed as a small concealable firearm which could be easily tucked into a vest pocket for unobtrusive carry. Designed by John Moses Browning, the Model 1908 ...

  6. AMT AutoMag V - Wikipedia

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    The AMT Auto Mag V is a large single action semi-automatic pistol made by Arcadia Machine and Tool (AMT). The weapon was created by Harry Sanford, inventor of the original .44 Auto Mag pistol . Production quantity was planned to be 3000 units, numbered 0001-3000, but this goal was never reached. The MK V used the same frame as the MK IV, and ...

  7. Stechkin automatic pistol - Wikipedia

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    Stechkin automatic pistol. The Stechkin or APS ( Avtomaticheskiy Pistolet Stechkina = Автоматический Пистолет Стечкина) is a Soviet selective fire machine pistol that is chambered in 9×18mm Makarov and 9×19mm Parabellum. It was introduced into service in 1951 for use by artillery and mortar crews, tank crews and ...

  8. Automatic revolver - Wikipedia

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    Automatic revolver. An automatic revolver also known as semi-automatic revolver, is a revolver that uses the recoil energy of firing for cocking the hammer and revolving the cylinder, rather than using manual operations to perform these actions. As semi-automatic firearms, the shooter must manually operate the trigger to discharge each shot.

  9. Machine pistol - Wikipedia

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    A machine pistol is a handgun that is capable of fully automatic fire, including stockless handgun -style submachine guns. [ 1] The Austrians introduced the world's first machine pistol, the Steyr Repetierpistole M1912/P16, during World War I. The Germans also experimented with machine pistols, by converting various types of semi-automatic ...