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Saturday night special is a colloquial term in the United States and Canada for inexpensive, compact, small-caliber handguns [1] made of poor quality metal. [2] Sometimes known as junk guns, some states define these guns by means of composition or material strength. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, they were commonly referred to ...
Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.31 ball/conical bullet.28 ball/conical bullet 5 United States: c. 1855–1870 Colt Model 1862 Pocket Police: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.31 ball/conical bullet 5-6 United States: c. 1847–1873 Colt Model 1871-72 Open Top: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.44 Henry: 6
Legally-held firearms are accepted by Police for destruction at any time. United States. Philadelphia tried gun buybacks in 1968, 1972 and 1974, retrieving 544 guns. Baltimore staged a 3 month buyback in 1974 offering $50 for each gun, resulting in the retrieval of 13,400 firearms, including about 8,400 handguns.
Target rifles Kimber Kimber Manufacturing: United States Civilian, military & law enforcement Handguns, rifles Lazzeroni: John Lazzeroni Lazzeroni Arms Co. United States Civilian Manurhin: Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin: Chapuis Armes: France Civilian, law enforcement, military, security Revolvers; formerly pistols Mauser: Wilhelm & Paul ...
The FP-45 was a crude, single-shot pistol designed to be cheaply and quickly mass-produced. It had just 23 largely stamped and turned steel parts that were cheap and easy to manufacture. It fired the .45 ACP pistol cartridge from an unrifled barrel. Due to this limitation, it was intended for short-range use, 1–4 yards (0.91–3.66 m).
A semi-automatic pistol is a type of handgun which utilizes the energy of the fired cartridge to cycle the action of the weapon and advance the next available cartridge into position for firing. One round is fired each time the trigger of a semi-automatic pistol is pulled. (The following list table is sortable.) Pistola Aut. Celmi.
Hi-Point Firearms.40 S&W United States: 1990s Hi-Point Model JHP: Hi-Point Firearms.45 ACP United States: 1990s High Standard .22 Pistol: High Standard Manufacturing Company.22 Long Rifle United States: 1926 or 1932-2018: High Standard HDM: High Standard Manufacturing Company.22 Long Rifle United States: 1942-? Horhe (pistol)
The .45 ACP (not to be confused with .45 Colt) cartridge is a very popular caliber due to its low velocity and relatively high stopping power. This caliber is associated most with the Colt M1911, logically, as ACP literally means 'Automatic Colt Pistol'. However, there are many more guns and variations on the M1911 that are chambered in .45 ACP.