- A
pistoleer is a
mounted soldier trained to use a
pistol, or more
generally anyone armed with such a weapon. It is
derived from pistolier, a
French word...
- A
pistol is a type of handgun,
characterized by a
barrel with an
integral chamber. The word "
pistol" is
derived from the
Middle French pistolet (c. 1550)...
- semi-automatic
pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. The
pistol's formal U.S.
military designation as of 1940 was
Automatic Pistol,
Caliber .45,...
-
pistols. The list
covers manually operated and semi-automatic/machine
pistols: The
table is sortable. List of
firearms List of front-magazine
pistols...
- The ****
Pistols were an
English punk rock band
formed in
London in 1975.
Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they
became one...
- Dub
Pistols is an
English electronic music band
founded in 1996 by
Barry Ashworth and
Jason O'Bryan. The band's
first singles were "There's
Gonna Be a...
- In
American English, a
pocket pistol is any small, pocket-sized semi-automatic
pistol (or less
commonly referencing either derringers, or revolvers),...
- York Times, July 28, 2013 “With a
Pistol in My Hand,” essay,
Texas Monthly, (April 2016); Austin, TX The
Pistoleer (Berkley: New York, 1995; reissued...
-
Pistol-whipping or
buffaloing is the act of
using a
handgun as a
blunt weapon,
wielding it as an
improvised club. Such a
practice dates to the time of...
- A
starting pistol or
starter pistol is a
blank handgun or, more recently, an
electronic toy gun or
device with a
button connected to a
sound system that...
