- A
handgun is a
firearm designed to be
usable with only one hand. It is
distinguished from a long
barreled gun (i.e., carbine, rifle, shotgun, submachine...
- This is a list of
handgun cartridges,
approximately in
order of
increasing caliber.
Although not
originally designed for
handguns,
several rifle and shotgun...
- self-loading pistol, autopistol, or
autoloading pistol) is a
repeating handgun that
automatically ejects and
loads cartridges in its
chamber after every...
- A
handgun holster is a
device used to hold or
restrict the
undesired movement of a
handgun, most
commonly in a
location where it can be
easily withdrawn...
-
Handgun effectiveness is a
measure of the
stopping power of a
handgun: its
ability to
incapacitate a
hostile target as
quickly and
efficiently as possible...
-
concealed weapon (CCW), is the
practice of
carrying a
weapon (such as a
handgun) in
public in a
concealed manner,
either on one's
person or in
close proximity...
- 2012 pp.48-51&83-84 Eger,
Chris (April 20, 2020). "Heckler & Koch's 1st
Handgun: The HK4". Guns.Com.
Retrieved February 23, 2024.
Hitting the
market in...
- in
December 1951. The PM is
heavy for its size by
modern US
commercial handgun standards,
largely because in a
blowback pistol, the
heavy slide is necessary...
-
pressures for
greater velocity and energy.
Famously called "the most
powerful handgun [cartridge] in the world" by
Clint Eastwood in
Dirty Harry, the .44 Magnum...
- A .50
caliber handgun is a
handgun firing a
bullet measuring approximately 0.5
inches (12.7 mm) in
diameter intended with the task of penetration. Historically...
