joe817,
Thank you for the update.
I guess, when once I shuffle off this mortal coil the word pistol may have evolved to strictly encompass semi-autos only, but right now, as at least you and I know, it applies to all handguns as it has for a VERY long time.
Hear Ye - Hear Ye: A revolver is a pistol. A semi-auto is a pistol too and it's also a handgun, as is a revolver. There are other names also applicable to revolvers and semi-autos like sidearm, etc.
That is all.
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- Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:10 pm
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Re: Should have used a revolver for my CHL test
bdickens
Why, yes, just for you it is...
Now, march to the blackboard and write 100 times: Never again will I be deliberately obtuse or practice mopery.
Why, yes, just for you it is...
Now, march to the blackboard and write 100 times: Never again will I be deliberately obtuse or practice mopery.
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:28 am
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Re: Should have used a revolver for my CHL test
Why do some here think the word 'pistol' applies only to semi-autos?
I wonder where this misinformed idea came from?
Anyone know?
Pistol defined: A firearm that is held and fired with one hand
A revolver is also a pistol.
In the old West, gunslingers were often referred to as 'Pistoleros' - they're weren't packing semi-autos. They were carrying big ole revolvers. Semi-autos hadn't been invented yet...
I wonder where this misinformed idea came from?
Anyone know?
Pistol defined: A firearm that is held and fired with one hand
A revolver is also a pistol.
In the old West, gunslingers were often referred to as 'Pistoleros' - they're weren't packing semi-autos. They were carrying big ole revolvers. Semi-autos hadn't been invented yet...