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nyj wrote:What jmra said. Dictionary definitions are slang use? LOL

You're awfully defensive over a silly debate.

Since I was attacked and told I had no idea what I was talking about, I took the defensive stance.

Samuel Colt invented the REVOLVER. I think they know what they are talking about when they talk about the gun their founder invented.

This terminology that Colt uses is consistent with the correct definition. If revolvers were in fact pistols, there would be no need to mention them separately below, would there? They would just say, "Colt has sold more than 30 million pistols and rifles bearing the Colt name."

I'm just trying to educate here. Take it or not.

Sam Colt's success story began with the issuance of a U.S. patent in 1836 for the Colt firearm equipped with a revolving cylinder containing five or six bullets. Colt's revolver provided its user with greatly increased firepower. Prior to his invention, only one- and two-barrel flintlock pistols were available. In the 163 years that have followed, more than 30 million revolvers, pistols, and rifles bearing the Colt name have been produced, almost all of them in plants located in the Hartford, Connecticut, area.

http://www.colt.com/ColtLawEnforcement/History.aspx

nyj wrote:Wikipedia is not a reliable source.

I'm sure you think these aren't either.

http://hunting.about.com/od/guns/g/glos ... pistol.htm

http://hunting.about.com/od/guns/g/defi ... volver.htm

Or these manufacturers where revolvers and pistols are distinctly listed in separate sections.
http://www.ruger.com/index.html
http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/ ... 57751_-1_Y
http://www.coltsmfg.com/

I'm sure Colt or S&W who have been around for over a hundred years have no idea of what they're selling and that you know better.

Go ahead, call a magazine a clip, call a loaded cartridge a bullet and calll revolvers pistols. But don't try to convince people that know better that slang usage is correct.

nyj wrote:

jmra wrote:

android wrote:I don't know of any .357 magnum pistols. Are there any?

I think that is a revolver caliber.

You could get a .357 Sig in a pistol.

pis·tol
/ˈpistl/
Noun
A small firearm designed to be held in one hand.
Synonyms
gun - revolver - handgun

From Websters:
"The two classes of pistol are revolvers and automatics. Automatics have a mechanism, actuated by the energy of recoil, that feeds cartridges from a magazine in the grip."

The correct distinction would be semiautomatic vs. revolver.

Unless of course you are talking about the designation on a CHL which would be SA (semiautomatic) and NSA (non-semiautomatic).

Exactly. Don't be a smart A when you don't even know the definition of what you're saying is incorrect.

Sorry, slang and a poorly researched dictionary entry is not equal to factual discussion.
Just because everybody calls it the wrong thing doesn't make it true. Neither is a magazine a clip just because 90% of the people call it that.

... a pistol is a handgun with a chamber that is integral with the barrel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol

A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver

The Annoyed Man wrote:

brhalltx wrote:

android wrote:I don't know of any .357 magnum pistols. Are there any?

I think that is a revolver caliber.

You could get a .357 Sig in a pistol.

I think the OP is asking about a revolver, but the Desert Eagle is/was available in .357 Magnum, along with a couple of 1911s and the Wildey.

These are NOT what he's looking for:
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Something like this is:
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LOL, those are awesome, but I will publicly admit my manliness ends at .45 ACP.

brhalltx wrote:

android wrote:I don't know of any .357 magnum pistols. Are there any?

I think that is a revolver caliber.

You could get a .357 Sig in a pistol.

I think the OP is asking about a revolver, but the Desert Eagle is/was available in .357 Magnum, along with a couple of 1911s and the Wildey.

Well, that's the fun thing about guns. Pretty much somebody has built something non-standard for almost any caliber out there. We have rifles that shoot pistol calibers and revolvers that shoot shotgun shells and we have pistols that shoot rifle calibers.

I don't know of any .357 magnum pistols. Are there any?

I think that is a revolver caliber.

You could get a .357 Sig in a pistol.