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Firearms Misnomers
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No it isn't, the term pistol predates the semi auto handgun by quite a few years.
What would you call this pistol?
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I hate it when we agree....I feel all icky and disgusting.
Google the city Pistoia, Italy.
One of my new favorites "tactical" usually means it's painted black, or made out of black material.
Just to jump into the pistol/revolver discussion. From the Intro to Handguns Class from the "official" PSA lesson guide.
A pistol is classified as having an integral barrel and chamber unlike a revolver which typically has several revolving chambers in a cylinder and a single barrel.
So pistol could apply to both antique single shot muzzle loaders and modern semiautomatic handguns as well as machine-pistols, derringers, and single shots like the Thompson Contender. Each of these would correctly be referred to as a "pistol."
I'll admit that I will on occasion refer to a revolver as a pistol, but certainly never vice versa.
A pistol is classified as having an integral barrel and chamber unlike a revolver which typically has several revolving chambers in a cylinder and a single barrel.
So pistol could apply to both antique single shot muzzle loaders and modern semiautomatic handguns as well as machine-pistols, derringers, and single shots like the Thompson Contender. Each of these would correctly be referred to as a "pistol."
I'll admit that I will on occasion refer to a revolver as a pistol, but certainly never vice versa.
So I was listening to Chuck & Chernoff on 680 the Fan yesterday on my way home from work. They did a quick segment about Ryan Tannehill's wife leaving his AR15 in the rental car. Well Chuck made it a point to say "she left his AR15 in the backseat. You know AR, as in "Assault Rifle"..... I couldn't get through the phone lines so I sent Chuck an email correcting him. He actually responded back a few minutes later acknowledging the correction.
"Sniper rifle" = anything with a scope
How is full auto a misnomer?
