An automatic pistol fires one shot per trigger pull, unlike an automatic firearm such as a machine gun, which fires as long as the trigger is held down and there are unspent cartridges in the chamber or magazine.

There are, however, some fully automatic handguns ( often referred to as machine pistols ) so, to avoid such ambiguity and confusion, " semi-automatic ", " autoloader " or " self-loading " are preferred when referring to a firearm that fires only one shot per trigger pull.

In contrast, with a self-cocking revolver, one long squeeze of the trigger pulls back the hammer and revolves the cylinder then finally fires the shot.

Caplock revolvers were also vulnerable to " chain fires ", wherein hot gas from a shot ignited the powder in the other chambers.

The shot is usually fired from a smoothbore barrel ; another configuration is the rifled slug barrel, which fires more accurate solitary projectiles.

A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot.

However, she fires a weapon at Arthur ; Arthur ducks and the shot kills a man behind him.

Mike goes hunting with Axel, John and Stanley one more time, and after tracking a beautiful deer across the woods, takes his " one shot " but pulls the rifle up and fires into the air, unable to take another life.

* The final shot is paid homage in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas when Joe Pesci's character fires a gun at the camera at the end of the movie.

In addition, yellow boxes and barrels marked with " flammable " warning symbols can be shot to cause fires or explosions that can harm enemies.

As Shu soldiers rushed towards the Yangtze River for water to put out the fires, Wu archers lying in ambush shot them down.

The Jackal turns and fires, killing the young policeman with a shot to the chest.

Piccolo also possesses the ability of " Scatter Shot " in which he fires many different chi energy blasts shot from one hand at the same time.

Unlike the standard Model 29, which fires a. 44 Magnum cartridge, the quiet special purpose revolver instead shot a. 410 shotgun shell.

Beck is arrested, but while being led away, he grabs an officers side arm and fires at Junior, but Ben shields Junior and takes the shot.

" Rioters shot at firefighters who were attempting to fight the fires.

The Confederates targeted these with " hot shot " rounds ( cannonballs that had been heated in ovens ), starting fires that could prove more dangerous to the men than the explosive artillery.

Because of the limited energy and momentum of less powerful cartridges, movie scenes in which an attacker fires a near-silent shot that instantly kills the victim are generally unrealistic ; excluding headshots that admit the projectile directly into the cranial cavity and / or chest shots that hit the left ventricle or aorta.

Before losing consciousness, Frank fires a shot through the camera lens, penetrating the eye of the hitman, who is revealed to be Greg Portman.

When Eva sees Sievernich, she fires a warning shot at his ear ; he flies into a homicidal rage, accusing her of ruining his face and promising revenge when he rules the world.

A shotgun is legally defined as a shoulder mounted firearm that fires shot.

Rainbird then fires another shot at Charlie, but she uses her power to melt the bullet in midair and then sets Rainbird and Cap on fire.

" Additionally, the saboteurs set fire along the breaks in the fuel line, and shot at police that tried to approach the fires.

Kate had no idea what they were talking of, although she had seen the blue lights and strange fires burning and winking on the ridges at night, had heard horsemen on the River Road and hill trails through the nights till dawn.

1 ) Most of the legends that are created to fan the fires of patriotism are essentially propagandistic and are not folk legends at all.

He found Christian prisoners from Germany in the heart of " Tartary " ( at Talas ), and was compelled to observe the ceremony of passing between two fires, as a bringer of gifts to a dead Khan, gifts which were of course treated by the Mongols as evidence of submission.

Bulgarian trooper fires an M2 Browning. 50 cal machine gun at the Novo Selo training range

Classically, beacons were fires lit at well-known locations on hills or high places, used either as lighthouses for navigation at sea, or for signalling over land that enemy troops were approaching, in order to alert defenses.

In the Scottish borders country, a system of beacon fires were at one time established to warn of incursions by the English.

Excavations at Uisnech in the 20th century provided evidence of large fires taking place.

There is no corroborating reference to the Beltane fires at Uisneach in the annals, so Keating's claims cannot be proven.

However, there is evidence of large fires and charred bones from excavations at the site, showing it to have been ritually significant.

At 19: 50 the mizenmast and mainmast both collapsed and fires broke out simultaneously at several points.

Accordingly, after the massacre at Nyangwe, Gongo " hid himself in his quarters, appalled by the sight of thousands of men smoking human hands and human chops on their camp fires, enough to feed his army for many days.

The cartridge used by the FN P90, the 5. 7 × 28 mm, for example, fires a 2. 0 g ( 31 grain ) armor-piercing bullet at velocities of around 700 m / s ( 2300 ft / s ).

He aided those who lost property in fires, abolished certain taxes, and gave out prizes to the public at gymnastic events.

Gun specifically refers to a type of cannon that fires projectiles at high speeds, and usually at relatively low angles ; they have been used in warships, and as field artillery.

After the battle of Plataea, the Greek cities extinguished their fires and brought new fire from the hearth of Greece, at Delphi ; in the foundation stories of several Greek colonies, the founding colonists were first dedicated at Delphi.

* In Patrick O ' Brian's Aubrey – Maturin series, Helsingør fires mortar shells at the heroes in book seven, The Surgeon's Mate, as they sail past on their way to a rendezvous in the Baltic.

Emulsifying agents are effective at extinguishing fires on small, thin-layer spills of flammable liquids ( Class B fires ).

Emulsifiers are not effective at extinguishing large fires involving bulk / deep liquid fuels, because the amount of agent needed for extinguishment is a function of the volume of the fuel, whereas agents such as aqueous film-forming foam ( AFFF ) need cover only the surface of the fuel to achieve vapor mitigation.

Godzilla then fires his atomic ray at a nearby Ferris wheel and attempts to collapse it onto Mothra and crush her.

Over the sea, Godzilla fires a blast of atomic breath at Battra from point blank range, killing Battra once and for all.

Scenes of a crowd fleeing Godzilla that appeared later in the Japanese print were moved to an earlier point in the movie ( and corresponding footage of them gathering around Godzilla after he is knocked out by the Super X was removed ), the Super X fight was re-arranged ( in the Japanese version, Godzilla fires his atomic ray at the Super X after being hit with cadmium missiles, not before ), and various other scenes of destruction were either placed in a different order or deleted completely.