Many police also still use revolvers as their duty weapon due to their relative mechanical simplicity and user friendliness.

Many cavalrymen — particularly on the Confederate side — eventually abandoned the long, heavy weapons in favour of revolvers and carbines.

Many of the Forest Rangers were armed with revolvers and Bowie knives.

Many officers from the First World War used their Webley Mk VI. 455 revolvers.

Many shooters find the rounded grip shape of the single action better for handling heavy recoil than the grip shape of double-action revolvers, which have a shoulder on top of the grip.

Many modern replicas of older firearms, particularly single action revolvers, are still made with case hardened frames, or with case coloring, which simulates the mottled pattern left by traditional charcoal and bone case hardening.

Many English people saw Colt ’ s advanced steampowered machinery as proof of America ’ s growing position as a leader in modern industrial production.

Many were sold in. 44-40 Winchester Center Fire ( WCF ), introduced in 1878 to allow cross-compatibility with the Winchester ' 73 lever action rifle ; this model was called the " Colt Frontier Six-Shooter " which was etched and later roll-stamped on the left side of the barrel.

Many reports indicate that while the. 45 S & W cartridge could be used in a gun chambered for the. 45 Colt, not every chamber in the gun could be loaded at the same time.

Many export markets, such as Europe and Australia received the Mirage under the Colt name.

Many export markets sold the hatchbacks as Mirage or Colt, with the sedan and wagon badged Lancer.

Many new designs were developed, some powered by air or recoil, or a combination of the two ( e. g., the Colt 1895 and M1895, and the Hotchkiss ).

Many of the proponents of Darwinism at that time, including Huxley, had reservations about the significance of natural selection, and Darwin himself gave credence to what was later called Lamarckism.

Many of his friends have said publicly that they regret that he ever gave up literature for politics.

Many interesting customs were observed, for example the extravagant feast of Inti Raymi which gave thanks to the God Sun, and the young women who were the Virgins of the Sun, sacrificial virgins devoted to the Inti.

Many in Hollywood said the SNL sketch inadvertently gave a portrayal of the real Sam Peckinpah.

Many rivers were improved by artificial cuts, and this often gave an opportunity to construct a towing path at the same time.

Many nations sent oceanographic observations to Maury at the Naval Observatory, where he and his colleagues evaluated the information and gave the results worldwide distribution.

Many attempts were made to restore the old Mission from the early 20th century, but it was not until the Hearst Foundation gave a large gift of money in the 1940s, that the Mission was finally restored.

Many groups of synapsids such as anomodontians and therocephalians that once comprised the dominant terrestrial fauna of the Permian also became extinct during this time, but during the Triassic, one group ( Cynodontia ) gave rise to the descendant taxon Mammalia, which survived through the Mesozoic to later diversify during the Cenozoic.

Many academic reviewers of the book took the opportunity to point out evidence that called the map's authenticity into question, so a year later, a Vinland Map Conference was held at the Smithsonian Institution, during which further significant questions were asked, particularly of Witten, who gave very straightforward and helpful answers ; but, the proceedings were not published for another five years.

Many analysts gave the Pistons little chance to win against their opponents, the Los Angeles Lakers, who had won three out of the previous four NBA championships, and who fielded a star-studded lineup that included Shaquille O ' Neal, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton and Karl Malone.

Many Catholic martyrs ( believers and priests ) gave their life for Jesus in Tonkin, Cochinchina and Annam ( French protectorate ) | Annam during persecutions.

Many people believe this is the fight that gave Sugar Ray Leonard the idea that he could actually win a fight with the aging Hagler.

Many symbolist poets, including Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Verlaine, published early works in Le Parnasse contemporain, the poetry anthologies that gave Parnassianism its name.

Many of his films inspired filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson ( There Will Be Blood ), who gave an introduction on the newly restored DVD of The Earrings of Madame de ( 1953 ).

Many fans and reviewers have claimed Venom was an influence on Bathory ; however, Quorthon has said in an interview with Kick Ass magazine in 1985 that he had not listened to Venom until after the first Bathory album was released, although this is contentious, as Quorthon often gave purposefully equivocal or misleading information in interviews.

Many of the compositions recorded for Calypso, including " Banana Boat Song " and " Jamaica Farewell ", gave songwriting credit to Irving Burgie, Belafonte and his team, but were really previously recorded Jamaican mento songs sold as calypso.

Many of the major breeders in the area gave their best horses away to peasants living in the nearby quebradas ( valleys ).

Many people among the Western allies believed that the dictatorship in Germany gave that country's wartime economy frightening advantages by creating great efficiencies throughout the economy ( in comparison to the cacophony of forces that shaped the production possibilities curve in democracies ).

Many a stout warrior gave up the fight to join his family again.

Many in Hong Kong cried cronyism, as the Hong Kong Government, under chief executive Tung Chee Hwa, gave away the land to his new high-tech residential and commercial venture called Cyberport.

Many other Pahlavi sources were used in composing the epic, prominent being the Kārnāmag-ī Ardaxšīr-ī Pābagān, which was originally written during the late Sassanid era and gave accounts of how Ardashir I came to power which, because of its historical proximity, is thought to be highly accurate.

Many of Allenby's men said after the war that they were willing to tolerate his strictness and rigidity because he gave the impression that he was in control of the situation, a feeling which Murray never inspired in his soldiers.

Many of the jokes and comic exchanges from Take It From Here were recycled in the series of Carry On films when scriptwriter Talbot Rothwell ran out of time, and Muir and Norden gave him some old TIFH scripts — for instance the line spoken by Julius Caesar on facing some would-be assassins: " Infamy!

Many have judged this belief to be fallacious, since the dictators ' demands were not limited and appeasement gave them time to gain greater strength.

Many British publications have gradually done away with the use of periods in abbreviations.

Many independents walked away from the 1901 meeting.

Many of these booms may be attributable to bird-scarers, automated cannon-like devices used by farmers to scare birds away from the many vineyards, orchards and crops.

Many Protestants ( especially those belonging to the magisterial traditions, such as Lutherans, or those such as Methodists, that broke away from the Anglican Communion ) accept the teachings of the first seven councils but do not ascribe to the councils themselves the same authority as Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox do.

Many plants have evolved fruits that are attractive as a food source to animals, so that animals will eat the fruits and excrete the seeds some distance away.

Many world-renowned ski resorts such as Verbier and Crans-Montana are just over an hour away by car.

Many teams were going away from the traditional uniform and the Astros were no exception.

Many of these Jews would live in mountainous regions to get away from any non-Jewish influence.

Many battles were prearranged, with the clan warriors meeting at an assigned place and time, while women and children of the clan watched the festivities from some distance away.

Many of the break away Irish Republican groups which oppose the Good Friday Agreement ( the Continuity Irish Republican Army and the Real Irish Republican Army ) are believed to be in possession of a significant amount of the Libyan ammunition and semtex explosives delivered to the IRA during the 1970s and 1980s.

" Many workers, in fact, would like to get away from their factories if they could and find more creative artisanal types of work, not simply " participate " in " planning " their own misery.

Many dramatic actors gladly participated in musicals as a way to break away from their typecasting.

Many herbs were uncommon, particularly Mediterranean herbs, which are not hardy in much of New England away from the coast.

Many surviving acts moved away from psychedelia into either more back-to-basics " roots rock ", traditional-based, pastoral or whimsical folk, the wider experimentation of progressive rock, or riff-based heavy rock.

Many Structuralists later moved away from the most strict interpretations and applications of " structure ", and are thus called " Post-structuralists ".

Many Asians do not want to lose respect in society by admitting they are in pain and need help, believing the pain should be borne in silence, while other cultures ( e. g. Jewish ) feel they should report pain right away and get immediate relief.

Many of these letters are pious and poetic and express a desire to be in closer or more frequent contact with a loved one that is far enough away to only be reached by written correspondence.

Many centres are therefore moving away from using ciprofloxacin as the first line for treating suspected typhoid originating in South America, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, or Vietnam.

Many Viz gems are tucked away in spoof Terms and Conditions sections or application forms.

Many financial firms found that they could move to midtown Manhattan four miles away or elsewhere and still operate effectively.

Many important historic buildings were rebuilt, including the Semper Opera House, the Zwinger Palace and a great many other historic buildings, although the city leaders chose to reconstruct large areas of the city in a " socialist modern " style, partly for economic reasons, but also to break away from the city's past as the royal capital of Saxony and a stronghold of the German bourgeoisie.

Many Christians fell away, and were thereafter referred to as " lapsi ", but afterwards asked to be received again into the Church.

Many see Tristan as the beginning of the move away from conventional harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the 20th century.

Many Texians were also unhappy with the location of their state capital, which moved periodically between Saltillo and Monclova, both of which were in southern Coahuila, some away ; they wanted Tejas to be a separate state from Coahuila ( but not independent from Mexico ) and to have its own capital.

Many Boers who were dissatisfied with aspects of the British administration, in particular with Britain's abolition of slavery on 1 December 1834, elected to migrate away from British rule in what became known as the Great Trek.