Pump-action shotguns, also called ' slide action repeating shotguns ' or ' slide action shotguns ' are a class of shotguns that are distinguished in the way in which spent shells are extracted and fresh ones are chambered.

Pump-action or semi-automatic shotguns have a tube magazine attached to the underside of the barrel which limits the minimum barrel length to slightly longer the length of the magazine tube, when only the barrel is modified.

He said that six particular guns were essential: a semiautomatic, magazine-fed rifle ( for defending against large mobs ); a bolt-action hunting / sniper rifle ( for killing large game or defending against an entrenched marauder ); a shotgun ( for fowl hunting ); a. 22 caliber rifle ( to hone shooting skills and bag small game ); and a pistol ( for close-in self-defense ).

He could also materialize guns in his hands ; his favored was the Tech-9 semiautomatic handgun.

The guns use compressed gas and provide semiautomatic fire, and the pepperballs act just like paintballs, fracturing on impact and splattering the chemical agent on impact.

The bill would require all owners of handguns and semiautomatic firearms to register for a federal firearms license.

A string or shoelace that could be looped around the cocking handle of a semiautomatic firearm and then behind and in front of the trigger in such a way as to allow the firearm to be fired automatically is no longer considered a machinegun unless it is attached in this manner.

Witnesses heard fired shots ; four " pop " noises, presumably from a semiautomatic. 25-caliber Colt pistol.

* in firearms, when more than one round is fired in a semiautomatic gas powered rifle with only one pull of the trigger, also known as a slam fire.

They could be fired in either the automatic or semiautomatic mode, and their combined rate of fire was 1, 100 rounds per minute from a 600 round magazine.

For example, should a semiautomatic pistol fail to fire, clearing the chamber requires manually cycling the action to remove the errant round, as cycling the action normally depends on the energy of a cartridge firing.

* Plastic inserts in the hollow to provide the same profile for feeding in semiautomatic and automatic weapons as a full metal jacketed round but that separate on firing while in flight or in the barrel ( such as the German Geco " Action Safety " 9 mm round )

An inventory of the weapons used: An AR-15 converted to fire automatically with two 100-round Beta Magazines, a semiautomatic HK-91 rifle with several 30-round magazines, a Beretta 92FS Inox with several magazines, and three different AK-47 rifles converted to fire in fully automatic mode with several 75 to 100-round drum magazines, as well as 30 round box magazines.

" The Tec-9 is sold as a semi-automatic weapon, but soon after its release in the US, the " US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ( BATF ) found that this semiautomatic pistol can be easily converted back to full automatic, and restricted it manufacture.

An additional advantage of electronic keyers over semiautomatic keys is that code speed may be easily regulated and changed with electronic keyers, typically by turning a knob.

With a semiautomatic key, the location of the pendulum weight must be readjusted to change the dit speed.

She owns and practices with a replica Colt M1911. 45 caliber semiautomatic pistol, a weapon considered to be an anachronistic " hand cannon " by her contemporaries, who prefer pulsers, which fire small-calibre high explosive darts at extremely high velocity using a gravitic propulsion system.

The Ferraris of Alain Prost and Jean Alesi were expected to be the strongest team, but their V-12s and 7-speed semiautomatic gearboxes were not well suited to the tight turns and short straights of the street circuit.

Noting the difficulties of reloading a revolver while under fire, the FBI specified that agents should be armed with semiautomatic handguns.

Speedloaders do not allow revolvers to be reloaded as fast as semiautomatic handguns, at least, not without considerably more practice.

A measure of how far ahead of his time he was can be seen by looking at his experimental designs of semiautomatic rifles, developed at a time when ammunition was not suitable to function properly in such a weapon.

One of his jobs on the board was to evaluate new weapons and equipment, and at one point he tested a new semiautomatic rifle which would eventually become the M-1 rifle, the standard weapon of the infantry in World War II.

A new pistol design from Kel Tec in 2010, is a light weight, full-size,. 22 Magnum 30 shot semiautomatic pistol, the PMR30.

This made the CSP one of the first major law enforcement agencies in the nation to make the switch from the revolver to the semiautomatic pistol.

The fire selector switch is a circular cap on the rear of the receiver and is rotated to one of three settings: E ( Egyes )( semiautomatic fire ), S ( Sorozat ) ( full automatic ), or Z ( Zárt )( the safety setting ).

A few professional hunters are known to carry 12-gauge semiautomatic shotguns loaded with buckshot as a back-up weapon when hunting lion.

Kath then picked up a semiautomatic 9 mm pistol and, leaning back in a chair, said to Johnson, " Don't worry, it's not loaded ".

The search of the pickup truck he was driving also yielded a loaded. 380-caliber semiautomatic pistol, federal court documents indicate.

In addition, his vehicle contained a digital scale, a loaded semiautomatic, a handgun, and a collapsible baton on the driver ’ s seat.

" Radom " is also the popular unofficial name for a semiautomatic 9 mm Para pistol of Polish design ( the Model 35 / ViS-35 ) designed by Piotr Wilniewczyc and Jan Skrzypinski ( hence the designation " ViS "), under Director Kazimierz Ołdakowski, which had been in production from 1935 to 1945 at the national arsenal located in the city.

Automatic and semiautomatic firearms, which extract and eject the case automatically as a part of the normal operating cycle sometimes damage the case in the process of ejection.

John Browning worked for Colt for a time, and came up with a design for a semiautomatic pistol, which debuted as the Colt M1900 pistol and eventually evolved into the Colt M1911 pistol.

A guard shot and killed an inmate with a Mini-14 semiautomatic rifle, which was believed to have contributed to ending the violence.

The impression that Sugarmann originated the term may stem from a 1988 study he authored, Assault Weapons and Accessories in America, which was the first study to look at semiautomatic weapons the VPC deemed " assault weapons ".

In a few years we will have SAMOS ( semiautomatic missile observation system ).

In 2010, after controversial high school shootings in 2008 prompted government review, a constitutional law committee concluded that people over the age of 20 can receive a permit for semiautomatic handguns.

However, like the Puckle gun, they were still only semiautomatic.

Only in the 1990s did the semiautomatic pistol begin to make serious inroads, after the advent of safe actions such as Glock's.

** The Los Angeles, California City Council bans the sale or possession of semiautomatic firearms.

In Finland, military-style semiautomatic rifles, or reservist rifles ( reserviläiskivääri ) as they are called in Finland, are popular among reservists who actively take part in volunteer defence training.

Popular weapons are AR-15 and semiautomatic variants of AK-47 and Finnish RKs, such as RK-92S and a semiautomatic variant of RK-76.

Daley and Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich held a joint press conference on January 17, 2006 calling for a state-wide ban on the manufacture, possession, and delivery of semiautomatic assault weapons.

With semiautomatic operation analogous to the early days of panel switch, the operator in the originating city used a multifrequency keypad to dial an access code to connect to the correct city and to send the seven digit number to incoming equipment at the terminating city.

* December 16, 1988: Virginia Beach, Virginia Nicholas Elliott, 15, opened fire with a SWD Cobray M-11 semiautomatic pistol on his teachers at the Atlantic Shores Christian School.

The purpose of the Feinstein Amendment was to " restrict the manufacture, transfer, and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

References become concrete and semiautomatic with colloquialisms, clichés, profanity, and perseveration.

Then Major Hasan turned his back on her and started putting another magazine into his semiautomatic pistol.

NYS Penal Law § 265. 00 ( 22 ) defining " Assault Weapon " to include " a semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least two of the following characteristics ... ( iv ) a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor.

In addition to the 19 weapons specifically prohibited, the federal assault weapons ban also defined as a prohibited assault weapon any semiautomatic rifle with a detachable magazine and at least two of the following five items: a folding or telescopic stock ; a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon ; a bayonet mount ; a flash suppressor or threaded barrel ( a barrel that can accommodate a flash suppressor ); or a grenade launcher.

Under his command, the 2nd Marine Raider battalion were issued with the semiautomatic M1 Garand rifle and were organized in the fireteam ( although it was called firegroup ) concept, 3 firegroups to a squad with a squad leader.