Pistol

Japanese: pistol
Pistol

…A pistol is also called a hand gun. It is a weapon worn mainly for self-defense, and is broadly classified according to its structure into (1) single-shot pistols, (2) revolvers, and (3) semiautomatic pistols. Semiautomatic pistols are generally called automatic pistols or automatics, but in terms of mechanism, they are not fully automatic, capable of firing continuously like a machine gun, simply because the cycle of firing, ejecting, and feeding the bullet after the trigger is pulled is automated (Figure 1).

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Japanese:

…ピストルあるいはハンドガンhand gunともいう。おもに護身を目的とする着装武器で,構造により(1)単発式(シングル・ショット・ピストルsingle‐shot pistol),(2)回転式(リボルバーrevolver),(3)半自動式(セミオートマティック・ピストルsemiautomatic pistol)に大別される。このうち半自動式は,一般に自動拳銃またはオートマティックと呼ばれているが,機構的には引金を引いたのちの発射→排莢(はいきよう)→送弾のサイクルが自動化されているだけで,機関銃のように連射できる全自動式というわけではない(図1)。…

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