Pistol in a sentence

The pistol is a so-called double-action design, meaning a single long pull of the trigger will both cock the pistol and release the firing pin, firing the pistol.

McDonald stated that the pistol did not fire because the pistol's hammer came down on the webbing between the thumb and index finger of his hand as he grabbed for the pistol.

She set her sights on conquering the acting world after being cast in Danny Boyles' six-part Sex Pistol biopic series Pistol as counter-culture figure Soo Catwoman.

The four-hour NRA First Steps Pistol class is designed for beginners and those who have newly purchased a pistol, especially families, couples, women, young people and groups, according to the class description.

Beretta had only produced its first pistol during World War I, but by the 1930s had become the world’s largest pistol maker and the M1934 was the company’s most numerous product made during the conflict.

But marketing for the pistol suggests a variety of practical uses for the pistol, from combat to hunting.

During the arrest of the 29-year-old man, police allegedly seized a further three firearms – an MK5 rifle, a Berretta 9mm pistol, and a 9mm mini-Glock pistol.

In a viral video, Pathan was seen pointing his pistol at the policeman on Jaffrabad-Maujpur road on February 24. After opening fire in the air, he kept the pistol at his residence and fled from the city in a car.

Ruger’s AR-556 pistol, a short-barreled AR-15 designed for one or two-handed operation, delivers rifle-level performance in a pistol-sized configuration.

The new Ruger Pistol Caliber Carbine (PC Carbine) outwardly resembles the venerable Ruger 10/22 rifle with a pistol magazine protruding from underneath.

To build a Glock-patterned pistol from-scratch with an 80% lower with all new parts was around twice the the price of just buying a finished pistol.

So the difference between an unsuppressed and suppressed pistol is about the same difference in sound pressure level between a suppressed pistol and a nail gun.

He said shooter Shakil Ahmed will take part in the 10m pistol event today while and also compete in the 50m pistol event on April 11.

Jitu won a gold each in the men’s 50m pistol event in the 2014 Asian Games and also bagged the yellow metal in the men’s 10m air pistol in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April.

Another report reached by the CIB task force concludes that the two bullets could not have come from the same pistol because a 9.1 mm bullet would not fit into a 9 mm pistol that the police said was used by the suspect.

Because they fire pistol ammunition, they have limited long-range use, but in close combat can be used in fully automatic in a controllable manner due to the lighter recoil of the pistol ammunition.

Deputy Ernest Blunk claimed that Dillinger had escaped using a real pistol, but FBI files make clear that Dillinger carved a fake pistol from a potato.

However, Officer McDonald said that Oswald pulled out a pistol tucked into the front of his pants, then pointed the pistol at him, and pulled the trigger.

In general, though, shotshell reloading is far more complex than rifle and pistol cartridge reloading, and hence far fewer shotshell presses are therefore used relative to rifle and pistol cartridge reloading presses.

In the 2000s, the machine pistol started to be supplanted by the personal defense weapon : a compact, fully automatic submachine gun-like firearm which fires high-velocity armor-piercing rounds instead of pistol ammunition.