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jseymour
join:2009-12-11
Waterford, MI

jseymour to Mr_Otis

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Re: Misnamed

said by Mr_Otis :

Aren't all guns 'semi-automatic'? At least, all those that are not machine guns? Pull the trigger, gun fires. Pull the trigger, gun fires. Semi-automatic.

No, they're not. There are single-shot firearms of various kinds; single-action revolvers; magazine-fed bolt-action, pump and lever action firearms, etc. Double-action revolvers could be thought of as "semi-automatic," in that they operate as you describe, but they're not regarded as such.

Jim

dnoyeB
Ferrous Phallus
join:2000-10-09
Southfield, MI

dnoyeB

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probably any gun that uses the power of the charge to assist reloading is semi-automatic?

Just wondering. Don't know much about guns.