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A pistol that uses the force of the recoil to reload and re-position the hammer gun after each shot. Only one bullet is released per shot, meaning that the trigger must be pulled repeatedly to fire additional shots.
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"Smith & Wesson double-action .45 ACP semi-automatic compact pistol" by Jeff Dean is licensed under CC BY.
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online
N.d. Semi-automatic pistol. http://www.britannica.com/technology/semiautomatic-pistol,
accessed March 29, 2016.