And who would know better what nomenclature to use? Browning or Liddy?
You all need to step away from the keyboard.
You are getting confused. There is no conflict. Libby has no problem calling a semi-auto, like John M. Browning's creations, a "pistol". It's revolvers being termed pistols that gets his dander up. My fahter in law, a little older the G. Gordon, used the terms the same way. He had several of each in his gun safe, but the one beside the bed was a .45 ACP pistol.