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To: bill1952

Actually revolvers are semi-automatics if they are double
action.....
one pull of the trigger for each round fired.

Think about it!
Think where this could lead...


36 posted on 07/30/2005 11:31:41 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

Not really. Automatic and semi-automatic are defined by the action of the recoil and not the design of the trigger mechanism.

Definitions of Semi-Automatic on the Web:

* A type of action in which gas from the burning gunpowder in the shell automatically ejects the spent shell and loads another.

There have been only two revolvers that were semi-automatic to this date. The British Webley-Fosbery and the Italian Mateba. I think the Mateba is still in production.


48 posted on 07/30/2005 3:18:46 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems. NRA)
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To: tet68
Actually revolvers are semi-automatics if they are double action.....

I would be left with my only single action revolver under those conditions. Not real good for concealed carry with the 10" barrel and 5 shot cylinder (45-70).


68 posted on 08/01/2005 6:43:44 PM PDT by Myrddin
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