Isn’t every gun semi-automatic? You pull the trigger, then pull the trigger again. Bullets fly as fast as you can pull the trigger.
Or am I missing something here?
Or am I missing something here?
You never saw John Wayne cock a cowboy gun in a cowboy movie? You never saw John Wayne rack the lever of a Winchester rifle in a cowboy movie?
I will go out on a limb and say you have never seen a bolt action hunting rifle either.
You have got to get out more often.
Semiautomatic “selfloads” the next round in the chamber for firing without needing extra to mechanical or manual loading the next round into the chamber for firing.
Even a double action revolver which will fire as fast as you pull the trigger still requires mechanical input from the shooter to make the cylinder rotate to make the next round ready. With a semiauto the force of the round discharging completes this step of reloading the next round making it ready without any added effort from the shooter.
Revolvers are not considered semi-automatic, not even “double action” where there is no need to manually cock the hammer.
For most handguns “semiautomatic” is used to differentiate from a revolver. A double action revolver will fire just by pulling the trigger. With a single action revolver you have to cock the hammer before shooting.