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nestork nestork is offline
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Just for my own understanding:

A "revolver" by definition has to have a cylinder that houses the bullets, and that cylinder rotates to bring each bullet into alignment with the barrel.

So the following would be a revolver:
http://www.wallpaperpimper.com/wallp...2P-800x600.jpg

Is there a special name for a hand gun that carries it's bullets in a clip inside the handle, like this:

http://www.motherjones.com/files/images/magazin_e.jpg

That is, is there a single word that conveys the idea that the hand gun uses a bullet clip that fits inside it's handle?

My understanding is that revolvers typically hold 6 bullets. Is there a "typical" number of bullets that a hand gun with a bullet clip in it's handle would carry? Would 11 or 12 be about right?

Last edited by nestork : September 22nd 13 at 06:41 AM