The Herstal, Belgium, firm of Anciens Etablissements Pieper was apparently expecting big things when, in 1908, it named its ...

At least half of U.S. states now outlaw devices that can convert pistols into machine guns. Alabama and New Mexico are the ...

The M9 is a lightweight, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta and designed to replace the M1911A1 .45 caliber pistol and .38 caliber revolvers. The Beretta M9 has redundant automatic ...

COLT M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Armed Forces ...

1879 - Lee box magazine patented. 1892- Advent of automatic handguns. The first automatic pistol was created by Joseph Laumann in 1892. But the Borchardt pistol of 1893 was the first automatic ...

It can hold a standard semi-automatic rifle as well as a shotgun or grenade launcher attachment. 1. The Liberator is a 3D-printed pistol made of plastic. The plans to build the gun were released ...