Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 09 Feb 2014 12:32:33 -0600, Califbill wrote:

Tim wrote:
On Sunday, February 9, 2014 10:04:38 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 09 Feb 2014 10:58:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:



On 2/8/2014 11:06 PM, Earl__ wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:

On 2/6/2014 10:10 AM, KC wrote:

Did I read right? You can put a pattern in a pie plate at 50 feet with a

pistol??





Not a pistol, but ...





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF00rLj8AEY

A revolver is a pistol.





Maybe to some but in general the term "revolver" is used to define a

handgun with ammo contained in a cylinder versus a semi-automatic

"pistol" with ammo in a magazine or clip.



Here's a different take on the definition:



Full Definition of PISTOL



1

a handgun whose chamber is integral with the barrel;

Not to be splitting hairs by any means, but I always thought that all
handguns were called 'pistols' regardless of design, and the design
determined what 'type' of pistol it was. Andrew Jackson killed Charles
Dickinson in duel. They both used pistols that were a 'flintlock' in design

Why were those old people with revolvers called "pistoleros"?

They didn't have someone around who knew they should be called 'revolvereros'?

But the old flintlocks and wheel locks met the definition of the chamber
integral with the barrel.