Quick Answer of the Week: What is the difference between a “pistol” and a “revolver”?
Well, a revolver is a revolver and a pistol is a pistol. Thanks for stopping by!
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A revolver is a gun that has a cylinder with a number of chambers that hold the ammunition. When the hammer is cocked, either manually or by way of a double action trigger pull, the cylinder is rotated to line up a fresh bullet with the barrel. The vast majority of revolvers chamber 5 or 6 rounds.
A pistol, on the other hand, the chamber that holds the bullet is actually a part of the barrel. There can be single shot pistols, multi-barreled, semi-automatic and machine pistols. Most pistols today are of the semi-automatic variety and are fed bullets from a removable magazine.
In the grand scheme of things, all guns can be referred to as pistols. For the most part, however, it’s generally understood that revolvers are revolvers and anything else is a pistol.
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