How was the pistol invented?

The earliest pistol in Europe appeared in the14th century, when it was a hand-held firedoor gun fired by one hand. It developed into a matchlock pistol in the15th century, and was later replaced by a flint pistol. /kloc-after the firing pistol appeared in the 9th century, samuel colt, an American, improved the revolver in 1835 and obtained a British patent. This gun is considered to be the first truly successful and widely used revolver (also known as revolver).

After 1855, the revolver pistol adopted the double-acting firing and launching mechanism, and gradually changed to fixed loading. Automatic pistols appeared at the end of19th century. 1892, Austria first developed the 8mm Schon pistol; 1892, Germany made the 7mm Bociat pistol; 1896, Germany made the 7mm Mao Se pistol.

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Since then, the development of pistols has been extremely rapid, and many models have appeared. Since the beginning of the 20th century, most countries have adopted automatic pistol, because it has higher muzzle velocity, faster loading speed, more ammunition capacity and higher firing rate than revolvers. However, revolvers are still used in some countries because it is very simple to deal with blind bullets.

General revolvers and automatic pistols are mainly used for self-defense, called self-defense pistols; A few powerful pistols and assault pistols, with strong firepower and long effective range, are called combat pistols. There are also special pistols, including microphonic pistols and various stealth pistols, which are used to perform special tasks.