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    Pistols can be considered a type of handgun, though some experts distinguish pistols as having one integral chamber and barrel while revolvers have a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers. However, not all references make this distinction, especially in military contexts, as revolvers were sometimes referred to as pistols. Dictionaries also offer slightly different definitions, with pistol generally referring to a small firearm meant to be held in one hand while revolver is described as a type of handgun that originally revolved like a revolving pistol.

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    Pistols can be considered a type of handgun, though some experts distinguish pistols as having one integral chamber and barrel while revolvers have a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers. However, not all references make this distinction, especially in military contexts, as revolvers were sometimes referred to as pistols. Dictionaries also offer slightly different definitions, with pistol generally referring to a small firearm meant to be held in one hand while revolver is described as a type of handgun that originally revolved like a revolving pistol.

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    Pistols can be considered a type of handgun, though some experts distinguish pistols as having one integral chamber and barrel while revolvers have a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers. However, not all references make this distinction, especially in military contexts, as revolvers were sometimes referred to as pistols. Dictionaries also offer slightly different definitions, with pistol generally referring to a small firearm meant to be held in one hand while revolver is described as a type of handgun that originally revolved like a revolving pistol.

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    pistol is a type of handgun.

    Some handgun experts and dictionaries make a technical distinction that


    views pistols as a subset of handguns; others use the terms interchangeably. Sometimes in usage, the
    term "pistol" refers to a handgun having one chamber integral with the barrel, [1][2] making pistols distinct
    from the other main type of handgun, the revolver, which has a revolving cylinder containing multiple
    chambers.[3][4] But UK/Commonwealth usage does not always make this distinction, particularly when
    the terms are used by the military. For example, the official designation of the Webley Mk VI revolver
    was "Pistol, Revolver, Webley, No. 1 Mk VI".[5] In contrast to Merriam-Webster[3][4] the Oxford English
    Dictionary (a descriptive dictionary) describes 'pistol' as a small firearm to be used in one hand [6] and
    the usage of "revolver" as being a type of handgun [7]and gives its original form as "revolving pistol"

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