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To: w1n1

Looks more like a semi-auto.


2 posted on 08/09/2016 7:29:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin; w1n1

25 caliber?...............


3 posted on 08/09/2016 7:33:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: BenLurkin

Would the second magazine be spring loaded once the first magazine is ejected?


4 posted on 08/09/2016 7:35:54 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Common Sense, Trump and Pence. More of the same, Clinton and Kaine.)
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To: BenLurkin

They thought otherwise.

https://www.google.com/search?q=colt+automatic+pistol+advertisement&biw=896&bih=427&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwio39-kmPjNAhWCyyYKHWdJBzgQ_AUIBigB

Perhaps we’ve corrupted the language.


8 posted on 08/09/2016 7:48:34 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: BenLurkin

Early self loading pistols were referred to as automatic pistols. The .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) round was designed for the M1911 Automatic Pistol.


14 posted on 08/09/2016 8:27:54 AM PDT by GMMC0987
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To: BenLurkin

All the WWII guys I knew in the 50s called them .45 automatics. The designation may have always technically been semi-automatic but the entire public called them automatics. It’s only people in too tight control of their sphincter who don’t get historical context.


35 posted on 08/10/2016 4:42:31 AM PDT by Stentor
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