Handgun

The emergence of a pistol in the mid-16 century due to the invention kolestsovogo and silicon castle. They could keep shooting with one hand, as opposed to weapons wick lock.
Now there are several types of guns that are on the device. All of them are used as weapons of close combat in attack or defense. Semiautomatic pistols used by the energy of powder-gas cartridges for ejection hand, and a new holder doslat in the chamber. Most often shop with bullets made to handle. The most imenitye pistols this construction: Parabellum, Beretta, Colt, TT, Desert Eagle.
Parabellum has been developed by German gunsmiths Lyuggerom for the German army in 1900. For the time it was the perfect gun, albeit very complicated constructively. The main minus his strictness was high on the quality of cartridges. But in general, the quality was good, therefore, stood 3 modifications made pistol and actively used for half a century. Lyuger was armed with more than 20 countries around the world, and now is the collection and civilian weapons.
Revolver is fundamentally different from semiautomatic pistols. Chucks placed in a cylindrical drum, and served in the trunk of his rotation. The first revolvers charged like any silicon ruzhyam - a bullet into a barrel of gunpowder and fall asleep. Since the invention of a unitary patron appears wide variety revolvers. They are way shots. Before one shot, it was necessary to arm the trigger, while others have his arm during the pressing trigger hook. Perhaps the most successful version of a revolver - of Nagano. This is just the only one revolver, which permits the use of the silencer.
The choice between self-loading pistols and revolvers to determine how to use. Revolver more neprihotliv, reliable, can be stored for years without the slightest injury. It does not require a fuse, but will not allow random shots. His weaknesses - a long recharge, noise, large size, low accuracy in shooting samovzvodom.