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Colt pistol

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1.(Firearms) A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol, Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.


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During an inspection conducted at their safe house, 25 items including automatic machine-guns, Grinov machine-guns, Tabuk sniper rifles, Colt pistols, along with 3,000 compatible shells, 12 gun scopes and gas masks were discovered and confiscated," the statement concluded.
A WILD West gun enthusiast shot dead by police fired at an armed officer with a Colt pistol, it emerged yesterday.
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