Pistol definition

Pistol means any firearm with a barrel less than sixteen inches in length, or is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand.
Pistol means a loaded or unloaded firearm that is 26 inches or less in length, or a loaded or unloaded firearm that by its construction and appearance conceals it as a firearm.
Pistol means any derringer, revolver, or semi-automatic firearm which:

Examples of Pistol in a sentence

  • Pistol- May only be handled when on the firing line and/or under the direct control of a Range Officer or in a specified/approved safety zone.

  • We would drive a couple miles up the Chetco River and it would be 90 degrees, great for swimming and fishing.We are hoping to get some coastal cutthroat fishing in on the Chetco and Pistol Rivers.

  • Firing Distances: 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100, 50 and 10 metres, 2 x Clay Target ranges.When the 700m and 800m distances are in use, the Pistol Range, 50m Smallbore Range and 100m Practice Range and all amenities forward of 700m mound cannot be utilized.

  • Response: The Supreme Court recently stated that the “meaning [of the Constitution] is fixed according to the understandings of those who ratified it.” New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc.


More Definitions of Pistol

Pistol means a weapon as defined in Minnesota Statutes section 624.712, subd. 2. Subpart D. Student.
Pistol means a short firearm having a chamber which is integral with the barrel, designed to be aimed and fired by the use of a single hand.
Pistol means any firearm originally designed to be fired by use of a single hand or with a barrel less than 12 inches in length.
Pistol means any firearm with a barrel less than
Pistol or "revolver" means any firearm having a barrel less than twelve inches;
Pistol means any firearm with a barrel less than sixteen
Pistol means any firearm designed to expel a projectile and designed to be fired from the hand, but shall not include any firearm generally recognized or classified as an antique, curiosity, or collector’s item, or any that does not fire fixed cartridges.