When was the pistol invented?

The first repeating pistol was invented by Elisha Collier in 1818

The first repeating pistol was invented by Elisha Collier in 1818

The first repeating pistol was invented by Elisha Collier in 1818

The Makarov pistol was invented in 1951 by Russia and Soviet Union. This pistol was used in both the Soviet war in Afghanistan and in the Vietnam war.

well Samuel colt made it but i don't know when it was invented

He inven ted the pistol

Samuel Colt invented the first, practical repeating pistol.

He invented the Colt pistol.

the year it was named after 1911

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Samuel Colt invented the Colt pistol!

About 700 years ago for the earliest "hand cannons".

I believe it was Da vinci he invented the first pistol but the Chinese invented the cannon or rockets and but the first gun was invented in Egypt in the mid 1200's

The first weapon that worked like a pistol was the matchlock arm, used by Spanish armies in the late 15th Century. Wheel locks were then invented and the weapon was in common use by French armies by 1544. In 1836 the revolving pistol (revolver) as it now exists was patented by Samuel Colt of Connecticut.

Henry Deringer invented the Derringer in the mid 1800's. President Lincoln was killed with a Philadelphia Derringer.

The Colt M1911 pistol was invented by John Browning (1855-1926).

The black powered gun was first and it shot shotgun slugs but the pistol was the first gun ever invented

The 25 ACP wasn't invented until 1906. Colt didn't make a pistol for it until 1908.

Lonnie Johnson invented the super soaker in 1988 before it was called the power drencher. I cant find anything by anyone else who have made them before him.

the 30 cal. carbine was introduced to WW2 to replace the 45 cal. pistol In addition the PPSh 43 machine pistol (Soviet) M3 Machine Pistol (Grease Gun) (USA) Sten Machine Pistol (UK) MP44 Assualt Rifle (The AK-47 was largely copied from this weapon) (Germany) Johnson semi automatic Rifle (USA) Reisling machine pistol (USA) ....and quite a few more

For the same reason that most things are invented- to be a commercial success, and make money. The semi-auto pistol could be made smaller and lighter than a revolver, hold more ammunition, and reload quicker.

there is no 45 pistol, however there is a 44 pistol. the 44 pistol can be found as random loot or off the corpse of someone with a 44 pistol.

Either to kill with a pistol or hit said target with a pistol. It basically means use a pistol.

Automatic Colt Pistol. Colt invented the .45 Auto and thus had the right to name it.

The first COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL was probably the Borchardt C-93, from 1893. Created by Hugo Borchardt.